FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Saturday, October 7, 2017
France WLWWD 1
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Bulgaria WWLWL 0
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FRA101
BUL000
Vasil Levski National Stadium · 12,921 att.

Match Report

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France stay top in Group A after holding on to beat Bulgaria

France clinched their first victory in Bulgaria for 85 years to move back to the top of Group A in the race to qualify for next year's World Cup final

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
19
1
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
1
2
Saves
1
54.1
Possession
45.9
10
SHOTS
7
2
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
327
Accurate Passes
261
431
Passes
360
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
1
15
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.1
63
Long Balls
66
23
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
1
16
Effective Tackles
10
19
Tackles
14
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
13
22
Clearances
13

Head to Head

FRA leads series 1-0

Lineups

BUL · 4-4-2

  1. Plamen IlievG
  2. Vasil BozhikovCD-L
  3. Nikolay BodurovCD-R
  4. Petar ZanevLB
  5. Strahil PopovRB
  6. Georgi KostadinovCM-L
  7. Simeon SlavchevCM-R
  8. Stanislav ManolevLM
  9. Todor NedelevRM
  10. Spas DelevCF-L
  11. Andrej GalabinovCF-R

FRA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 5Samuel UmtitiCD-L
  3. 4Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 17Lucas DigneLB
  5. 19Djibril SidibéRB
  6. 13N'Golo KantéCM
  7. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  8. 6Corentin TolissoRM
  9. 20Alexandre LacazetteF
  10. 12Kylian MbappéLF
  11. 7Antoine GriezmannRF

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Bulgaria 0, France 1. Blaise Matuidi (France) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the top right corner. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
  2. 9' Simeon Slavchev (Bulgaria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 34' Substitution, France. Adrien Rabiot replaces N'Golo Kanté because of an injury.
  4. 48' Substitution, Bulgaria. Bozhidar Kraev replaces Andrej Galabinov.
  5. 51' Petar Zanev (Bulgaria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 62' Bozhidar Kraev (Bulgaria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 67' Georgi Kostadinov (Bulgaria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 76' Substitution, France. Dimitri Payet replaces Alexandre Lacazette.
  9. 85' Substitution, France. Olivier Giroud replaces Kylian Mbappe.
  10. 87' Substitution, Bulgaria. Ivaylo Dimitrov replaces Stanislav Manolev.
  11. 90'+1' Olivier Giroud (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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