UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Saturday, September 7, 2019
Bulgaria DDDLL 0
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England WWWLW 4
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BUL000
ENG134
Wembley Stadium · 82,605 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Kane, Sterling star as England beat Bulgaria

Harry Kane had three goals and Raheem Sterling added another as England defeated Bulgaria and remained perfect in Euro 2020 qualifying action.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
3
Corner Kicks
6
2
Saves
4
32.5
Possession
67.5
4
SHOTS
17
4
ON GOAL
6
1.0
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
2
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
2
311
Accurate Passes
746
383
Passes
803
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
7
6
Crosses
17
0.3
Cross %
0.4
41
Long Balls
44
20
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
7
9
Effective Tackles
9
13
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
6
Interceptions
10
23
Effective Clearances
5
23
Clearances
5

Head to Head

ENG leads series 2-0-1

Lineups

ENG · 4-3-3

  1. 1Jordan PickfordG
  2. 6Harry MaguireCD-L
  3. 5Michael KeaneCD-R
  4. 3Danny RoseLB
  5. 2Kieran TrippierRB
  6. 4Declan RiceCM
  7. 10Ross BarkleyLM
  8. 8Jordan HendersonRM
  9. 9Harry KaneF
  10. 11Marcus RashfordLF
  11. 7Raheem SterlingRF

BUL · 5-4-1

  1. 23Plamen IlievG
  2. 8Georgi SarmovCD
  3. 15Vasil BozhikovCD-L
  4. 5Nikolay BodurovCD-R
  5. 14Anton NedyalkovLB
  6. 2Strahil PopovRB
  7. 16Kristiyan MalinovCM-L
  8. 10Ivelin PopovCM-R
  9. 9WandersonLM
  10. 18Galin IvanovRM
  11. 7MarcelinhoF

Timeline

  1. 24' Goal! England 1, Bulgaria 0. Harry Kane (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Raheem Sterling.
  2. 30' Michael Keane (England) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 36' Nikolay Georgiev Bodurov (Bulgaria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 49' Goal! England 2, Bulgaria 0. Harry Kane (England) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  5. 55' Goal! England 3, Bulgaria 0. Raheem Sterling (England) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Harry Kane.
  6. 65' Substitution, Bulgaria. Kristian Dimitrov replaces Nikolay Georgiev Bodurov.
  7. 67' Substitution, England. Mason Mount replaces Jordan Henderson.
  8. 67' Substitution, Bulgaria. Kiril Despodov replaces Marcelinho.
  9. 71' Substitution, England. Jadon Sancho replaces Raheem Sterling.
  10. 73' Goal! England 4, Bulgaria 0. Harry Kane (England) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  11. 77' Substitution, England. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Harry Kane.
  12. 82' Substitution, Bulgaria. Daniel Mladenov replaces Galin Ivanov.
  13. 90'+2' Danny Rose (England) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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