FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

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Italy equal European unbeaten record in draw with Bulgaria

European champions Italy made it 35 games unbeaten to equal the European record run set by Spain in a 1-1 draw with Bulgaria.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
5
0
Corner Kicks
10
7
Saves
1
21
Possession
79
4
SHOTS
27
2
ON GOAL
8
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
135
Accurate Passes
730
218
Passes
811
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
5
2
Crosses
29
0.0
Cross %
0.2
53
Long Balls
40
14
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
11
9
Effective Tackles
10
16
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
6
37
Effective Clearances
5
37
Clearances
5

Head to Head

ITA leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

ITA · 4-3-3

  1. 21Gianluigi DonnarummaG
  2. 15Francesco AcerbiCD-L
  3. 19Leonardo BonucciCD-R
  4. 13EmersonLB
  5. 5Alessandro FlorenziRB
  6. 8JorginhoCM
  7. 6Marco VerrattiLM
  8. 18Nicolò BarellaRM
  9. 17Ciro ImmobileF
  10. 10Lorenzo InsigneLF
  11. 14Federico ChiesaRF

BUL · 4-3-3

  1. 23Georgi GeorgievG
  2. 4Valentin AntovCD-L
  3. 5Petko HristovCD-R
  4. 14Anton NedyalkovLB
  5. 3Andrea HristovRB
  6. 8Petar VitanovCM
  7. 12Dominik IankovLM
  8. 7Georgi KostadinovRM
  9. 19Atanas IlievF
  10. 11Kiril DespodovLF
  11. 17Georgi YomovRF

Timeline

  1. 16' Goal! Italy 1, Bulgaria 0. Federico Chiesa (Italy) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 26' Nicolò Barella (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 31' Georgi Yomov (Bulgaria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 39' Goal! Italy 1, Bulgaria 1. Atanas Iliev (Bulgaria) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kiril Despodov following a fast break.
  5. 45' Substitution, Bulgaria. Spas Delev replaces Georgi Yomov.
  6. 57' Substitution, Bulgaria. Ivaylo Chochev replaces Dominik Yankov.
  7. 63' Substitution, Italy. Bryan Cristante replaces Nicolò Barella.
  8. 64' Substitution, Italy. Rafael Tolói replaces Alessandro Florenzi.
  9. 70' Substitution, Bulgaria. Kaloyan Krastev replaces Atanas Iliev.
  10. 74' Rafael Tolói (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 74' Substitution, Italy. Domenico Berardi replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  12. 75' Substitution, Italy. Giacomo Raspadori replaces Ciro Immobile.
  13. 75' Substitution, Bulgaria. Radoslav Kirilov Kirilov replaces Kiril Despodov.
  14. 75' Substitution, Bulgaria. Kristiyan Malinov replaces Petar Vitanov.
  15. 86' Anton Nedyalkov (Bulgaria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+1' Substitution, Italy. Lorenzo Pellegrini replaces Emerson.

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