UEFA Nations League

FT Sunday, September 8, 2024
Northern Ireland DWLWW 0
–
Bulgaria WDDDD 1
1st2ndT
NIR000
BUL101
Hristo Botev Stadium, Plovdiv · 14,300 att.

Team Stats

12
Fouls
19
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
2
2
Saves
3
52.2
Possession
47.8
8
SHOTS
9
3
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
287
Accurate Passes
270
375
Passes
346
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
2
21
Crosses
11
0.3
Cross %
0.2
43
Long Balls
44
12
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.3
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
2
8
Effective Tackles
6
12
Tackles
8
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
7
Interceptions
13
13
Effective Clearances
33
13
Clearances
33

Head to Head

BUL leads series 2-0-1

Lineups

BUL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Dimitar MitovG
  2. 5Alex PetkovCD-L
  3. 3Zhivko AtanasovCD-R
  4. 13Fabian NürnbergerLB
  5. 16Viktor PopovRB
  6. 17Martin MinchevAM
  7. 4Ilia GruevLM
  8. 7Georgi KostadinovRM
  9. 9Aleksandar KolevF
  10. 8Radoslav KirilovAM-L
  11. 11Kiril DespodovAM-R

NIR · 3-4-3

  1. 1Bailey Peacock-FarrellG
  2. 17Paddy McNairCD
  3. 22Ciaron BrownCD-L
  4. 4Danny BallardCD-R
  5. 6George SavilleCM-L
  6. 19Shea CharlesCM-R
  7. 3Jamal LewisLM
  8. 5Trai HumeRM
  9. 10Dion CharlesF
  10. 14Isaac PriceCF-L
  11. 2Conor BradleyCF-R

Timeline

  1. 27' Shea Charles (Northern Ireland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 29' Paddy McNair (Northern Ireland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 40' Goal! Bulgaria 1, Northern Ireland 0. Kiril Despodov (Bulgaria) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aleksandar Kolev.
  4. 59' Conor Bradley (Northern Ireland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 59' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Shayne Lavery replaces Dion Charles.
  6. 63' Substitution, Bulgaria. Ahmed Ahmedov replaces Aleksandar Kolev.
  7. 72' Substitution, Bulgaria. Zdravko Dimitrov replaces Radoslav Kirilov.
  8. 72' Substitution, Bulgaria. Vasil Panayotov replaces Martin Minchev.
  9. 73' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Paul Smyth replaces George Saville.
  10. 73' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Callum Marshall replaces Paddy McNair.
  11. 78' Substitution, Bulgaria. Stanislav Ivanov replaces Kiril Despodov because of an injury.
  12. 78' Substitution, Bulgaria. Simeon Petrov replaces Georgi Kostadinov.
  13. 78' Ahmed Ahmedov (Bulgaria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 81' Trai Hume (Northern Ireland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 82' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Ali McCann replaces Isaac Price.
  16. 83' Substitution, Northern Ireland. Ross McCausland replaces Trai Hume.
  17. 90'+1' Fabian Nürnberger (Bulgaria) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 90'+3' Aleksandar Kolev (Bulgaria) is shown the yellow card.

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