FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Bulgaria DLLLL 0
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Spain WLWWW 4
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ESP134
Estadio José Zorrilla · 24,526 att.

Match Report

Arsenal's Merino leads Spain in rout of Bulgaria

Arsenal midfielder Mikel Merino extended his remarkable scoring spree to six goals in the last four World Cup qualifying matches with two in the 4-0 win against Bulgaria.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
7
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
0
Corner Kicks
11
8
Saves
0
22.4
Possession
77.6
3
SHOTS
33
0
ON GOAL
11
0.0
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
175
Accurate Passes
757
239
Passes
817
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
5
3
Crosses
32
0.0
Cross %
0.2
49
Long Balls
29
24
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.5
Long Balls %
0.8
0
Blocked Shots
10
4
Effective Tackles
4
11
Tackles
8
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
7
Interceptions
3
53
Effective Clearances
4
53
Clearances
4

Highlights

01:24 Moreno: Pedri is untouchable for Spain Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

ESP leads series 3-0

Lineups

ESP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Unai SimónG
  2. 10Aymeric LaporteCD-L
  3. 3Robin Le NormandCD-R
  4. 17Alejandro GrimaldoLB
  5. 12Pedro PorroRB
  6. 6Mikel MerinoAM
  7. 20PedriLM
  8. 18Martín ZubimendiRM
  9. 19Samu AghehowaF
  10. 16Álex BaenaAM-L
  11. 21Mikel OyarzabalAM-R

BUL · 4-5-1

  1. 21Svetoslav VutsovG
  2. 3Atanas ChernevCD-L
  3. 15Petko HristovCD-R
  4. 22Dimitar VelkovskiLB
  5. 20Martin GeorgievRB
  6. 14Filip Yavorov KrastevCM-L
  7. 23Stanislav ShopovCM-R
  8. 4Ilia GruevAM
  9. 10Radoslav KirilovLM
  10. 17Martin MinchevRM
  11. 11Kiril DespodovF

Timeline

  1. 35' Goal! Spain 1, Bulgaria 0. Mikel Merino (Spain) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Robin Le Normand with a headed pass following a corner.
  2. 45' Substitution, Spain. Borja Iglesias replaces Samu Aghehowa.
  3. 57' Goal! Spain 2, Bulgaria 0. Mikel Merino (Spain) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo with a cross.
  4. 63' Substitution, Spain. Aleix García replaces Martín Zubimendi.
  5. 63' Substitution, Spain. Yéremy Pino replaces Álex Baena.
  6. 67' Substitution, Bulgaria. Zdravko Dimitrov replaces Radoslav Kirilov.
  7. 67' Substitution, Bulgaria. Marin Petkov replaces Martin Minchev.
  8. 67' Substitution, Bulgaria. Vladimir Nikolov replaces Kiril Despodov.
  9. 68' Substitution, Spain. Pablo Barrios replaces Pedri.
  10. 71' Substitution, Spain. Dani Vivian replaces Robin Le Normand because of an injury.
  11. 79' Own Goal by Atanas Chernev, Bulgaria. Spain 3, Bulgaria 0.
  12. 84' Substitution, Bulgaria. Kristiyan Stoyanov replaces Stanislav Shopov because of an injury.
  13. 89' Substitution, Bulgaria. Andrian Kraev replaces Ilia Gruev.
  14. 90'+2' Goal! Spain 4, Bulgaria 0. Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.

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