FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Thursday, September 4, 2025
Spain WDWWL 3
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Bulgaria DLLDL 0
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BUL000
Vasil Levski National Stadium · 40,582 att.

Match Report

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Spain begin World Cup qualifying with win against Bulgaria

Spain opened their World Cup qualifying campaign with a comfortable win after beating Bulgaria 3-0 at the Vasil Levski National Stadium.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
6
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
6
Corner Kicks
1
0
Saves
8
77.8
Possession
22.2
24
SHOTS
3
12
ON GOAL
0
0.5
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
753
Accurate Passes
159
818
Passes
228
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
1
15
Crosses
5
0.2
Cross %
0.2
40
Long Balls
60
32
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.8
Long Balls %
0.4
7
Blocked Shots
2
3
Effective Tackles
9
5
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
3
Interceptions
4
12
Effective Clearances
35
12
Clearances
35

Head to Head

ESP leads series 2-0

Lineups

BUL · 4-3-3

  1. 21Svetoslav VutsovG
  2. 13Emil TsenovCD-L
  3. 5Kristian DimitrovCD-R
  4. 7Fabian NürnbergerLB
  5. 14Anton NedyalkovRB
  6. 18Ivaylo ChochevCM
  7. 4Ilia GruevLM
  8. 15Vasil PanayotovRM
  9. 9Aleksandar KolevF
  10. 10Radoslav KirilovLF
  11. 12Nikolay Minkov MinkovRF

ESP · 4-3-3

  1. 23Unai SimónG
  2. 5Dean HuijsenCD-L
  3. 3Robin Le NormandCD-R
  4. 22Marc CucurellaLB
  5. 12Pedro PorroRB
  6. 18Martín ZubimendiCM
  7. 20PedriLM
  8. 6Mikel MerinoRM
  9. 21Mikel OyarzabalF
  10. 17Nico WilliamsLF
  11. 19Lamine YamalRF

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Bulgaria 0, Spain 1. Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Martín Zubimendi with a through ball.
  2. 30' Goal! Bulgaria 0, Spain 2. Marc Cucurella (Spain) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.
  3. 38' Goal! Bulgaria 0, Spain 3. Mikel Merino (Spain) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lamine Yamal with a cross following a corner.
  4. 39' Robin Le Normand (Spain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Bulgaria. Marin Petkov replaces Vasil Panayotov.
  6. 45' Substitution, Spain. Pau Cubarsí replaces Robin Le Normand.
  7. 62' Substitution, Spain. Rodri replaces Martín Zubimendi.
  8. 62' Substitution, Spain. Dani Carvajal replaces Pedro Porro.
  9. 62' Substitution, Bulgaria. Rosen Bozhinov replaces Fabian Nürnberger.
  10. 71' Substitution, Spain. Dani Olmo replaces Nico Williams.
  11. 71' Substitution, Bulgaria. Vladimir Nikolov replaces Aleksandar Kolev.
  12. 72' Substitution, Bulgaria. Martin Minchev replaces Radoslav Kirilov.
  13. 79' Substitution, Spain. Jesús Rodríguez replaces Lamine Yamal.
  14. 81' Substitution, Bulgaria. Georgi Milanov replaces Ivaylo Chochev.

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