Bulgaria 1-2 Rep. Of Ireland: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Bulgaria

M. Petkov 6'

Rep. Of Ireland

F. Azaz 21'

M. Doherty 42'

UEFA Nations League 2024/2025

Play-offs B/C

March 20, 2025 7:45pm

Stadion Hristo Botev, Plovdiv

Key stats

Ball Possession

56%

44%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Bulgaria 4-4-2

Rep. Of Ireland 4-4-2

Goalkeeper

D. Mitov

6.0

C. Kelleher

6.5

Defenders

F. Nürnberger

6.3

R. Brady

7.5

A. Petkov

6.3

D. O'Shea

7.2

Z. Atanasov

6.6

N. Collins

6.6

A. Nedyalkov

6.9

M. Doherty

7.3

Midfielders

K. Despodov

6.9

R. Manning

7.0

I. Gruev

6.6

J. Cullen

7.3

A. Kraev

6.7

J. Knight

6.6

M. Petkov

7.2

M. Johnston

6.9

Forwards

L. Petkov

6.7

T. Parrott

7.3

F. Krastev

7.2

F. Azaz

7.7

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Highest rating

7.2

F. Krastev

7.7

F. Azaz

Match Summary

On March 20, 2025 during the 2024/2025 UEFA Nations League match, Bulgaria faced off against Rep. Of Ireland at Stadion Hristo Botev, Plovdiv. The game concluded with Rep. Of Ireland securing a victory. With 56% possession, Bulgaria versus Rep. Of Ireland's 44% and shots on goal at 3 to 3. Bulgaria had 83% successful passes (of 501 passes) over Rep. Of Ireland which had 79% successful passes (of 391 passes). The outstanding efforts by F. Krastev and F. Azaz played a key role.

Lineup

4-4-2

Mitov

6.0

Played:
45Min

Saves:
1 of 3

Accurate passes:
18/25

Won duels:
0/1

Nedyalkov

6.9

Played:
96Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
33/46

Won duels:
7/13

Dribbles:
1/2

Atanasov

6.6

Played:
96Min

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
67/77

Won duels:
3/6

Dribbles:
1/1

Petkov

6.3

Played:
96Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
75/79

Won duels:
1/4

Nürnberger

6.3

Played:
72Min

Accurate passes:
33/35

Won duels:
2/3

Petkov

7.2

Played:
96Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
26/29

Won duels:
5/12

Dribbles:
3/5

Kraev

6.7

Played:
86Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
34/41

Won duels:
5/11

Gruev

6.6

Played:
96Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
52/61

Won duels:
3/6

Despodov

6.9

Played:
96Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
21/32

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
6/10

Dribbles:
1/1

Krastev

7.2

Played:
86Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
18/22

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
6/11

Dribbles:
1/1

Petkov

6.7

Played:
72Min

Accurate passes:
14/15

Won duels:
3/12

Dribbles:
1/1

Parrott

7.3

Played:
76Min

Accurate passes:
14/16

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
0/2

Azaz

7.7

Played:
76Min

Accurate passes:
13/17

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
2/5

Manning

7.0

Played:
79Min

Accurate passes:
19/26

Won duels:
7/9

Cullen

7.3

Played:
96Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
4

Accurate passes:
33/43

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/6

Dribbles:
1/1

Knight

6.6

Played:
79Min

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
22/25

Won duels:
5/10

Dribbles:
1/2

Johnston

6.9

Played:
76Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
20/21

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
5/10

Dribbles:
1/3

Brady

7.5

Played:
96Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
27/38

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
9/15

Dribbles:
1/1

O'Shea

7.2

Played:
96Min

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
43/54

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
7/11

Collins

6.6

Played:
96Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
49/56

Won duels:
5/7

Dribbles:
0/1

Doherty

7.3

Played:
96Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
40/49

Won duels:
5/9

Dribbles:
1/1

Kelleher

6.5

Played:
96Min

Saves:
2 of 3

Accurate passes:
19/29

Substitutes

Coach

I. Iliev

Iliev

6.9

Played:
51Min

Accurate passes:
9/14

Won duels:
1/1

Minkov

6.3

Played:
24Min

Accurate passes:
14/18

Won duels:
2/6

Kraev

6.3

Played:
24Min

Accurate passes:
2/2

Won duels:
1/3

Sheytanov

Antov

Petrov

Kirilov

Shopov

Panayotov

Iliev

6.2

Played:
10Min

Accurate passes:
1/2

Won duels:
0/2

Nikolov

6.3

Played:
10Min

Accurate passes:
1/3

Won duels:
0/1

Coach

Heimir Hallgrímsson

Sykes

6.7

Played:
20Min

Accurate passes:
3/4

Won duels:
1/3

Taylor

6.6

Played:
20Min

Accurate passes:
2/4

Won duels:
2/2

Ferguson

6.6

Played:
20Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
3/5

Won duels:
4/6

Dribbles:
2/3

O'Brien

6.6

Played:
17Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
1/1

Won duels:
1/2

Vata

6.3

Played:
17Min

Accurate passes:
2/4

Won duels:
0/3

Dribbles:
0/1

Bazunu

Travers

Dunne

Abankwah

Moran

Idah

Armstrong

Stats

Ball Possession

Bulgaria: 56%

Rep. Of Ireland: 44%

Total Shots

Bulgaria: 6

Rep. Of Ireland: 11

Shots on Goal

Bulgaria: 3

Rep. Of Ireland: 3

Corner Kicks

Bulgaria: 2

Rep. Of Ireland: 3

Offsides

Bulgaria: 0

Rep. Of Ireland: 0

Fouls

Bulgaria: 20

Rep. Of Ireland: 9

Yellow Cards

Bulgaria: 3

Rep. Of Ireland: 4

Red Cards

Bulgaria: 0

Rep. Of Ireland: 0

Total Passes

Bulgaria: 501

Rep. Of Ireland: 391

Goals Prevented

Bulgaria: 0

Rep. Of Ireland: 0

Passes Accuracy

Bulgaria: 418 (83%)

Rep. Of Ireland: 309 (79%)

Key stats

Lineup

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Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline

Bulgaria vs Rep. Of Ireland

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline