Northern Ireland 5-0 Bulgaria: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Northern Ireland

I. Price 15'

I. Price 29'

D. Mitov 32' (OG)

I. Price 81'

J. Magennis 89'

Bulgaria

UEFA Nations League 2024/2025

League C - 4

October 15, 2024 6:45pm

Windsor Park, Belfast

Key stats

Ball Possession

43%

57%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Northern Ireland 3-4-2-1

Bulgaria 4-3-3

Goalkeeper

P. Charles

6.7

D. Mitov

5.2

Defenders

E. Toal

6.3

H. Petrov

6.2

P. McNair

6.9

S. Petrov

6.5

T. Hume

6.9

Z. Atanasov

6.2

Midfielders

B. Spencer

8.2

S. Yusein

6.3

S. Charles

8.3

G. Kostadinov

6.3

A. McCann

7.3

F. Krastev

6.3

C. Bradley

6.6

Forwards

C. Marshall

6.6

R. Kirilov

6.2

I. Price

9.5

M. Minchev

6.3

D. Charles

7.2

K. Despodov

6.0

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Highest rating

9.5

I. Price

6.7

G. Minchev

Match Summary

On October 15, 2024 during the 2024/2025 UEFA Nations League match, Northern Ireland faced off against Bulgaria at Windsor Park, Belfast. The game concluded with Northern Ireland securing a victory. With 43% possession, Northern Ireland versus Bulgaria's 57% and shots on goal at 4 to 1. Bulgaria had 81% successful passes (of 444 passes) over Northern Ireland which had 78% successful passes (of 317 passes). The outstanding efforts by I. Price and G. Minchev played a key role.

Lineup

3-4-2-1

4-3-3

Charles

6.7

Played:
93Min

Saves:
1 of 1

Accurate passes:
22/33

Hume

6.9

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
26/31

Won duels:
1/2

Dribbles:
0/1

McNair

6.9

Played:
93Min

Accurate passes:
33/39

Won duels:
2/3

Toal

6.3

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
8/9

Won duels:
2/7

Bradley

6.6

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
4

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
16/23

Won duels:
10/16

Dribbles:
1/6

McCann

7.3

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
5

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
30/35

Won duels:
9/16

Dribbles:
3/4

Charles

8.3

Played:
85Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
27/34

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
11/13

Dribbles:
5/7

Spencer

8.2

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
4

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
21/28

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
10/13

Dribbles:
1/1

Price

9.5

Played:
85Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
16/24

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/7

Marshall

6.6

Played:
74Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
13/19

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
2/10

Dribbles:
0/2

Charles

7.2

Played:
74Min

Accurate passes:
5/8

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/15

Dribbles:
2/4

Kirilov

6.2

Played:
45Min

Accurate passes:
0/2

Won duels:
1/5

Minchev

6.3

Played:
85Min

Accurate passes:
18/24

Won duels:
3/10

Despodov

6.0

Played:
85Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
8/14

Won duels:
3/8

Dribbles:
0/1

Yusein

6.3

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
10/13

Won duels:
3/8

Dribbles:
1/1

Kostadinov

6.3

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
42/50

Won duels:
4/6

Krastev

6.3

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
35/37

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
10/22

Dribbles:
4/6

Petrov

6.2

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
5

Interceptions:
4

Accurate passes:
35/44

Won duels:
7/11

Petrov

6.5

Played:
93Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
54/59

Won duels:
4/5

Atanasov

6.2

Played:
79Min

Tackles:
3

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
44/53

Won duels:
6/11

Mitov

5.2

Played:
93Min

Accurate passes:
24/30

Won duels:
1/1

Substitutes

Coach

Michael Andrew Martin O'Neill

Brown

6.9

Played:
48Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
18/20

Won duels:
1/1

Reid

6.7

Played:
19Min

Accurate passes:
1/2

Won duels:
0/1

Smyth

7.0

Played:
19Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
3/4

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
3/6

Dribbles:
0/2

Lyons

6.6

Played:
8Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
6/7

Won duels:
1/2

Magennis

7.5

Played:
8Min

Accurate passes:
1/1

Southwood

Pym

Lewis

Saville

Thompson

Boyd-Munce

Bonis

Coach

I. Iliev

Antov

6.3

Played:
48Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
30/38

Won duels:
2/4

Dimitrov

6.3

Played:
48Min

Accurate passes:
8/11

Won duels:
3/7

Dribbles:
2/3

Chochev

4.7

Played:
14Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
9/12

Won duels:
2/3

Iliev

6.7

Played:
8Min

Accurate passes:
2/3

Minchev

6.7

Played:
8Min

Accurate passes:
4/4

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
0/1

Vutsov

Dyulgerov

Lyaskov

Turitsov

Minchev

Ivanov

Panayotov

Stats

Ball Possession

Northern Ireland: 43%

Bulgaria: 57%

Total Shots

Northern Ireland: 12

Bulgaria: 5

Shots on Goal

Northern Ireland: 4

Bulgaria: 1

Corner Kicks

Northern Ireland: 7

Bulgaria: 2

Offsides

Northern Ireland: 2

Bulgaria: 2

Fouls

Northern Ireland: 15

Bulgaria: 12

Yellow Cards

Northern Ireland: 2

Bulgaria: 2

Red Cards

Northern Ireland: 0

Bulgaria: 0

Total Passes

Northern Ireland: 317

Bulgaria: 444

Goals Prevented

Northern Ireland: 0

Bulgaria: 0

Passes Accuracy

Northern Ireland: 246 (78%)

Bulgaria: 358 (81%)

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

Northern Ireland vs Bulgaria

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