Bulgaria 0-3 Spain: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Bulgaria

Spain

Mikel Oyarzabal 5'

Marc Cucurella 30'

Mikel Merino 38'

European Qualifiers 2024

Group Stage - 5

September 4, 2025 6:45pm

Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia

Key stats

Ball Possession

22%

78%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Bulgaria 4-3-3

Spain 4-3-3

Goalkeeper

S. Vutsov

7.7

Unai Simón

6.6

Defenders

F. Nürnberger

6.2

Marc Cucurella

8.0

E. Tsenov

7.2

D. Huijsen

7.9

K. Dimitrov

6.2

Robin Le Normand

6.6

A. Nedyalkov

6.3

Pedro Porro

7.7

Midfielders

I. Gruev

6.9

Pedri

8.0

I. Chochev

6.6

Martín Zubimendi

8.0

V. Panayotov

6.2

Mikel Merino

8.3

Forwards

R. Kirilov

6.3

Nico Williams

7.7

A. Kolev

6.5

Mikel Oyarzabal

7.7

N. Minkov

6.6

Lamine Yamal

7.9

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Highest rating

7.7

S. Vutsov

8.3

Mikel Merino

Match Summary

On September 04, 2025 during the 2024 European Qualifiers match, Bulgaria faced off against Spain at Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia. The game concluded with Spain securing a victory. With 22% possession, Bulgaria versus Spain's 78% and shots on goal at 0 to 12. Spain had 92% successful passes (of 818 passes) over Bulgaria which had 70% successful passes (of 223 passes). The outstanding efforts by S. Vutsov and Mikel Merino played a key role.

Lineup

4-3-3

Vutsov

7.7

Played:
90Min

Saves:
8 of 11

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
17/36

Won duels:
1/1

Nedyalkov

6.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
4

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
13/21

Won duels:
5/7

Dribbles:
1/1

Dimitrov

6.2

Played:
90Min

Blocked:
2

Accurate passes:
19/26

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/3

Tsenov

7.2

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
23/28

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/4

Nürnberger

6.2

Played:
62Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
15/17

Won duels:
3/10

Panayotov

6.2

Played:
45Min

Accurate passes:
1/3

Won duels:
1/2

Dribbles:
1/1

Chochev

6.6

Played:
81Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
12/14

Won duels:
7/9

Gruev

6.9

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
21/24

Won duels:
6/8

Minkov

6.6

Played:
90Min

Blocked:
2

Accurate passes:
11/14

Kolev

6.5

Played:
71Min

Accurate passes:
6/14

Won duels:
7/14

Kirilov

6.3

Played:
72Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
6/8

Won duels:
1/3

Williams

7.7

Played:
71Min

Accurate passes:
42/45

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
1/4

Dribbles:
1/1

Oyarzabal

7.7

Played:
90Min

Accurate passes:
21/23

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
3/6

Dribbles:
1/2

Yamal

7.9

Played:
79Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
39/50

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
8/16

Dribbles:
7/11

Pedri

8.0

Played:
90Min

Accurate passes:
120/131

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
1/2

Dribbles:
0/1

Zubimendi

8.0

Played:
62Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
69/78

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
3/4

Merino

8.3

Played:
90Min

Accurate passes:
48/53

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/9

Cucurella

8.0

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
77/81

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
1/6

Huijsen

7.9

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
97/104

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/7

Dribbles:
1/2

Normand

6.6

Played:
45Min

Accurate passes:
41/41

Won duels:
4/11

Porro

7.7

Played:
62Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
46/52

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/1

Simón

6.6

Played:
90Min

Accurate passes:
12/12

Substitutes

Coach

I. Iliev

Milanov

6.3

Played:
9Min

Accurate passes:
2/2

Minchev

6.3

Played:
18Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
0/1

Won duels:
1/3

Nikolov

6.6

Played:
19Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
1/3

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/7

Bozhinov

6.6

Played:
28Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
6/7

Won duels:
0/1

Petkov

6.7

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
3/5

Won duels:
8/12

Dribbles:
1/4

Petrov

Petkov

Mitov

Dyulgerov

Atanasov

Kraev

Despodov

Coach

Luis de la Fuente

Rodríguez

6.7

Played:
11Min

Accurate passes:
10/11

Olmo

6.3

Played:
19Min

Accurate passes:
9/10

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
0/6

Dribbles:
0/2

Carvajal

6.6

Played:
28Min

Accurate passes:
24/24

Won duels:
1/2

Dribbles:
0/1

Rodri

7.0

Played:
28Min

Accurate passes:
44/48

Won duels:
0/3

Paredes

6.9

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
53/55

Won duels:
4/6

Grimaldo

Torres

García

Morata

Raya

Fermín

Remiro

Stats

Ball Possession

Bulgaria: 22%

Spain Spain: 78%

Total Shots

Bulgaria: 3

Spain Spain: 24

Shots on Goal

Bulgaria: 0

Spain Spain: 12

Corner Kicks

Bulgaria: 1

Spain Spain: 6

Offsides

Bulgaria: 3

Spain Spain: 1

Fouls

Bulgaria: 7

Spain Spain: 17

Yellow Cards

Bulgaria: 0

Spain Spain: 1

Red Cards

Bulgaria: 0

Spain Spain: 0

Total Passes

Bulgaria: 223

Spain Spain: 818

Goals Prevented

Bulgaria: 0

Spain Spain: 0

Passes Accuracy

Bulgaria: 156 (70%)

Spain Spain: 752 (92%)

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 Spain

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