Spain 4-0 Bulgaria: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Spain

Mikel Merino 35'

Mikel Merino 57'

A. Chernev 79' (OG)

Mikel Oyarzabal 90' +2 (Pen)

Bulgaria

European Qualifiers 2024

Group Stage - 8

October 14, 2025 6:45pm

José Zorrilla, Valladolid

Key stats

Ball Possession

78%

22%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Spain -

Bulgaria -

Goalkeeper

Unai Simón

6.9

S. Vutsov

7.9

Defenders

Pedro Porro

7.3

M. Todorski

6.0

Robin Le Normand

7.3

P. Hristov

7.0

Aymeric Laporte

7.6

A. Chernev

6.2

Álex Grimaldo

8.0

D. Velkovski

6.2

Midfielders

Martín Zubimendi

7.7

M. Minchev

6.6

Pedri

8.2

S. Shopov

6.2

Mikel Oyarzabal

8.0

I. Gruev

6.2

Mikel Merino

10.0

F. Krastev

7.2

Álex Baena

7.6

R. Kirilov

6.5

Forwards

Samu

6.2

K. Despodov

6.2

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Highest rating

10.0

Mikel Merino

7.9

S. Vutsov

Match Summary

On October 14, 2025 during the 2024 European Qualifiers match, Spain faced off against Bulgaria at José Zorrilla, Valladolid. The game concluded with Spain securing a victory. With 78% possession, Spain versus Bulgaria's 22% and shots on goal at 11 to 0. Spain had 93% successful passes (of 817 passes) over Bulgaria which had 73% successful passes (of 239 passes). The outstanding efforts by Mikel Merino and S. Vutsov played a key role.

Lineup

Simón

6.9

Played:
90Min

Accurate passes:
14/16

Porro

7.3

Played:
90Min

Accurate passes:
65/72

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/5

Normand

7.3

Played:
71Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
77/78

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/3

Laporte

7.6

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
127/128

Won duels:
3/6

Grimaldo

8.0

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
74/78

Key passes:
4

Won duels:
2/8

Dribbles:
0/2

Zubimendi

7.7

Played:
63Min

Accurate passes:
81/82

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/1

Pedri

8.2

Played:
68Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
101/109

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
1/1

Oyarzabal

8.0

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
41/48

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
3/5

Dribbles:
1/1

Merino

10.0

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
40/46

Key passes:
5

Won duels:
5/8

Dribbles:
1/1

Baena

7.6

Played:
63Min

Accurate passes:
45/55

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
2/7

Dribbles:
2/3

Samu

6.2

Played:
45Min

Accurate passes:
5/7

Won duels:
1/6

Dribbles:
0/1

Despodov

6.2

Played:
67Min

Accurate passes:
8/10

Won duels:
1/1

Kirilov

6.5

Played:
67Min

Accurate passes:
3/5

Won duels:
1/2

Dribbles:
1/2

Krastev

7.2

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
4

Accurate passes:
23/25

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
7/9

Dribbles:
4/6

Gruev

6.2

Played:
89Min

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
30/36

Won duels:
0/3

Shopov

6.2

Played:
84Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
13/18

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/3

Minchev

6.6

Played:
67Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
6/12

Won duels:
7/10

Velkovski

6.2

Played:
90Min

Blocked:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
21/28

Won duels:
2/4

Dribbles:
1/1

Chernev

6.2

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
2

Accurate passes:
19/22

Won duels:
2/2

Hristov

7.0

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
3

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
10/14

Won duels:
4/6

Todorski

6.0

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
13/24

Won duels:
3/8

Dribbles:
0/2

Vutsov

7.9

Played:
90Min

Saves:
8 of 12

Accurate passes:
16/29

Substitutes

Coach

Luis de la Fuente

Iglesias

6.7

Played:
45Min

Accurate passes:
7/10

Won duels:
0/1

Pino

7.2

Played:
27Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
12/15

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
2/3

Dribbles:
0/1

García

7.3

Played:
27Min

Accurate passes:
28/31

Won duels:
0/1

Barrios

6.9

Played:
22Min

Accurate passes:
23/24

Vivian

6.7

Played:
19Min

Accurate passes:
17/18

Remiro

Raya

Paredes

Llorente

Cucurella

Frutos

Rodríguez

Coach

I. Iliev

Dimitrov

6.7

Played:
23Min

Accurate passes:
5/5

Won duels:
1/2

Dribbles:
0/1

Petkov

6.5

Played:
23Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
4/5

Won duels:
1/2

Nikolov

6.3

Played:
23Min

Accurate passes:
2/4

Won duels:
1/2

Stoyanov

6.2

Played:
10Min

Won duels:
0/1

Kraev

Played:
1Min

Accurate passes:
2/2

Mitov

Sheytanov

Popov

Dimitrov

Bozhinov

Petrov

Chochev

Stats

Ball Possession

Spain Spain: 78%

Bulgaria: 22%

Total Shots

Spain Spain: 33

Bulgaria: 3

Shots on Goal

Spain Spain: 11

Bulgaria: 0

Corner Kicks

Spain Spain: 11

Bulgaria: 0

Offsides

Spain Spain: 3

Bulgaria: 0

Fouls

Spain Spain: 7

Bulgaria: 6

Yellow Cards

Spain Spain: 0

Bulgaria: 0

Red Cards

Spain Spain: 0

Bulgaria: 0

Total Passes

Spain Spain: 817

Bulgaria: 239

Goals Prevented

Spain Spain: 0

Bulgaria: 0

Passes Accuracy

Spain Spain: 757 (93%)

Bulgaria: 175 (73%)

Key stats

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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

Spain 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