Bulgaria 1-0 Northern Ireland: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Bulgaria

K. Despodov 40'

Northern Ireland

UEFA Nations League 2024/2025

League C - 2

September 8, 2024 4:00pm

Stadion Hristo Botev, Plovdiv

Key stats

Ball Possession

48%

52%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Bulgaria 4-2-3-1

Northern Ireland 3-4-3

Goalkeeper

D. Mitov

7.0

B. Peacock-Farrell

6.3

Defenders

F. Nürnberger

6.9

C. Brown

7.0

A. Petkov

6.9

P. McNair

6.3

Z. Atanasov

7.0

D. Ballard

7.2

Midfielders

I. Gruev

7.3

J. Lewis

6.9

G. Kostadinov

6.9

G. Saville

6.3

R. Kirilov

6.6

S. Charles

6.2

M. Minchev

6.6

T. Hume

7.0

K. Despodov

7.7

Forwards

A. Kolev

7.2

I. Price

7.0

D. Charles

6.5

C. Bradley

6.9

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Highest rating

7.7

K. Despodov

7.2

D. Ballard

Match Summary

On September 08, 2024 during the 2024/2025 UEFA Nations League match, Bulgaria faced off against Northern Ireland at Stadion Hristo Botev, Plovdiv. The game concluded with Bulgaria securing a victory. With 48% possession, Bulgaria versus Northern Ireland's 52% and shots on goal at 3 to 3. Bulgaria had 79% successful passes (of 342 passes) over Northern Ireland which had 77% successful passes (of 372 passes). The outstanding efforts by K. Despodov and D. Ballard played a key role.

Lineup

4-2-3-1

3-4-3

Mitov

7.0

Played:
95Min

Saves:
3 of 3

Accurate passes:
20/32

Won duels:
2/2

Atanasov

7.0

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
40/49

Won duels:
7/10

Dribbles:
1/1

Petkov

6.9

Played:
95Min

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
43/47

Won duels:
4/7

Nürnberger

6.9

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
33/43

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
3/3

Kostadinov

6.9

Played:
78Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
23/26

Won duels:
2/4

Gruev

7.3

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
33/38

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/7

Despodov

7.7

Played:
78Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
13/17

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/8

Dribbles:
2/5

Minchev

6.6

Played:
72Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
12/17

Won duels:
4/9

Kirilov

6.6

Played:
72Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
9/10

Won duels:
4/10

Dribbles:
0/2

Kolev

7.2

Played:
62Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
11/16

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/12

Price

7.0

Played:
82Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
8/15

Won duels:
3/4

Dribbles:
1/1

Charles

6.5

Played:
59Min

Accurate passes:
1/2

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
0/2

Dribbles:
0/1

Bradley

6.9

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
25/29

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/17

Dribbles:
1/2

Lewis

6.9

Played:
95Min

Accurate passes:
21/26

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
2/4

Dribbles:
2/2

Saville

6.3

Played:
73Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
25/29

Won duels:
1/3

Dribbles:
0/1

Charles

6.2

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
32/48

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/11

Dribbles:
1/4

Hume

7.0

Played:
83Min

Tackles:
4

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
31/39

Won duels:
7/12

Brown

7.0

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
41/51

Won duels:
7/10

McNair

6.3

Played:
73Min

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
26/31

Won duels:
2/4

Ballard

7.2

Played:
95Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
50/58

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
14/19

Dribbles:
2/2

Peacock-Farrell

6.3

Played:
95Min

Saves:
2 of 3

Accurate passes:
16/27

Won duels:
1/1

Substitutes

Coach

I. Iliev

Ahmedov

6.2

Played:
33Min

Accurate passes:
0/1

Won duels:
1/7

Dimitrov

6.7

Played:
23Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
1/3

Won duels:
1/3

Dribbles:
0/1

Panayotov

6.6

Played:
23Min

Accurate passes:
3/4

Won duels:
2/3

Dribbles:
1/1

Vutsov

Dyulgerov

Antov

Tombak

Petrov

6.6

Played:
17Min

Accurate passes:
0/1

Won duels:
1/2

Minchev

Ivanov

6.3

Played:
17Min

Accurate passes:
2/2

Won duels:
1/3

Dribbles:
1/2

Minchev

Rusev

Coach

Michael Andrew Martin O'Neill

Lavery

6.6

Played:
36Min

Accurate passes:
1/3

Won duels:
2/4

Marshall

6.7

Played:
22Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
0/1

Won duels:
1/2

Smyth

6.3

Played:
22Min

Accurate passes:
2/4

Won duels:
0/1

Southwood

Toal

Galbraith

McCann

6.3

Played:
13Min

Accurate passes:
4/5

Lyons

Evans

McCausland

6.3

Played:
12Min

Accurate passes:
3/4

Magennis

Stats

Ball Possession

Bulgaria: 48%

Northern Ireland: 52%

Total Shots

Bulgaria: 9

Northern Ireland: 7

Shots on Goal

Bulgaria: 3

Northern Ireland: 3

Corner Kicks

Bulgaria: 2

Northern Ireland: 3

Offsides

Bulgaria: 2

Northern Ireland: 1

Fouls

Bulgaria: 19

Northern Ireland: 12

Yellow Cards

Bulgaria: 3

Northern Ireland: 4

Red Cards

Bulgaria: 0

Northern Ireland: 0

Total Passes

Bulgaria: 342

Northern Ireland: 372

Goals Prevented

Bulgaria: 0

Northern Ireland: 0

Passes Accuracy

Bulgaria: 270 (79%)

Northern Ireland: 286 (77%)

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

Bulgaria vs Northern 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