Bulgaria vs Northern Ireland | Suffarah

UEFA Nations League ·Matchday 2

1-0

Full-time HT 1-0

Northern Ireland

K. Despodov 40'

Pre-match
First half
Half-time
Second half
Full-time

Sunday 8 September · 19:00 Stadion Hristo Botev, Plovdiv Anastasios Sidiropoulos

Events Lineups Stats Standings Head-to-head

The match in brief

Bulgaria beat Northern Ireland 1-0. Scorers for Bulgaria: K. Despodov 40'.

Bulgaria Northern Ireland Northern Ireland logo

Full-time 1 - 0
Added time: 1 minute
90+1'
F. Nurnberger Yellow card · Bulgaria F. Nurnberger of Bulgaria is booked
83'
R. McCausland Out: T. Hume · Northern Ireland Substitution for Northern Ireland: R. McCausland comes on for T. Hume
82'
A. McCann Out: I. Price · Northern Ireland Substitution for Northern Ireland: A. McCann comes on for I. Price
81'
T. Hume Yellow card · Northern Ireland Yellow card for T. Hume (Northern Ireland)
78'
S. Ivanov Out: K. Despodov · Bulgaria Substitution for Bulgaria: S. Ivanov comes on for K. Despodov
78'
S. Petrov Out: G. Kostadinov · Bulgaria Substitution for Bulgaria: S. Petrov comes on for G. Kostadinov
78'
A. Ahmedov Yellow card · Bulgaria A. Ahmedov of Bulgaria is booked
73'
P. Smyth Out: G. Saville · Northern Ireland Substitution for Northern Ireland: P. Smyth comes on for G. Saville
73'
C. Marshall Out: P. McNair · Northern Ireland Substitution for Northern Ireland: C. Marshall comes on for P. McNair
72'
Vasil Panayotov Out: M. Minchev · Bulgaria Substitution for Bulgaria: Vasil Panayotov comes on for M. Minchev
72'
Z. Dimitrov Out: R. Kirilov · Bulgaria Substitution for Bulgaria: Z. Dimitrov comes on for R. Kirilov
63'
A. Ahmedov Out: Aleksandar Kolev · Bulgaria Substitution for Bulgaria: A. Ahmedov comes on for Aleksandar Kolev
59'
S. Lavery Out: D. Charles · Northern Ireland Substitution for Northern Ireland: S. Lavery comes on for D. Charles
59'
C. Bradley Yellow card · Northern Ireland Yellow card for C. Bradley (Northern Ireland)
Half-time 1 - 0
40'
K. Despodov 1-0 Goal · Assist: Aleksandar Kolev · Bulgaria Aleksandar Kolev provides, K. Despodov finishes for Bulgaria (1-0)
29'
P. McNair Yellow card · Northern Ireland Yellow card for P. McNair (Northern Ireland)
27'
S. Charles Yellow card · Northern Ireland S. Charles of Northern Ireland is booked
-5'
Aleksandar Kolev Yellow card · Bulgaria Yellow card for Aleksandar Kolev (Bulgaria)
Kick-off

The teams before the match

Bulgaria Northern Ireland Northern Ireland logo

WDDDD Last 5 matches DWLWW

2Position1

9Pts11

0.8Goals scored per match1.2

1.2Goals conceded per match1.2

3Clean sheets5

From each team's last 10 matches before this one, in all competitions.

League A, Group 1

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Portugal	6	4	2	0	13	5	13:5	+8	14	WWWLD
2	Croatia	6	2	2	2	8	8	8:8	0	8	LWDLD
3	Scotland	6	2	1	3	7	8	7:8	-1	7	LWWWD
4	Poland	6	1	1	4	9	16	9:16	-7	4	LLDLL

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League A, Group 2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	France	6	4	1	1	12	6	12:6	+6	13	WLWLW
2	Italy	6	4	1	1	13	8	13:8	+5	13	DLLWW
3	Belgium	6	1	1	4	6	9	6:9	-3	4	WLLLL
4	Israel	6	1	1	4	5	13	5:13	-8	4	WDLLL

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League A, Group 3

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Germany	6	4	2	0	18	4	18:4	+14	14	LLDWD
2	Netherlands	6	2	3	1	13	7	13:7	+6	9	DDDWL
3	Hungary	6	1	3	2	4	11	4:11	-7	6	LLDLW
4	Bosnia & Herzegovina	6	0	2	4	4	17	4:17	-13	2	DLLLD

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League A, Group 4

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Spain	6	5	1	0	13	4	13:4	+9	16	LWDDW
2	Denmark	6	2	2	2	7	5	7:5	+2	8	LWDLD
3	Serbia	6	1	3	2	3	6	3:6	-3	6	WDDDL
4	Switzerland	6	0	2	4	6	14	6:14	-8	2	LDDLL

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League B, Group 1

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Czechia	6	3	2	1	9	8	9:8	+1	11	WDDWW
2	Ukraine	6	2	2	2	8	8	8:8	0	8	LWWDD
3	Georgia	6	2	1	3	7	6	7:6	+1	7	WWLDL
4	Albania	6	2	1	3	4	6	4:6	-2	7	LDWLL

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League B, Group 2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	England	6	5	0	1	16	3	16:3	+13	15	WWWLW
2	Greece	6	5	0	1	11	4	11:4	+7	15	WLWLW
3	Rep. Of Ireland	6	2	0	4	3	12	3:12	-9	6	WWLWL
4	Finland	6	0	0	6	2	13	2:13	-11	0	LLLLL

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League B, Group 3

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Norway	6	4	1	1	15	7	15:7	+8	13	WWLWW
2	Austria	6	3	2	1	14	5	14:5	+9	11	LDDWW
3	Slovenia	6	2	2	2	7	9	7:9	-2	8	WDDLW
4	Kazakhstan	6	0	1	5	0	15	0:15	-15	1	LLLLL

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League B, Group 4

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Wales	6	3	3	0	9	4	9:4	+5	12	WDWDW
2	Türkiye	6	3	2	1	9	6	9:6	+3	11	WWLDW
3	Iceland	6	2	1	3	10	13	10:13	-3	7	LLLWL
4	Montenegro	6	1	0	5	4	9	4:9	-5	3	WLLLL

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League C, Group 1

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Sweden	6	5	1	0	19	4	19:4	+15	16	WWWDW
2	Slovakia	6	4	1	1	10	5	10:5	+5	13	LDWLW
3	Estonia	6	1	1	4	3	9	3:9	-6	4	LDLWL
4	Azerbaijan	6	0	1	5	3	17	3:17	-14	1	LDLLL

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League C, Group 2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Romania	6	6	0	0	18	3	18:3	+15	18	WWWWW
2	Kosovo	6	4	0	2	10	7	10:7	+3	12	WWWLW
3	Cyprus	6	2	0	4	4	15	4:15	-11	6	LWLLL
4	Lithuania	6	0	0	6	4	11	4:11	-7	0	LLLLL

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League C, Group 3

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Northern Ireland	6	3	2	1	11	3	11:3	+8	11	DWWDL
2	Bulgaria	6	2	3	1	3	6	3:6	-3	9	LLDWL
3	Belarus	6	1	4	1	3	4	3:4	-1	7	DLDDW
4	Luxembourg	6	0	3	3	3	7	3:7	-4	3	WDLDD

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League C, Group 4

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	FYR Macedonia	6	5	1	0	10	1	10:1	+9	16	WWWWW
2	Armenia	6	2	1	3	8	9	8:9	-1	7	LLWLL
3	Faroe Islands	6	1	3	2	5	6	5:6	-1	6	LWDDL
4	Latvia	6	1	1	4	4	11	4:11	-7	4	WLLDL

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League D, Group 1

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	San Marino	4	2	1	1	5	3	5:3	+2	7	WDLW
2	Gibraltar	4	1	3	0	4	3	4:3	+1	6	LDDWD
3	Liechtenstein	4	0	2	2	3	6	3:6	-3	2	LDDL

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League D, Group 2

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF:GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Moldova	4	3	0	1	5	1	5:1	+4	9	WLWW
2	Malta	4	2	1	1	2	2	2:2	0	7	LDWWL
3	Andorra	4	0	1	3	0	4	0:4	-4	1	DLLL

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