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UEFA Nations League · Matchweek 4 · Oct 15

Northern Ireland - Bulgaria

Northern Ireland beat Bulgaria 5-0 in UEFA Nations League (Matchweek 4). Goals: I. Price 15', 29', 81'; D. Mitov (OG) 32'.

Northern IrelandHOME Northern Ireland
5 - 0
FT
BulgariaAWAY Bulgaria
I. Price 15', 29', 81'D. Mitov (OG) 32'J. Magennis 89'
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🏟 Windsor Park 👤 Referee: Jérôme Brisard, France
Key events
15' ⚽ I. Price(1 - 0) · Assist: D. Charles Northern Ire
25' 🟨 Isaac PriceYellow card Northern Ire
29' ⚽ I. Price(2 - 0) · Assist: B. Spencer Northern Ire
30' 🟨 Kiril DespodovYellow card Bulgaria
32' ⚽ D. Mitov (OG)(3 - 0) Northern Ire
38' 🟨 Filip KrastevYellow card Bulgaria
41' 🟨 Eoin ToalYellow card Northern Ire
81' ⚽ I. Price(4 - 0) · Assist: S. Charles Northern Ire
89' ⚽ J. Magennis(5 - 0) · Assist: P. Smyth Northern Ire
Quick stats
%43 Possession %57
12 Total shots 5
4 Shots on target 1
6 Shots off target 3
2 Blocked shots 1
9 Shots inside box 4
3 Shots outside box 1
1 Saves 0
Match timeline
First half
I. Price(1 - 0) · Assist: D. Charles⚽
15'
Isaac PriceYellow card🟨
25'
I. Price(2 - 0) · Assist: B. Spencer⚽
29'
30'
🟨Kiril DespodovYellow card
D. Mitov (OG)(3 - 0)⚽
32'
38'
🟨Filip KrastevYellow card
Eoin ToalYellow card🟨
41'
E. Toal ↔ C. BrownSubstitution🔁
45'
HT 3 - 0
46'
🔁S. Yusein ↔ V. AntovSubstitution
46'
🔁R. Kirilov ↔ Z. DimitrovSubstitution
D. Charles ↔ J. ReidSubstitution🔁
74'
C. Marshall ↔ P. SmythSubstitution🔁
74'
79'
🔁Z. Atanasov ↔ I. ChochevSubstitution
I. Price(4 - 0) · Assist: S. Charles⚽
81'
S. Charles ↔ J. MagennisSubstitution🔁
85'
I. Price ↔ B. LyonsSubstitution🔁
85'
85'
🔁K. Despodov ↔ I. IlievSubstitution
85'
🔁M. Minchev ↔ G. MinchevSubstitution
J. Magennis(5 - 0) · Assist: P. Smyth⚽
89'
FT 5 - 0
Match statsNorthern Ireland · Bulgaria
Key stats
%43 Possession %57
Shots
12 Total shots 5
4 Shots on target 1
6 Shots off target 3
2 Blocked shots 1
9 Shots inside box 4
3 Shots outside box 1
1 Saves 0
Passing
322 Total passes 456
249 Accurate passes 367
%77 Pass accuracy %80
Set pieces & discipline
7 Corners 2
2 Offsides 2
15 Fouls 12
Cards
2 Yellow cards 2
By half
3 1st-half goals 0
2 2nd-half goals 0
LineupsNorthern Ireland 3-4-2-1Bulgaria 4-3-3
12Charles 4Toal 17McNair 5Hume 20Spencer 19Charles 16McCann 2Bradley 8Marshall 14Price 10Charles 1Mitov 5Petrov 15Petrov 3Atanasov 2Popov 20Yusein 7Kostadinov 14Krastev 8Kirilov 17Minchev 11Despodov
Northern Ireland · Bench
3J. Lewis3
22C. Brown22
9J. Reid9
11P. Smyth11
21J. Magennis21
13B. Lyons13
15J. Thompson15
7L. Bonis7
6G. Saville6
Coach: M. O'Neill
Bulgaria · Bench
19I. Turitsov19
6V. Antov6
9Z. Dimitrov9
18I. Chochev18
22I. Iliev22
10G. Minchev10
12S. Ivanov12
21S. Vutsov21
16V. Panayotov16
Coach: I. Iliev
HEAD TO HEAD1 meetings
Northern Ireland 0
Too few meetings for a trend
Bulgaria 1
0 Northern Ireland 0 draw 1 Bulgaria
GOALS IN THIS FIXTURE
1.0goals / match
0–1total goals
0/1clean sheets
1-0Bulgaria best win · Sep 8
%0 Over 1.5 0/1
%0 Over 2.5 0/1
%0 Over 3.5 0/1
%0 BTTS 0/1
DOES THE VENUE MATTER
Bulgaria at home1 matches
1W 0D 0L 1:0
Results are read from the side that hosted the match.
SEASON COMPARISON
1Northern Irelandin the table11pts
6matches 3-2-1W-D-L 11:3goals +8diff
DWWDL
2Bulgariain the table9pts
6matches 2-3-1W-D-L 3:6goals -3diff
DWLDW
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