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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2006 - Group 8

Vassil Levski - Sofia - Bulgaria

October 13, 2004

16 800

Bulgaria

4 - 1

Malta

Dimitar Berbatov

43'

Hristo Yanev

47'

Dimitar Berbatov

55'

Chavdar Yankov

88'

11'

Michael Mifsud

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11' - Goal Michael Mifsud

43' - Goal Dimitar Berbatov43

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46' - Substitution Roderick Briffais substituted by Antoine Zahra

47' - Goal Hristo Yanev47

55' - Goal Dimitar Berbatov55

65' - Substitution Vladimir Manchevis substituted by Emil Gargorov65

67' - Substitution Valeri Bojinovis substituted by Stoyko Sakaliev67

72' - Substitution Hristo Yanevis substituted by Rosen Kirilov72

75' - Substitution Ivan Woodsis substituted by Peter Pullicino

80' - Substitution Claude Mattocksis substituted by Andrew Cohen

88' - Goal Chavdar Yankov88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Bulgaria

4 - 1

Malta

Bulgaria Malta

Team line-ups

Bulgaria

Ivankov

Dimitar Ivankov

Bulgaria

B.date30/10/1975

Age28 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Petkov

Ivaylo Petkov

Bulgaria

B.date24/03/1976

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Stoyanov

Ilian Stoyanov

Bulgaria

B.date20/01/1977

Age27 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Yanev4772

Hristo Yanev

Bulgaria

B.date04/05/1979

Age25 years

H1m77

positionMidfield

Yankov88

Chavdar Yankov

Bulgaria

B.date29/03/1984

Age20 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

S. Petrov

Stilian Petrov

Bulgaria

B.date05/07/1979

Age25 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

Georgiev

Blagoy Georgiev

Bulgaria

B.date21/12/1981

Age22 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

M. Petrov

Martin Petrov

Bulgaria

B.date15/01/1979

Age25 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Bojinov67

Valeri Bojinov

Bulgaria

B.date15/02/1986

Age18 years

H1m78

positionStriker

Manchev65

Vladimir Manchev

Bulgaria

B.date06/10/1977

Age27 years

H1m83

positionSecond striker

Berbatov4355

Dimitar Berbatov

Bulgaria

B.date30/01/1981

Age23 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Dimitar Ivankov		28	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ivaylo Petkov		28	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ilian Stoyanov		27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hristo Yanev	4772	25	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Chavdar Yankov	88	20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stilian Petrov		25	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Blagoy Georgiev		22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Martin Petrov		25	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Valeri Bojinov	67	18	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Vladimir Manchev	65	27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dimitar Berbatov	4355	23	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Malta

Haber

Justin Haber

Malta

B.date09/06/1981

Age23 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

Briffa46

Roderick Briffa

Malta

B.date24/08/1981

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Dimech

Luke Dimech

Malta

B.date11/01/1977

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Ciantar

Ian Ciantar

Malta

B.date19/12/1975

Age28 years

H1m75

positionRight central defender

Azzopardi

Ian Azzopardi

Malta

B.date12/08/1982

Age22 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Said

Brian Said

Malta

B.date15/05/1973

Age31 years

positionDefender

Mattocks80

Claude Mattocks

Malta

B.date21/02/1980

Age24 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Giglio

Stefan Giglio

Malta

B.date26/02/1979

Age25 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Agius

Gilbert Agius

Malta

B.date21/02/1974

Age30 years

H1m76

positionMidfield

Woods75

Ivan Woods

Malta

B.date31/12/1976

Age27 years

H1m70

positionForward

Mifsud11

Michael Mifsud

Malta

B.date17/04/1981

Age23 years

H1m64

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Justin Haber		23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Roderick Briffa	46	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Luke Dimech		27	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Ciantar		28	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ian Azzopardi		22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Said		31	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Claude Mattocks	80	24	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stefan Giglio		25	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gilbert Agius		30	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ivan Woods	75	27	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Mifsud	11	23	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Rosen Kirilov	72	31	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Emil Gargorov	65	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Stoyko Sakaliev	67	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Peter Pullicino	75	28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Antoine Zahra	46	27	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andrew Cohen	80	23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Hristo Yanev

Radostin Kishishev

OUT

Vladimir Manchev

Georgi Markov

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Hristo Stoichkov

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Stoichkov vs Malta

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 13, 2004

Stoichkov vs Heese

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 13, 2004

Manager

Age

Match num

Horst Heese

Success rate in this team:

10 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

32 %

Heese vs Bulgaria

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 13, 2004

Heese vs Stoichkov

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 13, 2004

Referee

Ceri Richards

2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Bulgaria2 matches	General total	Malta2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Bulgaria1 match	Season total	Malta1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 13, 2004					Latest figure on June 06, 2007

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Key figures

It's the first time Chavdar Yankov scores 1 goal in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone

The last time Bulgaria has ended with the score 4-1 in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone, It was on the 02/04/1997 (vs )

Malta keeps its 17 consecutive matches without a draw away from home in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 28/05/1989). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 29 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBulgaria 2-0 Albania30/04/2003

DBulgaria 2-2 Belgium07/06/2003

VBulgaria 3-0 Lithuania20/08/2003

VBulgaria 2-0 Estonia06/09/2003

DBulgaria 2-2 Russia31/03/2004

VBulgaria 3-0 Cameroon28/04/2004

Overall

LSweden 5-0 Bulgaria14/06/2004

LBulgaria 0-2 Denmark18/06/2004

LItaly 2-1 Bulgaria22/06/2004

DIreland 1-1 Bulgaria18/08/2004

VIceland 1-3 Bulgaria04/09/2004

DCroatia 2-2 Bulgaria09/10/2004

Current form

Away

LCyprus 2-1 Malta20/11/2002

LFrance 6-0 Malta29/03/2003

DLuxembourg 1-1 Malta19/08/2003

DIsrael 2-2 Malta10/09/2003

LGermany 7-0 Malta27/05/2004

LFaroe Islands 3-2 Malta18/08/2004

Overall

LMalta 0-4 Belarus U-2118/02/2004

LMalta 1-2 Finland31/03/2004

LGermany 7-0 Malta27/05/2004

LFaroe Islands 3-2 Malta18/08/2004

LMalta 0-7 Sweden04/09/2004

DMalta 0-0 Iceland09/10/2004

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	9	3
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	9	4
Conceding streak	0	7
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	2	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	42	6
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	2
Conceding streak	17	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

2	Number of games (Competition total)	2
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
1	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	3.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

6	Yellow cards (Competition total)	4
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

	Dimitar Berbatov	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)		-
	Dimitar Berbatov	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player		-

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

15 gf

0 ga

Away

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

4 gf

0 ga

Total

6 matches

5 v

1 d

0 l

19 gf

0 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

0 gf

4 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

0 gf

15 ga

Total

6 matches

0 v

1 d

5 l

0 gf

19 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 14, 1982
Home	7 - 0	October 14, 1982

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

September 01, 2001 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2002

Malta

0 - 2

Bulgaria

October 07, 2000 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2002

Bulgaria

3 - 0

Malta

December 26, 1982 - Rencontres amicales 1982

Malta

0 - 0

Bulgaria

October 14, 1982 - Rencontres amicales 1982

Bulgaria

7 - 0

Malta

December 21, 1975 - Eliminatoires Euro 1976

Malta

0 - 2

Bulgaria

Best historical scorers against Malta

Georgi Ivanov	2 goals	2000 - 2000
Dimitar Berbatov	2 goals	2001 - 2001
Svetoslav Todorov	1 goal	2000 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/2000. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Bulgaria

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/2000. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Malta

Georgi Ivanov	2 matches	2000 - 2001
Zdravko Zdravkov	2 matches	2000 - 2001
Stilian Petrov	2 matches	2000 - 2001
Pedrag Pazin	2 matches	2000 - 2001
Milen Petkov	2 matches	2000 - 2001
Krasimir Balakov	2 matches	2000 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/2000. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bulgaria

David Carabott	2 matches	2000 - 2001
Darren Debono	2 matches	2000 - 2001
Gilbert Agius	2 matches	2000 - 2001
Brian Said	2 matches	2000 - 2001
Chucks Nwoko	2 matches	2000 - 2001
Stefan Giglio	2 matches	2000 - 2001