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Malta 0-2 Bulgaria - September 01, 2001 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2002

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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2002 - Group 3

Ta' Qali Stadium - Mdina - Malta

September 01, 2001

409

Malta

0 - 2

Bulgaria

74'

Dimitar Berbatov

80'

Dimitar Berbatov

logo Malta MAL

36' - Substitution Gilbert Agiusis substituted by Antoine Zahra36

logo Malta MAL

55' - Substitution Krassimir Chomakovis substituted by Krasimir Balakov

67' - Substitution Stefan Gigliois substituted by Ian Ciantar67

69' - Substitution A. Yordanov Aleksandrovis substituted by Todor Yanchev

74' - Goal Dimitar Berbatov

75' - Red card Daniel Theuma75

80' - Goal Dimitar Berbatov

83' - Substitution Krasimir Balakovis substituted by Stoicho Stoilov

87' - Substitution Chucks Nwokois substituted by Malcolm Licari87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Malta

0 - 2

Bulgaria

Malta Bulgaria

Team line-ups

Malta

Muscat

Mario Muscat

Malta

B.date18/08/1976

Age25 years

H1m78

positionGoalkeeper

Debono

Darren Debono

Malta

B.date09/01/1974

Age27 years

positionDefender

Carabott

David Carabott

Malta

B.date18/05/1968

Age33 years

positionDefender

Said

Brian Said

Malta

B.date15/05/1973

Age28 years

positionDefender

Spiteri

Michael Spiteri

Malta

B.date25/02/1969

Age32 years

positionDefender

Theuma75

Daniel Theuma

Malta

B.date29/06/1971

Age30 years

positionDefender

Agius36

Gilbert Agius

Malta

B.date21/02/1974

Age27 years

H1m76

positionMidfield

Giglio67

Stefan Giglio

Malta

B.date26/02/1979

Age22 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Turner

Noel Turner

Malta

B.date09/12/1974

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Nwoko87

Chucks Nwoko

Malta

B.date21/11/1978

Age22 years

H1m83

positionForward

Mifsud

Michael Mifsud

Malta

B.date17/04/1981

Age20 years

H1m64

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mario Muscat		25	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Darren Debono		27	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Carabott		33	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Said		28	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Michael Spiteri		32	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Daniel Theuma	75	30	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gilbert Agius	36	27	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stefan Giglio	67	22	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Noel Turner		26	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Chucks Nwoko	87	22	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Michael Mifsud		20	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Bulgaria

Zdravkov

Zdravko Zdravkov

Bulgaria

B.date04/10/1970

Age30 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Pazin

Pedrag Pazin

Bulgaria

B.date14/03/1973

Age28 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Markov

Georgi Markov

Bulgaria

B.date20/01/1972

Age29 years

H1m82

positionDefender

Chomakov55

Krassimir Chomakov

Bulgaria

B.date08/06/1977

Age24 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Petkov

Milen Petkov

Bulgaria

B.date12/01/1974

Age27 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Yordanov Aleksandrov69

Aleksandar Yordanov Aleksandrov

Bulgaria

B.date19/01/1975

Age26 years

H1m74

positionMidfield

Peev

Georgi Peev

Bulgaria

B.date11/03/1979

Age22 years

H1m81

positionRight Midfielder

B. Ivanov

Biser Ivanov

Bulgaria

B.date24/06/1973

Age28 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Petrov

Stilian Petrov

Bulgaria

B.date05/07/1979

Age22 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

G. Ivanov

Georgi Ivanov

Bulgaria

B.date02/07/1976

Age25 years

H1m84

positionStriker

Berbatov7480

Dimitar Berbatov

Bulgaria

B.date30/01/1981

Age20 years

H1m88

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Zdravko Zdravkov		30	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Pedrag Pazin		28	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Georgi Markov		29	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Krassimir Chomakov	55	24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Milen Petkov		27	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	A. Yordanov Aleksandrov	69	26	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Georgi Peev		22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Biser Ivanov		28	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stilian Petrov		22	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Georgi Ivanov		25	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Dimitar Berbatov	7480	20	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Ian Ciantar	67	25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Antoine Zahra	36	24	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Malcolm Licari	87	23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Stoicho Stoilov	83	29	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Krasimir Balakov	5583	35	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Todor Yanchev	69	25	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Darren Debono

Luke Dimech

OUT

Stefan Giglio

Joe Brincat

OUT

Michael Spiteri

David Camilleri

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Aleksandar Yordanov Aleksandrov

Krasimir Balakov

OUT

Georgi Ivanov

Svetoslav Todorov

OUT

Biser Ivanov

Svetoslav Petrov

OUT

Stilian Petrov

Martin Petrov

OUT

Dimitar Berbatov

Aleksandar Tomash

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Siegfried Held

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Held vs Bulgaria

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 01, 2001

Held vs Mladenov

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 01, 2001

Manager

Age

Match num

Stoycho Mladenov

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Mladenov vs Malta

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 01, 2001

Mladenov vs Held

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 01, 2001

Referee

Hartmut Strampe

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Malta1 match	General total	Bulgaria2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Malta1 match	Season total	Bulgaria1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on September 01, 2001					Latest figure on September 01, 2001

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Comments

Key figures

Malta keeps its 30 consecutive matches without a win at home in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 14/11/1971). It's a record streak. The first of history

Malta keeps its 8 consecutive losses running (since 15/11/2000).

It's the first time Dimitar Berbatov scores at least 2 goals during the same game in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LMalta 0-1 South Africa28/05/2000

LMalta 1-2 England03/06/2000

DMalta 0-0 Czech Republic11/10/2000

LMalta 0-3 Sweden28/02/2001

LMalta 0-5 Denmark24/03/2001

LMalta 1-4 Iceland25/04/2001

Overall

LMalta 0-3 Sweden28/02/2001

LMalta 0-5 Denmark24/03/2001

LMalta 1-4 Iceland25/04/2001

LIceland 3-0 Malta02/06/2001

LDenmark 2-1 Malta06/06/2001

LBosnia and Herzegovina 2-0 Malta15/08/2001

Current form

Away

VMexico 0-2 Bulgaria24/01/2001

DJamaica 0-0 Bulgaria28/01/2001

VJordan 0-2 Bulgaria28/02/2001

LNorway 2-1 Bulgaria25/04/2001

VNorthern Ireland 0-1 Bulgaria02/06/2001

DIceland 1-1 Bulgaria06/06/2001

Overall

VBulgaria 2-1 Iceland24/03/2001

VBulgaria 4-3 Northern Ireland28/03/2001

LNorway 2-1 Bulgaria25/04/2001

VNorthern Ireland 0-1 Bulgaria02/06/2001

DIceland 1-1 Bulgaria06/06/2001

VBulgaria 1-0 North Macedonia15/08/2001

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	3	7
Winless streak	9	17
Drawless streak	3	7
Scoring streak	1	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	3	7

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	4	7
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
0	Victories (Competition total)	4
0	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
6	Losses (Competition total)	1
2	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	12
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
18	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
0.29	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.71
0.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
2.57	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
3	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.67

Betting aid

5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
5	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	4
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
0-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (2 times)

Bookings

22	Yellow cards (Competition total)	17
9	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	6
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Michael Mifsud	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Georgi Ivanov
Michael Mifsud	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Dimitar Berbatov
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Krasimir Balakov
George Mallia	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 5 matches	Dimitar Berbatov

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

0 gf

15 ga

Total

5 matches

0 v

1 d

4 l

0 gf

17 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

15 gf

0 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Total

5 matches

4 v

1 d

0 l

17 gf

0 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 14, 1982
Away	2 - 0	December 21, 1975

Latest head to head

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

June 11, 1975 - Eliminatoires Euro 1976

Bulgaria

5 - 0

Malta

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.

Best historical scorers against Malta

	Georgi Ivanov	2 goals	2000 - 2000
	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.

Players with most games played vs Bulgaria

Gilbert Agius	1 match	2000 - 2000
Carmel Busuttil	1 match	2000 - 2000
Jonathan Holland	1 match	2000 - 2000
Brian Said	1 match	2000 - 2000
Luke Dimech	1 match	2000 - 2000
Chucks Nwoko	1 match	2000 - 2000

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

Milen Petkov	1 match	2000 - 2000
Krasimir Balakov	1 match	2000 - 2000
Svetoslav Todorov	1 match	2000 - 2000
Marian Hristov	1 match	2000 - 2000
Ivaylo Petkov	1 match	2000 - 2000
Georgi Peev	1 match	2000 - 2000