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Croatia 3-0 Bulgaria - October 10, 2015 / Euro Qualifying 2016

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Euro Qualifying 2016 - Round 9 - Group H

Stadion Maksimir - Zagreb - Croatia

October 10, 2015

Croatia

3 - 0

Bulgaria

Assist by Luka ModricIvan Perisic

Assist by Nikola KalinicIvan Rakitic

42'

Assist by Ivan PerisicNikola Kalinic

81'

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2' - Goal Ivan Perisic2

42' - Goal Ivan Rakitic42

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46' - Substitution Luka Modricis substituted by Milan Badelj46

46' - Substitution Georgi Terzievis substituted by Ivo Ivanov photo Georgi Milanov

46' - Substitution Todor Nedelevis substituted by Georgi Milanov

60' - Substitution Marko Pjacais substituted by Duje Cop60

71' - Substitution Ivelin Popovis substituted by Mihail Aleksandrov

81' - Goal Nikola Kalinic81

85' - Substitution Nikola Kalinicis substituted by Andrej Kramaric85

87' - Yellow card Ivan Perisic87

89' - Red card Duje Cop89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Croatia

3 - 0

Bulgaria

Croatia Bulgaria

Team line-ups

Croatia

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

16N. Kalinic8185

Nikola Kalinic

Croatia

B.date05/01/1988

Age27 years

H1m87

positionStriker

8Pjaca60

Marko Pjaca

Croatia

B.date06/05/1995

Age20 years

H1m86

positionLeft Winger

7Rakitic42

Ivan Rakitic

Croatia

B.date10/03/1988

Age27 years

H1m84

positionPlaymaker

4Perisic287

Ivan Perisic

Croatia

B.date02/02/1989

Age26 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

20Kovacic

Mateo Kovacic

Croatia

B.date06/05/1994

Age21 years

H1m81

positionPlaymaker

10Modric46

Luka Modric

Croatia

B.date09/09/1985

Age30 years

H1m74

positionPlaymaker

22Pivaric

Josip Pivaric

Croatia

B.date30/01/1989

Age26 years

H1m74

positionLeft full-back

21Vida

Domagoj Vida

Croatia

B.date29/04/1989

Age26 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

5Corluka

Vedran Corluka

Croatia

B.date05/02/1986

Age29 years

H1m92

positionRight full-back

11Srna

Darijo Srna

Croatia

B.date01/05/1982

Age33 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

23Subasic

Danijel Subasic

Croatia

B.date27/10/1984

Age30 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Danijel Subasic		30	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Domagoj Vida		26	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Josip Pivaric		26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Darijo Srna		33	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Vedran Corluka		29	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Luka Modric	46	30	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Ivan Rakitic	42	27	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Ivan Perisic	287	26	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Mateo Kovacic		21	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Nikola Kalinic	8185	27	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Marko Pjaca	60	20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Bulgaria

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

8Rangelov

Dimitar Rangelov

Bulgaria

B.date09/02/1983

Age32 years

H1m83

positionStriker

10I. Popov71

Ivelin Popov

Bulgaria

B.date26/10/1987

Age27 years

H1m81

positionPlaymaker

19Tonev

Aleksandar Tonev

Bulgaria

B.date02/02/1990

Age25 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

22Nedelev46

Todor Nedelev

Bulgaria

B.date07/02/1993

Age22 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

23Zlatinski

Hristo Zlatinski

Bulgaria

B.date22/01/1985

Age30 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

16Slavchev

Simeon Slavchev

Bulgaria

B.date25/09/1993

Age22 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

20Z. Milanov

Zhivko Milanov

Bulgaria

B.date15/07/1984

Age31 years

H1m74

positionRight full-back

3Aleksandrov

Aleksandar Aleksandrov

Bulgaria

B.date13/04/1986

Age29 years

H1m86

positionDefender

4Terziev46

Georgi Terziev

Bulgaria

B.date18/04/1992

Age23 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

2S. Popov

Strahil Popov

Bulgaria

B.date31/08/1990

Age25 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

1Mitrev

Bozhidar Mitrev

Bulgaria

B.date31/03/1987

Age28 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Bozhidar Mitrev		28	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Georgi Terziev	46	23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Aleksandar Aleksandrov		29	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Zhivko Milanov		31	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Strahil Popov		25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Hristo Zlatinski		30	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Simeon Slavchev		22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Todor Nedelev	46	22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Ivelin Popov	71	27	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Aleksandar Tonev		25	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Dimitar Rangelov		32	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Lovre Kalinic		25
1	G	Ivan Vargic		28
13	D	Marko Leskovic		24
6	D	Duje Caleta-Car		19
3	D	Danijel Pranjic		33
2	D	Sime Vrsaljko		23
19	M	Milan Badelj	46	26	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Marcelo Brozovic		22
9	F	Andrej Kramaric	85	24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Duje Cop	6089	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Mario Mandzukic		29

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Plamen Iliev		23
13	G	Blagoj Makendzhiev		27
5	D	Ivo Ivanov	46	30	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Asen Georgiev		22
15	D	Ivan Ivanov		27
21	D	Anton Nedyalkov		22
7	M	Mihail Aleksandrov	71	26	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Georgi Milanov	46	23	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Ventsislav Hristov		26
9	F	Anton Karachanakov		23

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nikola Kalinic

Mario Mandzukic

OUT

Josip Pivaric

Sime Vrsaljko

OUT

Mateo Kovacic

Marcelo Brozovic

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Strahil Popov

Veselin Minev

OUT

Simeon Slavchev

Svetoslav Dyakov

OUT

Zhivko Milanov

Yordan Minev

OUT

Aleksandar Tonev

Georgi Milanov

OUT

Hristo Zlatinski

Ivailo Chochev

OUT

Georgi Terziev

Nikolay Bodurov

OUT

Dimitar Rangelov

Iliyan Mitsanski

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ante Cacic

Success rate in this team:

100 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

45 %

Cacic vs Bulgaria

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 10, 2015

Cacic vs Petev

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 10, 2015

Manager

Age

Match num

Ivaylo Petev

Success rate in this team:

17 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

58 %

Petev vs Croatia

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 10, 2015

Petev vs Cacic

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 10, 2015

Referee

Artur Soares Dias

2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Croatia2 matches	General total	Bulgaria1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Croatia1 match	Season total	Bulgaria1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 25, 2022					Latest figure on October 10, 2015

Videos

October 19, 2015

Comments

Key figures

Bulgaria keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a win running (since 03/09/2015).

Croatia keeps its 3 consecutive wins vs Bulgaria running (since 04/06/2005). It's a record streak. The first of history

The last time Bulgaria has lost with a difference of 3 goals away from home in Euro Qualifying, It was on the 03/09/2010 (vs )

Read the next 28 key stats

General ranking

1	Italy	21 pts	9 rd
2	Norway	19 pts	9 rd
3	Croatia	18 pts	9 rd
4	Bulgaria	8 pts	9 rd
5	Azerbaijan	6 pts	9 rd

General ranking

2	Norway	19 pts	9 rd
3	Croatia	18 pts	9 rd
4	Bulgaria	8 pts	9 rd
5	Azerbaijan	6 pts	9 rd
6	Malta	2 pts	9 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VCroatia 2-0 Cyprus04/09/2014

VCroatia 2-0 Malta09/09/2014

VCroatia 6-0 Azerbaijan13/10/2014

VCroatia 5-1 Norway28/03/2015

VCroatia 4-0 Gibraltar07/06/2015

DCroatia 1-1 Italy12/06/2015

Overall

DItaly 1-1 Croatia16/11/2014

VCroatia 5-1 Norway28/03/2015

VCroatia 4-0 Gibraltar07/06/2015

DCroatia 1-1 Italy12/06/2015

DAzerbaijan 0-0 Croatia03/09/2015

LNorway 2-0 Croatia06/09/2015

Current form

Away

LArmenia 2-1 Bulgaria11/10/2013

VAzerbaijan 1-2 Bulgaria09/09/2014

LNorway 2-1 Bulgaria13/10/2014

LTurkey 4-0 Bulgaria08/06/2015

VMalta 0-1 Bulgaria12/06/2015

LItaly 1-0 Bulgaria06/09/2015

Overall

DBulgaria 1-1 Malta16/11/2014

DBulgaria 2-2 Italy28/03/2015

LTurkey 4-0 Bulgaria08/06/2015

VMalta 0-1 Bulgaria12/06/2015

LBulgaria 0-1 Norway03/09/2015

LItaly 1-0 Bulgaria06/09/2015

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	8	0
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	9	0
Goalless streak	0	2
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	11	4
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	4
1	General ranking (Home / Away)	3

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

8	Number of games (Competition total)	8
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
4	Victories (Competition total)	2
3	Victories (Home / Away)	2
3	Draws (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	4
0	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

16	Goals scored (Competition total)	7
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	9
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.88
3.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.63	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.13
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

18	Yellow cards (Competition total)	14
7	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	9
2	Red cards (Competition total)	1
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Ivan Perisic	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Ivelin Popov
Marcelo Brozovic	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Ivelin Popov
Luka Modric	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Luka Modric	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Darijo Srna	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Georgi Iliev
Darijo Srna	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Georgi Iliev
Ivan Rakitic	3 assists during the last 6 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 4 matches	Ivelin Popov

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

2 v

2 d

0 l

9 gf

2 ga

Away

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

3 ga

Total

7 matches

4 v

2 d

1 l

13 gf

5 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

3 gf

4 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

2 d

2 l

2 gf

9 ga

Total

7 matches

1 v

2 d

4 l

5 gf

13 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 11, 1942
Home	6 - 0	April 11, 1942

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	October 12, 2002
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

October 10, 2014 - Eliminatoires Euro 2016

Bulgaria

0 - 1

Croatia

June 04, 2005 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2006

Bulgaria

1 - 3

Croatia

October 09, 2004 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2006

Croatia

2 - 2

Bulgaria

October 11, 2003 - Eliminatoires Euro 2004

Croatia

1 - 0

Bulgaria

October 12, 2002 - Eliminatoires Euro 2004

Bulgaria

2 - 0

Croatia

Best historical scorers against Bulgaria

Darijo Srna	2 goals	2004 - 2004
Igor Tudor	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Niko Kranjcar	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Ivica Olic	1 goal	2003 - 2003
Marko Babic	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Branko Plese	1 goal	1942 - 1942

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/04/1942. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Croatia

Dimitar Berbatov	2 goals	2002 - 2004
Martin Petrov	2 goals	2004 - 2005
Stilian Petrov	1 goal	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/04/1942. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bulgaria

Ivica Olic	5 matches	2002 - 2014
Robert Kovac	5 matches	2002 - 2005
Jerko Leko	4 matches	2002 - 2005
Darijo Srna	4 matches	2003 - 2014
Marko Babic	3 matches	2003 - 2005
Josip Simunic	3 matches	2002 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 11/04/1942. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Croatia

Dimitar Berbatov	5 matches	2002 - 2005
Stilian Petrov	5 matches	2002 - 2005
Radostin Kishishev	4 matches	2002 - 2005
Ivaylo Petkov	4 matches	2002 - 2004
Rosen Kirilov	4 matches	2002 - 2005
Martin Petrov	4 matches	2002 - 2005