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Finland 2-0 Bulgaria - October 11, 2020 / Nations League B 2020/2021

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Nations League B 2020/2021 - Round 3 - Group 4

Olympic Stadium - Helsinki - Finland

October 11, 2020

6 587

Finland

2 - 0

Bulgaria

Assist by Teemu PukkiRobert Taylor

52'

Assist by Jere UronenFredrik Jensen

67'

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52' - Goal Robert Taylor52

60' - Substitution Anton Nedyalkovis substituted by Dimitar Velkovski photo Filip Krastev

60' - Substitution Ismail Isais substituted by Filip Krastev

65' - Substitution Joel Pohjanpalois substituted by Fredrik Jensen65

67' - Goal Fredrik Jensen67

74' - Substitution Robert Tayloris substituted by Pyry Soiri74

75' - Substitution Aleksandar Tsvetkovis substituted by Yanis Karabelyov photo Todor Nedelev

75' - Substitution Dimitar Ilievis substituted by Todor Nedelev

87' - Substitution Ilmari Niskanenis substituted by Nikolai Alho photo Rasmus Karjalainen

87' - Substitution Teemu Pukkiis substituted by Rasmus Karjalainen87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Finland

2 - 0

Bulgaria

Finland Bulgaria

Team line-ups

Finland

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

20Pohjanpalo65

Joel Pohjanpalo

Finland

B.date13/09/1994

Age26 years

H1m85

positionCentre forward

10Pukki87

Teemu Pukki

Finland

B.date23/03/1990

Age30 years

H1m80

positionSecond striker

8Taylor5274

Robert Taylor

Finland

B.date21/10/1994

Age25 years

H1m82

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

21Niskanen87

Ilmari Niskanen

Finland

B.date27/10/1997

Age22 years

H1m77

positionOffensive Midfielder

6Kamara

Glen Kamara

Finland

B.date28/10/1995

Age24 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

14Sparv

Tim Sparv

Finland

B.date20/02/1987

Age33 years

H1m94

positionLeft Midfielder

18Uronen

Jere Uronen

Finland

B.date13/07/1994

Age26 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

2Arajuuri

Paulus Arajuuri

Finland

B.date15/06/1988

Age32 years

H1m92

positionCentral defender

4Toivio

Joona Toivio

Finland

B.date10/03/1988

Age32 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

22Raitala

Jukka Raitala

Finland

B.date15/09/1988

Age32 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

1Hradecky

Lucas Hradecky

Finland

B.date24/11/1989

Age30 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Lucas Hradecky		30	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Joona Toivio		32	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Paulus Arajuuri		32	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Jere Uronen		26	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Jukka Raitala		32	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Tim Sparv		33	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Glen Kamara		24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Robert Taylor	5274	25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Ilmari Niskanen	87	22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Teemu Pukki	87	30	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Joel Pohjanpalo	65	26	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Bulgaria

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

19Isa60

Ismail Isa

Bulgaria

B.date06/02/1989

Age31 years

H1m87

positionLeft Winger

17Yomov

Georgi Yomov

Bulgaria

B.date06/07/1997

Age23 years

H1m74

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

11Despodov

Kiril Despodov

Bulgaria

B.date11/11/1996

Age23 years

H1m79

positionRight Winger

20D. Iliev75

Dimitar Iliev

Bulgaria

B.date25/09/1988

Age32 years

H1m85

positionSecond striker

16Malinov

Kristiyan Malinov

Bulgaria

B.date16/07/1994

Age26 years

H1m76

positionDefensive Midfielder

22Tsvetkov75

Aleksandar Tsvetkov

Bulgaria

B.date31/08/1990

Age30 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

14Nedyalkov60

Anton Nedyalkov

Bulgaria

B.date30/04/1993

Age27 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

15Bozhikov

Vasil Bozhikov

Bulgaria

B.date02/06/1988

Age32 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

5Dimitrov

Kristian Dimitrov

Bulgaria

B.date27/02/1997

Age23 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

2Popov

Strahil Popov

Bulgaria

B.date31/08/1990

Age30 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

1Lukov

Martin Lukov

Bulgaria

B.date05/07/1993

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Martin Lukov		27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Aleksandar Tsvetkov	75	30	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Kristian Dimitrov		23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Vasil Bozhikov		32	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Anton Nedyalkov	60	27	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Kristiyan Malinov		26	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Strahil Popov		30	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Georgi Yomov		23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Ismail Isa	60	31	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Dimitar Iliev	75	32	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Kiril Despodov		23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Jesse Joronen		27
23	G	Niki Mäenpää		35
5	D	Juhani Ojala		31
15	D	Daniel O'Shaughnessy		26
17	D	Nikolai Alho	87	27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Juha Pirinen		28
3	D	Albin Granlund		31
11	M	Rasmus Schüller		29
13	M	Pyry Soiri	74	26	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Fredrik Jensen	6765	23	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Joni Kauko		30
7	F	Rasmus Karjalainen	87	24	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Plamen Iliev		28
13	G	Georgi Georgiev		31
3	D	Georgi Terziev		28
4	D	Valentin Antov		19
21	D	Dimitar Velkovski	60	25	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Cicinho		31
7	M	Filip Krastev	60	18	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Yanis Karabelyov	75	24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Birsent Karagaren		27
8	M	Todor Nedelev	75	27	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Bozhidar Kraev		23

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tim Sparv

Rasmus Schüller

OUT

Glen Kamara

Joni Kauko

OUT

Lucas Hradecky

Jesse Joronen

OUT

Paulus Arajuuri

Daniel O'Shaughnessy

OUT

Joona Toivio

Leo Väisänen

OUT

Teemu Pukki

Fredrik Jensen

OUT

Jere Uronen

Juha Pirinen

OUT

Jukka Raitala

Nikolai Alho

OUT

Robert Taylor

Juhani Ojala

OUT

Ilmari Niskanen

Thomas Lam

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Georgi Yomov

Galin Ivanov

OUT

Martin Lukov

Plamen Iliev

OUT

Kristian Dimitrov

Georgi Terziev

OUT

Strahil Popov

Cicinho

OUT

Kiril Despodov

Birsent Karagaren

OUT

Ismail Isa

Bozhidar Kraev

OUT

Aleksandar Tsvetkov

Todor Nedelev

OUT

Dimitar Iliev

Yanis Karabelyov

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Markku Kanerva

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Kanerva vs Bulgaria

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 11, 2020

Kanerva vs Dermendzhiev

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 11, 2020

Manager

Age

Match num

Georgi Dermendzhiev

Success rate in this team:

14 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Dermendzhiev vs Finland

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 11, 2020

Dermendzhiev vs Kanerva

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 11, 2020

Referee

Erik Lambrechts

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Finland1 match	General total	Bulgaria2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Finland1 match	Season total	Bulgaria1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 11, 2020					Latest figure on November 19, 2023

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Key figures

It's the first time Robert Taylor scores 1 goal in his professional career with Finland

Finland keeps its 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most in Nations League B running (since 03/09/2020). It's a record streak. The first of history

Bulgaria keeps its 3 consecutive losses running (since 06/09/2020). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 07/06/2019-10/09/2019 time period (4 matches).

Read the next 18 key stats

General ranking

1	Wales	7 pts	3 rd
2	Finland	6 pts	3 rd
3	Ireland	2 pts	3 rd
4	Bulgaria	1 pt	3 rd

General ranking

1	Wales	7 pts	3 rd
2	Finland	6 pts	3 rd
3	Ireland	2 pts	3 rd
4	Bulgaria	1 pt	3 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFinland 2-0 Bosnia and Herzegovina08/06/2019

VFinland 1-0 Greece05/09/2019

LFinland 1-2 Italy08/09/2019

VFinland 3-0 Armenia15/10/2019

VFinland 3-0 Liechtenstein15/11/2019

LFinland 0-1 Wales03/09/2020

Overall

VFinland 3-0 Armenia15/10/2019

VFinland 3-0 Liechtenstein15/11/2019

LGreece 2-1 Finland18/11/2019

LFinland 0-1 Wales03/09/2020

VIreland 0-1 Finland06/09/2020

LPoland 5-1 Finland07/10/2020

Current form

Away

DKosovo 1-1 Bulgaria25/03/2019

LCzech Republic 2-1 Bulgaria07/06/2019

LEngland 4-0 Bulgaria07/09/2019

LIreland 3-1 Bulgaria10/09/2019

DMontenegro 0-0 Bulgaria11/10/2019

LWales 1-0 Bulgaria06/09/2020

Overall

LBulgaria 0-1 Paraguay14/11/2019

VBulgaria 1-0 Czech Republic17/11/2019

LBulgaria 0-1 Belarus26/02/2020

DBulgaria 1-1 Ireland03/09/2020

LWales 1-0 Bulgaria06/09/2020

LBulgaria 1-3 Hungary08/10/2020

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	11	24
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	8	4
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	1	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	General ranking (Competition total)	4
4	General ranking (Home / Away)	4

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

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

Goals

1	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
0.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

4	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
3	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Fredrik Jensen	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Bozhidar Kraev
Robert Taylor	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Todor Nedelev
Fredrik Jensen	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Bozhidar Kraev

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

0 v

1 d

3 l

1 gf

8 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

0 d

4 l

2 gf

11 ga

Total

8 matches

0 v

1 d

7 l

3 gf

19 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

4 v

0 d

0 l

11 gf

2 ga

Away

4 matches

3 v

1 d

0 l

8 gf

1 ga

Total

8 matches

7 v

1 d

0 l

19 gf

3 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	May 13, 1981
Away	3 - 0	May 14, 1992

Latest head to head

March 26, 2008 - Rencontres amicales 2008

Bulgaria

2 - 1

Finland

April 28, 1993 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1994

Bulgaria

2 - 0

Finland

May 14, 1992 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1994

Finland

0 - 3

Bulgaria

August 04, 1988 - Rencontres amicales 1988

Finland

1 - 1

Bulgaria

May 13, 1981 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1982

Bulgaria

4 - 0

Finland

Best historical scorers against Bulgaria

Jari Litmanen

1 goal

2008 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/08/1988. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Finland

Emil Kostadinov	2 goals	1992 - 1992
Hristo Stoichkov	1 goal	1993 - 1993
Zdravko Lazarov	1 goal	2008 - 2008
Krasimir Balakov	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Zlatko Yankov	1 goal	1993 - 1993
Atanas Pashev	1 goal	1988 - 1988

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/08/1988. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bulgaria

Jari Litmanen	3 matches	1992 - 2008
Erkka Petäjä	2 matches	1992 - 1993
Ari Heikkinen	2 matches	1992 - 1993
Erik Holmgren	2 matches	1992 - 1993
Kim Suominen	1 match	1993 - 1993
Antti Pohja	1 match	2008 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/08/1988. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Finland

Lyuboslav Penev	3 matches	1988 - 1993
Hristo Stoichkov	3 matches	1988 - 1993
Nasko Sirakov	2 matches	1992 - 1993
Georgi Yordanov	2 matches	1988 - 1992
Zaprian Rakov	2 matches	1988 - 1993
Iliyan Kiryakov	2 matches	1988 - 1993