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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2022 - Round 3 - Group C

Windsor Park - Belfast - Northern Ireland

March 31, 2021 - 20:45

Northern Ireland

0 - 0

Bulgaria

logo Northern Ireland NI

24' - Yellow card Petko Hristov

33' - Yellow card Paddy McNair33

43' - Substitution Georgi Kostadinovis substituted by Petar Vitanov

45' - Yellow card Valentin Antov

logo Northern Ireland NI

46' - Substitution Antonio Vutovis substituted by Dimitar Iliev

64' - Substitution Gavin Whyteis substituted by Niall McGinn64

70' - Yellow card George Saville70

72' - Substitution Georgi Yomovis substituted by Birsent Karagaren

73' - Substitution Momchil Tsvetanovis substituted by Petar Zanev photo Atanas Iliev

73' - Substitution Andrej Galabinovis substituted by Atanas Iliev

74' - Substitution Daniel Ballardis substituted by Michael Smith photo Matthew Kennedy

74' - Substitution George Savilleis substituted by Matthew Kennedy74

82' - Substitution Josh Magennisis substituted by Kyle Lafferty82

86' - Yellow card Atanas Iliev

92' - Yellow card Kyle Lafferty92

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Northern Ireland

0 - 0

Bulgaria

Northern Ireland Bulgaria

Team line-ups

Northern Ireland

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

18Whyte64

Gavin Whyte

Northern Ireland

B.date31/01/1996

Age25 years

positionForward

21Magennis82

Josh Magennis

Northern Ireland

B.date15/08/1990

Age30 years

H1m88

positionStriker

6Saville7470

George Saville

Northern Ireland

B.date01/06/1993

Age27 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

17McNair33

Paddy McNair

Northern Ireland

B.date27/04/1995

Age25 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

8Davis

Steven Davis

Northern Ireland

B.date01/01/1985

Age36 years

H1m73

positionPlaymaker

14Dallas

Stuart Dallas

Northern Ireland

B.date19/04/1991

Age29 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

3Lewis

Jamal Lewis

Northern Ireland

B.date25/01/1998

Age23 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Defender

20Cathcart

Craig Cathcart

Northern Ireland

B.date06/02/1989

Age32 years

H1m90

positionRight central defender

5Jonny Evans

Jonny Evans

Northern Ireland

B.date03/01/1988

Age33 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

4Ballard74

Daniel Ballard

Northern Ireland

B.date22/09/1999

Age21 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

1Peacock-Farrell

Bailey Peacock-Farrell

Northern Ireland

B.date29/10/1996

Age24 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Bailey Peacock-Farrell		24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Daniel Ballard	74	21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Jonny Evans		33	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Craig Cathcart		32	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Jamal Lewis		23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Paddy McNair	33	25	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Stuart Dallas		29	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	George Saville	7470	27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Steven Davis		36	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Gavin Whyte	64	25	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Josh Magennis	82	30	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Bulgaria

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Galabinov73

Andrej Galabinov

Bulgaria

B.date27/11/1988

Age32 years

H1m94

positionStriker

11Despodov

Kiril Despodov

Bulgaria

B.date11/11/1996

Age24 years

H1m79

positionRight Winger

21Tsvetanov73

Momchil Tsvetanov

Bulgaria

B.date03/12/1990

Age30 years

H1m74

positionLeft Midfielder

18Chochev

Ivailo Chochev

Bulgaria

B.date18/02/1993

Age28 years

H1m88

positionDefensive Midfielder

7Kostadinov43

Georgi Kostadinov

Bulgaria

B.date07/09/1990

Age30 years

H1m84

positionMidfield

8Vutov46

Antonio Vutov

Bulgaria

B.date06/06/1996

Age24 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

17Yomov72

Georgi Yomov

Bulgaria

B.date06/07/1997

Age23 years

H1m74

positionOffensive Midfielder

22A. Hristov

Andrea Hristov

Bulgaria

B.date01/03/1999

Age22 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

4Antov45

Valentin Antov

Bulgaria

B.date09/11/2000

Age20 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

2P. Hristov24

Petko Hristov

Bulgaria

B.date01/03/1999

Age22 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

1Naumov

Daniel Naumov

Bulgaria

B.date29/03/1998

Age23 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Daniel Naumov		23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Andrea Hristov		22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Valentin Antov	45	20	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Petko Hristov	24	22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Ivailo Chochev		28	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Georgi Kostadinov	43	30	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Momchil Tsvetanov	73	30	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Antonio Vutov	46	24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Georgi Yomov	72	23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Andrej Galabinov	73	32	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Kiril Despodov		24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Conor Hazard		23
23	G	Liam Hughes		19
19	D	Michael Smith	74	32	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Shane Ferguson		29
2	D	Conor McLaughlin		29
16	M	Alistair McCann		21
15	M	Jordan Thompson		24
13	M	Corry Evans		30
7	M	Niall McGinn	64	33	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Matthew Kennedy	74	26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Kyle Lafferty	8292	33	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Dion Charles		25

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Plamen Iliev		29
13	G	Ivan Karadzhov		31
3	D	Petar Zanev	73	35	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Vasil Bozhikov		32
14	D	Daniel Dimov		32
5	M	Petar Vitanov	43	26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Kristiyan Malinov		26
6	M	Birsent Karagaren	72	28	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Ilian Iliev		21
19	F	Atanas Iliev	7386	26	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Dimitar Iliev	46	32	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Spas Delev		31

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Josh Magennis

Kyle Lafferty

OUT

Paddy McNair

Corry Evans

OUT

Bailey Peacock-Farrell

Conor Hazard

OUT

Steven Davis

Jordan Thompson

OUT

Gavin Whyte

Shayne Lavery

OUT

Craig Cathcart

Ciaron Brown

OUT

Jamal Lewis

Shane Ferguson

OUT

Jonny Evans

Conor McLaughlin

OUT

Stuart Dallas

Matthew Kennedy

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Petko Hristov

Daniel Dimov

OUT

Kiril Despodov

Spas Delev

OUT

Andrea Hristov

Vasil Bozhikov

OUT

Daniel Naumov

Plamen Iliev

OUT

Georgi Yomov

Cicinho

OUT

Antonio Vutov

Petar Vitanov

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Ian Baraclough

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Baraclough vs Bulgaria

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 2021

Baraclough vs Petrov

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 2021

Manager

Age

Match num

Yasen Petrov

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Petrov vs Northern Ireland

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 2021

Petrov vs Baraclough

0 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 31, 2021

Referee

Igal Frid

0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Northern Ireland1 match	General total	Bulgaria1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Northern Ireland1 match	Season total	Bulgaria1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 31, 2021					Latest figure on March 31, 2021

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Key figures

The last time Bulgaria has ended with the score 0-0 in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone, It was on the 16/10/2012 (vs )

Bulgaria keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a win in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 03/09/2017). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 28/03/2009 (5 matches)

End of streak for Northern Ireland after 3 consecutive losses vs Bulgaria (since 28/03/2001). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 13 key stats

General ranking

	1	Italy	9 pts	3 rd
	2	Switzerland	6 pts	2 rd
+1	3	Northern Ireland	1 pt	2 rd
+1	4	Bulgaria	1 pt	3 rd
-2	5	Lithuania	0 pt	2 rd

General ranking

	1	Italy	9 pts	3 rd
	2	Switzerland	6 pts	2 rd
+1	3	Northern Ireland	1 pt	2 rd
+1	4	Bulgaria	1 pt	3 rd
-2	5	Lithuania	0 pt	2 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DNorthern Ireland 0-0 Netherlands16/11/2019

LNorthern Ireland 1-5 Norway07/09/2020

LNorthern Ireland 0-1 Austria11/10/2020

LNorthern Ireland 1-2 Slovakia12/11/2020

DNorthern Ireland 1-1 Romania18/11/2020

LNorthern Ireland 1-2 United States28/03/2021

Overall

LNorway 1-0 Northern Ireland14/10/2020

LNorthern Ireland 1-2 Slovakia12/11/2020

LAustria 2-1 Northern Ireland15/11/2020

DNorthern Ireland 1-1 Romania18/11/2020

LItaly 2-0 Northern Ireland25/03/2021

LNorthern Ireland 1-2 United States28/03/2021

Current form

Away

LEngland 4-0 Bulgaria07/09/2019

LIreland 3-1 Bulgaria10/09/2019

DMontenegro 0-0 Bulgaria11/10/2019

LWales 1-0 Bulgaria06/09/2020

LFinland 2-0 Bulgaria11/10/2020

DIreland 0-0 Bulgaria18/11/2020

Overall

LBulgaria 0-1 Wales14/10/2020

VBulgaria 3-0 Gibraltar11/11/2020

LBulgaria 1-2 Finland15/11/2020

DIreland 0-0 Bulgaria18/11/2020

LBulgaria 1-3 Switzerland25/03/2021

LBulgaria 0-2 Italy28/03/2021

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	7	12
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	3	1
Conceding streak	5	11

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	10	4
Drawless streak	0	2
Goalless streak	4	1
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

General ranking (Competition total)

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

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

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.5
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.5
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

0	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)	0
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

2	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

	-		Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Kiril Despodov
	-		The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Kiril Despodov

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

2 gf

2 ga

Away

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

5 gf

7 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Total

7 matches

2 v

1 d

4 l

7 gf

9 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

7 gf

5 ga

Away

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

2 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Total

7 matches

4 v

1 d

2 l

9 gf

7 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	May 02, 1979
Home	2 - 0	May 02, 1979

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	October 18, 1972
Away	1 - 0	February 06, 2008

Latest head to head

February 06, 2008 - Rencontres amicales 2008

Northern Ireland

0 - 1

Bulgaria

June 02, 2001 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2002

Northern Ireland

0 - 1

Bulgaria

March 28, 2001 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2002

Bulgaria

4 - 3

Northern Ireland logo Northern Ireland

May 02, 1979 - Eliminatoires Euro 1980

Northern Ireland

2 - 0

Bulgaria

November 29, 1978 - Eliminatoires Euro 1980

Bulgaria

0 - 2

Northern Ireland logo Northern Ireland

Best historical scorers against Bulgaria

Gerry Armstrong	2 goals	1978 - 1979
Mark Williams	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Stuart Elliott	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Chris Nicholl	1 goal	1979 - 1979
David Healy	1 goal	2001 - 2001
William Caskey	1 goal	1978 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/11/1978. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Northern Ireland

Martin Petrov	2 goals	2001 - 2001
Krasimir Balakov	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Krassimir Chomakov	1 goal	2001 - 2001
Georgi Ivanov	1 goal	2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/11/1978. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bulgaria

Bryan Hamilton	4 matches	1972 - 1979
Pat Jennings	3 matches	1972 - 1979
Sammy Nelson	3 matches	1972 - 1979
Damien Johnson	3 matches	2001 - 2008
Martin O'Neill	3 matches	1973 - 1979
Keith Gillespie	3 matches	2001 - 2008

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/10/1972. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Northern Ireland

Martin Petrov	3 matches	2001 - 2008
Radostin Kishishev	2 matches	2001 - 2001
Krassimir Chomakov	2 matches	2001 - 2001
Marian Hristov	2 matches	2001 - 2001
Milen Petkov	2 matches	2001 - 2001
Krasimir Balakov	2 matches	2001 - 2001