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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2022 - Round 10 - Group C

Swissporarena - Lucerne - Switzerland

November 15, 2021

Switzerland

4 - 0

Bulgaria

Assist by Xherdan Shaqiri (header) Noah Okafor

48'

Assist by Mario Gavranovic (left foot) Ruben Vargas

57'

Assist by Renato Steffen (header) Cedric Itten

72'

Assist by Xherdan Shaqiri (right foot) Remo Freuler

90+1'

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18' - Yellow card Ivan Turitsov

33' - Yellow card Remo Freuler33

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46' - Substitution Ivan Turitsovis substituted by Dimitar Velkovski photo Georgi Minchev

46' - Substitution Atanas Ilievis substituted by Georgi Minchev

48' - Goal Noah Okafor48

57' - Goal Ruben Vargas57

65' - Substitution Ivailo Chochevis substituted by Ilian Iliev

67' - Yellow card Andrea Hristov

68' - Substitution Noah Okaforis substituted by Renato Steffen photo Cedric Itten

68' - Substitution Mario Gavranovicis substituted by Cedric Itten68

70' - Substitution Radoslav Kirilovis substituted by Borislav Tsonev

72' - Goal Cedric Itten72

79' - Substitution Ruben Vargasis substituted by Andi Zeqiri79

80' - Substitution Kiril Despodovis substituted by Dominik Yankov

91' - Goal Remo Freuler91

93' - Yellow card Kevin Mbabu93

97' - Substitution Fabian Schäris substituted by Djibril Sow photo Michel Aebischer

97' - Substitution Xherdan Shaqiriis substituted by Michel Aebischer97

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Switzerland

4 - 0

Bulgaria

Switzerland Bulgaria

Team line-ups

Switzerland

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

19Gavranovic68

Mario Gavranovic

Switzerland

B.date24/11/1989

Age31 years

H1m75

positionStriker

17Vargas5779

Ruben Vargas

Switzerland

B.date05/08/1998

Age23 years

H1m74

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

23Shaqiri90+7

Xherdan Shaqiri

Switzerland

B.date10/10/1991

Age30 years

H1m69

positionPlaymaker

9Okafor4868

Noah Okafor

Switzerland

B.date24/05/2000

Age21 years

H1m85

positionLeft Winger

6Zakaria

Denis Zakaria

Switzerland

B.date20/11/1996

Age24 years

H1m91

positionCentre Midfield

8Freuler9133

Remo Freuler

Switzerland

B.date15/04/1992

Age29 years

H1m81

positionLeft central midfielder

3Widmer

Silvan Widmer

Switzerland

B.date05/03/1993

Age28 years

H1m83

positionRight Midfielder

4Frei

Fabian Frei

Switzerland

B.date08/01/1989

Age32 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

22Schär90+7

Fabian Schär

Switzerland

B.date20/12/1991

Age29 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

2Mbabu93

Kevin Mbabu

Switzerland

B.date19/04/1995

Age26 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

1Sommer

Yann Sommer

Switzerland

B.date17/12/1988

Age32 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Yann Sommer		32	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Fabian Schär	90+7	29	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Kevin Mbabu	93	26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Silvan Widmer		28	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Denis Zakaria		24	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Fabian Frei		32	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Remo Freuler	9133	29	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Xherdan Shaqiri	90+7	30	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Ruben Vargas	5779	23	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Noah Okafor	4868	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Mario Gavranovic	68	31	37	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

11Despodov80

Kiril Despodov

Bulgaria

B.date11/11/1996

Age25 years

H1m79

positionRight Winger

9A. Iliev46

Atanas Iliev

Bulgaria

B.date09/10/1994

Age27 years

H1m88

positionCentre forward

10Kirilov70

Radoslav Kirilov

Bulgaria

B.date29/06/1992

Age29 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

18Chochev65

Ivailo Chochev

Bulgaria

B.date18/02/1993

Age28 years

H1m88

positionDefensive Midfielder

7Kostadinov

Georgi Kostadinov

Bulgaria

B.date07/09/1990

Age31 years

H1m84

positionMidfield

8Nedelev

Todor Nedelev

Bulgaria

B.date07/02/1993

Age28 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

21Tsvetanov

Momchil Tsvetanov

Bulgaria

B.date03/12/1990

Age30 years

H1m74

positionLeft Midfielder

3Hristov67

Andrea Hristov

Bulgaria

B.date01/03/1999

Age22 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

5Dimitrov

Kristian Dimitrov

Bulgaria

B.date27/02/1997

Age24 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

2Turitsov4618

Ivan Turitsov

Bulgaria

B.date18/07/1999

Age22 years

H1m90

positionRight full-back

23Karadzhov

Ivan Karadzhov

Bulgaria

B.date12/07/1989

Age32 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Ivan Karadzhov		32	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Kristian Dimitrov		24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Andrea Hristov	67	22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Ivan Turitsov	4618	22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Ivailo Chochev	65	28	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Georgi Kostadinov		31	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Momchil Tsvetanov		30	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Radoslav Kirilov	70	29	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Todor Nedelev		28	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Atanas Iliev	46	27	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Kiril Despodov	80	25	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
21	G	Philipp Köhn		23
12	G	Jonas Omlin		27
18	D	Eray Cümart		23
20	D	Ulisses Garcia		25
15	M	Djibril Sow	90+7	24	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Michel Aebischer	90+7	24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Kastriot Imeri		21
11	M	Renato Steffen	68	30	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Cedric Itten	7268	24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Andi Zeqiri	79	22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	S. V. Vutsov		19
13	G	Nikolai Mihaylov		33
4	D	Aleks Petkov		22
19	D	Dimitar Velkovski	46	26	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Borislav Tsonev	70	26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Radoslav Tsonev		26
6	M	Dominik Yankov	80	21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Ilian Iliev	65	22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Georgi Minchev	46	26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Dimitar Iliev		33
15	F	Stanislav Ivanov		22

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kevin Mbabu

Ricardo Rodriguez

OUT

Fabian Frei

Renato Steffen

OUT

Mario Gavranovic

Manuel Akanji

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ivan Karadzhov

Nikolai Mihaylov

OUT

Ivailo Chochev

Borislav Tsonev

OUT

Georgi Kostadinov

Radoslav Tsonev

OUT

Ivan Turitsov

Edisson Jordanov

OUT

Momchil Tsvetanov

Dimitar Velkovski

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Murat Yakin

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Yakin vs Bulgaria

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 15, 2021

Yakin vs Petrov

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 15, 2021

Manager

Age

Match num

Yasen Petrov

Success rate in this team:

23 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Petrov vs Switzerland

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on November 15, 2021

Petrov vs Yakin

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 15, 2021

Referee

Benoît Bastien

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Switzerland1 match	General total	Bulgaria1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Switzerland1 match	Season total	Bulgaria1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 15, 2021					Latest figure on November 15, 2021

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Key figures

Switzerland keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a loss vs Bulgaria running (since 11/02/2009). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 01/05/1991 (2 matches)

It's the first time Ruben Vargas scores 1 goal vs Bulgaria in his professional career

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

Read the next 11 key stats

General ranking

+1	1	Switzerland	18 pts	8 rd
-1	2	Italy	16 pts	8 rd
	3	Northern Ireland	9 pts	8 rd
	4	Bulgaria	8 pts	8 rd
	5	Lithuania	3 pts	8 rd

General ranking

+1	1	Switzerland	18 pts	8 rd
-1	2	Italy	16 pts	8 rd
	3	Northern Ireland	9 pts	8 rd
	4	Bulgaria	8 pts	8 rd
	5	Lithuania	3 pts	8 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSwitzerland 3-2 Finland31/03/2021

VSwitzerland 2-1 United States30/05/2021

VSwitzerland 7-0 Liechtenstein03/06/2021

VSwitzerland 2-1 Greece01/09/2021

DSwitzerland 0-0 Italy05/09/2021

VSwitzerland 2-0 Northern Ireland09/10/2021

Overall

VSwitzerland 2-1 Greece01/09/2021

DSwitzerland 0-0 Italy05/09/2021

DNorthern Ireland 0-0 Switzerland08/09/2021

VSwitzerland 2-0 Northern Ireland09/10/2021

VLithuania 0-4 Switzerland12/10/2021

DItaly 1-1 Switzerland12/11/2021

Current form

Away

DNorthern Ireland 0-0 Bulgaria31/03/2021

LRussia 1-0 Bulgaria05/06/2021

LFrance 3-0 Bulgaria08/06/2021

DItaly 1-1 Bulgaria02/09/2021

LLithuania 3-1 Bulgaria09/10/2021

DUkraine 1-1 Bulgaria11/11/2021

Overall

DItaly 1-1 Bulgaria02/09/2021

VBulgaria 1-0 Lithuania05/09/2021

VBulgaria 4-1 Georgia08/09/2021

LLithuania 3-1 Bulgaria09/10/2021

VBulgaria 2-1 Northern Ireland12/10/2021

DUkraine 1-1 Bulgaria11/11/2021

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	8	9
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	1	3
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	16	1
Scoring streak	3	6
Conceding streak	5	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

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

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

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

Goals

11	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
3	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	10
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
1.57	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.86
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.67
0.29	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.43
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.33

Betting aid

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

Bookings

10	Yellow cards (Competition total)	14
4	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	8
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Breel Embolo	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Todor Nedelev
Steven Zuber	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Atanas Iliev
Xherdan Shaqiri	3 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Kiril Despodov
Breel Embolo	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Kiril Despodov
Silvan Widmer	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals, 2 assists during the last 7 matches	Kiril Despodov

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

3 v

2 d

1 l

11 gf

8 ga

Away

4 matches

2 v

2 d

0 l

7 gf

4 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

11 matches

5 v

4 d

2 l

18 gf

13 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

0 v

2 d

2 l

4 gf

7 ga

Away

6 matches

1 v

2 d

3 l

8 gf

11 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

11 matches

2 v

4 d

5 l

13 gf

18 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	March 25, 2021
Home	3 - 1	September 06, 2011

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	April 28, 1992
Away	2 - 0	April 28, 1992

Latest head to head

March 25, 2021 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2022

Bulgaria

1 - 3

Switzerland logo Switzerland

September 06, 2011 - Eliminatoires Euro 2012

Switzerland

3 - 1

Bulgaria

March 26, 2011 - Eliminatoires Euro 2012

Bulgaria

0 - 0

Switzerland logo Switzerland

February 11, 2009 - Rencontres amicales 2009

Switzerland

1 - 1

Bulgaria

April 28, 1992 - Rencontres amicales 1992

Switzerland

0 - 2

Bulgaria

Best historical scorers against Bulgaria

Xherdan Shaqiri	3 goals	2011 - 2011
Adrian Knup	2 goals	1991 - 1991
Haris Seferovic	1 goal	2021 - 2021
Fritz Künzli	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Claudio Sulser	1 goal	1982 - 1982
Raimondo Ponte	1 goal	1983 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/08/1976. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Switzerland

Emil Kostadinov	2 goals	1991 - 1992
Nasko Sirakov	2 goals	1991 - 1992
Ivelin Popov	1 goal	2009 - 2009
Ivan Ivanov	1 goal	2011 - 2011
Kiril Despodov	1 goal	2021 - 2021

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/08/1976. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bulgaria

Heinz Hermann	5 matches	1982 - 1991
Alain Geiger	4 matches	1983 - 1992
Marcel Koller	4 matches	1982 - 1991
Marc Hottiger	3 matches	1990 - 1992
Peter Schepull	3 matches	1990 - 1992
Kubilay Türkyilmaz	3 matches	1990 - 1992

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 17/08/1976. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Switzerland

Trifon Ivanov	3 matches	1990 - 1992
Petar Zanev	3 matches	2011 - 2021
Georgi Yordanov	3 matches	1990 - 1992
Krasimir Balakov	3 matches	1990 - 1992
Stilian Petrov	3 matches	2009 - 2011
Ivelin Popov	3 matches	2009 - 2011