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Croatia 2-1 Bulgaria - March 29, 2022 / Friendlies 2022

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Friendlies 2022 - Europe

Al Rayyan Stadium - Al Rayyan - Qatar

March 29, 2022

Croatia

2 - 1

Bulgaria

(penalty) Luka Modric

76'

Assist by Mislav Orsic (right foot) Andrej Kramaric

80'

69'

Kiril Despodov (right foot) Assist by Atanas Iliev

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27' - Substitution Mile Skoricis substituted by Marin Pongracic27

33' - Yellow card Duje Caleta-Car33

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46' - Substitution Domagoj Vidais substituted by Ivan Perisic photo Mateo Kovacic

46' - Substitution Nikola Morois substituted by Mateo Kovacic46

46' - Substitution Martin Minchevis substituted by Atanas Iliev

60' - Substitution Nikola Vlasicis substituted by Andrej Kramaric photo Ante Budimir

60' - Substitution Marko Livajais substituted by Ante Budimir60

60' - Substitution Ivailo Chochevis substituted by Georgi Kostadinov photo Georgi Yomov

60' - Substitution Radoslav Kirilovis substituted by Georgi Yomov

63' - Red card Duje Caleta-Car63

64' - Yellow card Kiril Despodov

68' - Substitution Ivan Turitsovis substituted by Miki Orachev

69' - Goal Kiril Despodov

70' - Red card Kiril Despodov

72' - Substitution Lovro Majeris substituted by Luka Modric72

76' - Goal Luka Modric76

77' - Yellow card Borna Barisic77

80' - Goal Andrej Kramaric80

84' - Substitution Kristiyan Malinovis substituted by Dominik Yankov photo Borislav Tsonev

84' - Substitution Todor Nedelevis substituted by Borislav Tsonev

85' - Yellow card Andrea Hristov

88' - Yellow card Marin Pongracic88

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Croatia

2 - 1

Bulgaria

Croatia Bulgaria

Team line-ups

Croatia

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

13Vlasic60

Nikola Vlasic

Croatia

B.date04/10/1997

Age24 years

H1m78

positionOffensive Midfielder

14Livaja60

Marko Livaja

Croatia

B.date26/08/1993

Age28 years

H1m82

positionStriker

15Pasalic

Mario Pasalic

Croatia

B.date09/02/1995

Age27 years

H1m88

positionPlaymaker

11Majer72

Lovro Majer

Croatia

B.date17/01/1998

Age24 years

H1m79

positionOffensive Midfielder

3Barisic77

Borna Barisic

Croatia

B.date10/11/1992

Age29 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

7Moro46

Nikola Moro

Croatia

B.date12/03/1998

Age24 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

18Orsic

Mislav Orsic

Croatia

B.date29/12/1992

Age29 years

H1m79

positionLeft Winger

5Caleta-Car3363

Duje Caleta-Car

Croatia

B.date17/09/1996

Age25 years

H1m92

positionLeft central defender

2Skoric27

Mile Skoric

Croatia

B.date19/06/1991

Age30 years

H1m87

positionLeft Midfielder

21Vida46

Domagoj Vida

Croatia

B.date29/04/1989

Age32 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

23Ivusic

Ivica Ivusic

Croatia

B.date01/02/1995

Age27 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Ivica Ivusic		27	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Domagoj Vida	46	32	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Duje Caleta-Car	3363	25	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Borna Barisic	77	29	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Nikola Moro	46	24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Mile Skoric	27	30	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Lovro Majer	72	24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	F	Nikola Vlasic	60	24	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Mario Pasalic		27	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Marko Livaja	60	28	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Mislav Orsic		29	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Bulgaria

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

20Minchev46

Martin Minchev

Bulgaria

B.date22/04/2001

Age20 years

H1m84

positionRight Winger

21Kirilov60

Radoslav Kirilov

Bulgaria

B.date29/06/1992

Age29 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

11Despodov696470

Kiril Despodov

Bulgaria

B.date11/11/1996

Age25 years

H1m79

positionRight Winger

8Nedelev84

Todor Nedelev

Bulgaria

B.date07/02/1993

Age29 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

16Malinov84

Kristiyan Malinov

Bulgaria

B.date16/07/1994

Age27 years

H1m76

positionDefensive Midfielder

18Chochev60

Ivailo Chochev

Bulgaria

B.date18/02/1993

Age29 years

H1m88

positionDefensive Midfielder

12Jordanov

Edisson Jordanov

Bulgaria

B.date08/06/1993

Age28 years

H1m72

positionRight full-back

3A. Hristov85

Andrea Hristov

Bulgaria

B.date01/03/1999

Age23 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

6P. Hristov

Petko Hristov

Bulgaria

B.date01/03/1999

Age23 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

2Turitsov68

Ivan Turitsov

Bulgaria

B.date18/07/1999

Age22 years

H1m90

positionRight full-back

1Vutsov

Svetoslav Velislavov Vutsov

Bulgaria

B.date09/07/2002

Age19 years

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	S. V. Vutsov		19	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Andrea Hristov	85	23	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Petko Hristov		23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Ivan Turitsov	68	22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Edisson Jordanov		28	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Ivailo Chochev	60	29	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Kristiyan Malinov	84	27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Todor Nedelev	84	29	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Radoslav Kirilov	60	29	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Martin Minchev	46	20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Kiril Despodov	696470	25	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Dominik Livakovic		27
12	G	Ivo Grbic		26
6	D	Marin Pongracic	2788	24	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Josko Gvardiol		20
19	D	Borna Sosa		24
22	D	Josip Juranovic		26
16	M	Kristijan Jakic		24
8	M	Mateo Kovacic	46	27	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Luka Modric	7672	36	148	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Ivan Perisic	46	33	113	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Ante Budimir	60	30	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Andrej Kramaric	8060	30	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Ivan Dyulgerov		22
13	G	Nikolai Mihaylov		33
15	D	Vasil Bozhikov		33
5	D	Kristian Dimitrov		25
4	D	Miki Orachev	68	26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Georgi Kostadinov	60	31	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Borislav Tsonev	84	26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Georgi Yomov	60	24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Dominik Yankov	84	21	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Ilian Iliev		22
19	F	Atanas Iliev	46	27	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Spas Delev		32

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Lovro Majer

Luka Modric

OUT

Borna Barisic

Ivan Perisic

OUT

Marko Livaja

Andrej Kramaric

OUT

Mario Pasalic

Mateo Kovacic

OUT

Nikola Vlasic

Ante Budimir

OUT

Ivica Ivusic

Dominik Livakovic

OUT

Mislav Orsic

Josip Juranovic

OUT

Nikola Moro

Kristijan Jakic

OUT

Mile Skoric

Marin Pongracic

OUT

Domagoj Vida

Josko Gvardiol

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Svetoslav Velislavov Vutsov

Nikolai Mihaylov

OUT

Edisson Jordanov

Vasil Bozhikov

OUT

Radoslav Kirilov

Spas Delev

OUT

Ivailo Chochev

Georgi Kostadinov

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Zlatko Dalic

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Dalic vs Bulgaria

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 29, 2022

Dalic vs Petrov

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 29, 2022

Manager

Age

Match num

Yasen Petrov

Success rate in this team:

20 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Petrov vs Croatia

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 29, 2022

Petrov vs Dalic

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 29, 2022

Referee

Khamis Al Marri

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Croatia1 match	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 March 29, 2022					Latest figure on March 29, 2022

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Key figures

It's the first time Kiril Despodov scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Croatia keeps its 3 matches with only one goal conceded at most vs Bulgaria in Friendlies running (since 11/04/1942). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Andrej Kramaric scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Read the next 10 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

DCroatia 1-1 Denmark01/07/2018

VCroatia 2-1 England11/07/2018

LFrance 4-2 Croatia15/07/2018

DCroatia 1-1 Czech Republic18/06/2021

LCroatia 3-5 Spain28/06/2021

DCroatia 1-1 Slovenia26/03/2022

Overall

VCroatia 3-0 Slovenia07/09/2021

VCyprus 0-3 Croatia08/10/2021

DCroatia 2-2 Slovakia11/10/2021

VMalta 1-7 Croatia11/11/2021

VCroatia 1-0 Russia14/11/2021

DCroatia 1-1 Slovenia26/03/2022

Current form

Neutral ground

VSaudi Arabia 0-2 Bulgaria12/10/2010

DBulgaria 2-2 Estonia09/02/2011

LBulgaria 0-2 Turkey29/05/2012

LDenmark 4-0 Bulgaria07/06/2016

VBulgaria 2-1 Kazakhstan26/03/2018

DSlovakia 1-1 Bulgaria01/06/2021

Overall

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

LSwitzerland 4-0 Bulgaria15/11/2021

LQatar 2-1 Bulgaria26/03/2022

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	8
Winless streak	4	1
Scoring streak	9	7
Conceding streak	7	1

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	1	3
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	2	1
Conceding streak	5	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Competition total)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	1

Goals

1	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

Andrej Kramaric	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Kiril Despodov
Andrej Kramaric	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Duje Caleta-Car	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Kristiyan Malinov
Duje Caleta-Car	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Andrej Kramaric	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Kiril Despodov

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

3 v

2 d

0 l

12 gf

2 ga

Away

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

3 ga

Total

8 matches

5 v

2 d

1 l

16 gf

5 ga

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

3 gf

4 ga

Away

5 matches

0 v

2 d

3 l

2 gf

12 ga

Total

8 matches

1 v

2 d

5 l

5 gf

16 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 11, 1942
Neutral ground	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	October 12, 2002
Neutral ground	No success yet

Latest head to head

October 10, 2015 - Eliminatoires Euro 2016

Croatia

3 - 0

Bulgaria

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

Best historical scorers against Bulgaria

Darijo Srna	2 goals	2004 - 2004
Igor Tudor	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Niko Kranjcar	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Ivan Rakitic	1 goal	2015 - 2015
Nikola Kalinic	1 goal	2015 - 2015
Ivica Olic	1 goal	2003 - 2003

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
Darijo Srna	5 matches	2003 - 2015
Jerko Leko	4 matches	2002 - 2005
Dario Simic	3 matches	2002 - 2003
Igor Tudor	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

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