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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2018 - Round 3 - Group A

Friends Arena - Solna - Sweden

October 10, 2016

3 - 0

Bulgaria

Ola Toivonen

39'

Assist by Emil KrafthOscar Hiljemark

45'

Assist by Ola ToivonenVictor Lindelöf

58'

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6' - Yellow card Aleksandar Aleksandrov

39' - Goal Ola Toivonen39

45' - Goal Oscar Hiljemark45

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47' - Yellow card Andreas Granqvist47

54' - Substitution Georgi Kostadinovis substituted by Mihail Aleksandrov

58' - Goal Victor Lindelöf58

63' - Substitution Martin Olssonis substituted by Ludwig Augustinsson63

72' - Substitution Ivailo Chochevis substituted by Marcelinho

74' - Substitution Emil Forsbergis substituted by Oscar Wendt74

85' - Substitution Marcus Bergis substituted by John Guidetti85

89' - Substitution Simeon Slavchevis substituted by Martin Raynov

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Sweden

3 - 0

Bulgaria

Sweden Bulgaria

Team line-ups

Sweden

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

20Toivonen39

Ola Toivonen

Sweden

B.date03/07/1986

Age30 years

H1m92

positionSecond striker

9Berg85

Marcus Berg

Sweden

B.date17/08/1986

Age30 years

H1m84

positionForward

10Forsberg74

Emil Forsberg

Sweden

B.date23/10/1991

Age24 years

H1m75

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

21Durmaz

Jimmy Durmaz

Sweden

B.date22/03/1989

Age27 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

8Ekdal

Albin Ekdal

Sweden

B.date28/07/1989

Age27 years

H1m86

positionLeft central midfielder

15Hiljemark45

Oscar Hiljemark

Sweden

B.date28/06/1992

Age24 years

H1m84

positionRight central midfielder

5Olsson63

Martin Olsson

Sweden

B.date17/05/1988

Age28 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

4Granqvist47

Andreas Granqvist

Sweden

B.date16/04/1985

Age31 years

H1m92

positionLeft central defender

3Lindelöf58

Victor Lindelöf

Sweden

B.date17/07/1994

Age22 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

16Krafth

Emil Krafth

Sweden

B.date02/08/1994

Age22 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

1Olsen

Robin Olsen

Sweden

B.date08/01/1990

Age26 years

H1m98

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Robin Olsen		26	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Victor Lindelöf	58	22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Andreas Granqvist	47	31	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Martin Olsson	63	28	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Emil Krafth		22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Albin Ekdal		27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Oscar Hiljemark	45	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Emil Forsberg	74	24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Jimmy Durmaz		27	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Marcus Berg	85	30	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Ola Toivonen	39	30	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Bulgaria

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10I. Popov

Ivelin Popov

Bulgaria

B.date26/10/1987

Age28 years

H1m81

positionPlaymaker

17G. Milanov

Georgi Milanov

Bulgaria

B.date19/02/1992

Age24 years

H1m84

positionOffensive Midfielder

6Slavchev89

Simeon Slavchev

Bulgaria

B.date25/09/1993

Age23 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

18Chochev72

Ivailo Chochev

Bulgaria

B.date18/02/1993

Age23 years

H1m88

positionDefensive Midfielder

9Kostadinov54

Georgi Kostadinov

Bulgaria

B.date07/09/1990

Age26 years

H1m84

positionMidfield

21Dyakov

Svetoslav Dyakov

Bulgaria

B.date31/05/1984

Age32 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

13Nedyalkov

Anton Nedyalkov

Bulgaria

B.date30/04/1993

Age23 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

4Bozhikov

Vasil Bozhikov

Bulgaria

B.date02/06/1988

Age28 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

3Aleksandrov6

Aleksandar Aleksandrov

Bulgaria

B.date13/04/1986

Age30 years

H1m86

positionDefender

2S. Popov

Strahil Popov

Bulgaria

B.date31/08/1990

Age26 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

12Stoyanov

Vladislav Stoyanov

Bulgaria

B.date08/06/1987

Age29 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Vladislav Stoyanov		29	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Vasil Bozhikov		28	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Aleksandar Aleksandrov	6	30	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Anton Nedyalkov		23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Ivailo Chochev	72	23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Svetoslav Dyakov		32	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Georgi Kostadinov	54	26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Simeon Slavchev	89	23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Strahil Popov		26	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Ivelin Popov		28	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Georgi Milanov		24	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Karl-Johan Johnsson		26
23	G	Patrik Carlgren		24
18	D	Filip Helander		23
14	D	Pontus Jansson		25
17	D	Oscar Wendt	74	30	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Ludwig Augustinsson	63	22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Mikael Lustig		29
7	M	Marcus Rohdén		25
19	M	Alexander Fransson		22
13	M	Viktor Claesson		24
11	F	John Guidetti	85	24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Christoffer Nyman		24

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Bozhidar Mitrev		29
12	G	Blagoj Makendzhiev		28
5	D	Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski		21
14	D	Dimitar Pirgov		26
20	D	Zhivko Milanov		32
15	M	Martin Raynov	89	24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Marcelinho	72	32	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Mihail Aleksandrov	54	27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Aleksandar Tonev		26
22	M	Todor Nedelev		23
8	F	Dimitar Rangelov		33
16	F	Andrej Galabinov		27

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Emil Krafth

Mikael Lustig

OUT

Ola Toivonen

John Guidetti

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Anton Nedyalkov

Zhivko Milanov

OUT

Vasil Bozhikov

Dimitar Pirgov

OUT

Simeon Slavchev

Marcelinho

OUT

Ivailo Chochev

Mihail Aleksandrov

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jan Olof Andersson

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Andersson vs Bulgaria

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 10, 2016

Andersson vs Hubtchev

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 10, 2016

Manager

Age

Match num

Petar Hubtchev

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Hubtchev vs Sweden

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 10, 2016

Hubtchev vs Andersson

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 10, 2016

Referee

Michael Oliver

5 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Sweden5 matches	General total	Bulgaria1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Sweden1 match	Season total	Bulgaria1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 24, 2022					Latest figure on October 10, 2016

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Key figures

Sweden keeps its 3 3-0 vs Bulgaria running (since 26/03/2005). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Oscar Hiljemark scores 1 goal vs Bulgaria in his professional career

Sweden keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal scored in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 19/11/2013). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 07/06/2013-15/10/2013 time period (6 matches).

Read the next 47 key stats

General ranking

+1	1	France	7 pts	3 rd
+1	2	Sweden	7 pts	3 rd
-2	3	Netherlands	4 pts	3 rd
	4	Bulgaria	3 pts	3 rd
	5	Belarus	2 pts	3 rd

General ranking

+1	2	Sweden	7 pts	3 rd
-2	3	Netherlands	4 pts	3 rd
	4	Bulgaria	3 pts	3 rd
	5	Belarus	2 pts	3 rd
	6	Luxembourg	1 pt	3 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSweden 2-0 Moldova12/10/2015

VSweden 2-1 Denmark14/11/2015

DSweden 1-1 Czech Republic29/03/2016

DSweden 0-0 Slovenia30/05/2016

VSweden 3-0 Wales05/06/2016

DSweden 1-1 Netherlands06/09/2016

Overall

VSweden 3-0 Wales05/06/2016

DIreland 1-1 Sweden13/06/2016

LItaly 1-0 Sweden17/06/2016

LSweden 0-1 Belgium22/06/2016

DSweden 1-1 Netherlands06/09/2016

VLuxembourg 0-1 Sweden07/10/2016

Current form

Away

LItaly 1-0 Bulgaria06/09/2015

LCroatia 3-0 Bulgaria10/10/2015

VPortugal 0-1 Bulgaria25/03/2016

VNorth Macedonia 0-2 Bulgaria29/03/2016

LJapan 7-2 Bulgaria03/06/2016

LFrance 4-1 Bulgaria07/10/2016

Overall

VPortugal 0-1 Bulgaria25/03/2016

VNorth Macedonia 0-2 Bulgaria29/03/2016

LJapan 7-2 Bulgaria03/06/2016

LDenmark 4-0 Bulgaria07/06/2016

VBulgaria 4-3 Luxembourg06/09/2016

LFrance 4-1 Bulgaria07/10/2016

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	6	2
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	2	2
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	1
Winless streak	2	1
Drawless streak	16	12
Scoring streak	4	2
Conceding streak	2	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	4
4	General ranking (Home / Away)	5

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

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

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	7
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.5
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	3.5
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	4

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

Marcus Berg	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Dimitar Rangelov
Marcus Berg	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Mihail Aleksandrov
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Mihail Aleksandrov
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Mihail Aleksandrov
Marcus Berg	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Ivelin Popov
Marcus Berg	1 goal, 1 assist during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Mihail Aleksandrov

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

5 v

0 d

1 l

9 gf

2 ga

Away

5 matches

3 v

1 d

1 l

8 gf

6 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

2 v

1 d

0 l

9 gf

0 ga

Total

14 matches

10 v

2 d

2 l

26 gf

8 ga

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

1 v

1 d

3 l

6 gf

8 ga

Away

6 matches

1 v

0 d

5 l

2 gf

9 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

0 v

1 d

2 l

0 gf

9 ga

Total

14 matches

2 v

2 d

10 l

8 gf

26 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	June 14, 2004
Home	3 - 0	September 03, 2005

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	November 12, 1967
Away	2 - 0	June 11, 1967

Latest head to head

September 03, 2005 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2006

Sweden

3 - 0

Bulgaria

March 26, 2005 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2006

Bulgaria

0 - 3

Sweden

June 14, 2004 - Euro 2004

Sweden

5 - 0

Bulgaria

September 04, 1999 - Eliminatoires Euro 2000

Sweden

1 - 0

Bulgaria

October 14, 1998 - Eliminatoires Euro 2000

Bulgaria

0 - 1

Sweden

Best historical scorers against Bulgaria

Henrik Larsson	4 goals	1994 - 2004
Freddie Ljungberg	4 goals	2004 - 2005
Kennet Andersson	2 goals	1990 - 1994
Martin Dahlin	2 goals	1992 - 1993
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	2 goals	2004 - 2005
Stefan Pettersson	1 goal	1992 - 1992

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Sweden

Plamen Markov	1 goal	1980 - 1980
Hristo Stoichkov	1 goal	1993 - 1993
Chavdar Tsvetkov	1 goal	1980 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/09/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bulgaria

Stefan Schwarz	5 matches	1990 - 1998
Freddie Ljungberg	5 matches	1998 - 2005
Henrik Larsson	5 matches	1994 - 2005
Patrik Andersson	5 matches	1992 - 1999
Kennet Andersson	4 matches	1990 - 1999
Roland Nilsson	4 matches	1993 - 1999

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 15/06/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Sweden

Zlatko Yankov	6 matches	1990 - 1999
Ivaylo Petkov	5 matches	1998 - 2005
Krasimir Balakov	4 matches	1990 - 1994
Trifon Ivanov	4 matches	1990 - 1994
Rosen Kirilov	4 matches	1998 - 2005
Ivaylo Yordanov	4 matches	1992 - 1998