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Ireland 3-1 Bulgaria - September 10, 2019 / Friendlies 2019

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Friendlies 2019 - Europe

Aviva Stadium - Dublin - Republic of Ireland

September 10, 2019

3 - 1

Bulgaria

Assist by Scott HoganAlan Browne

56'

Assist by Jack ByrnesKevin Long

83'

Assist by Enda StevensJames Collins

86'

67'

Ivelin Popov (penalty)

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46' - Substitution Georgi Milanovis substituted by Ivelin Popov

56' - Goal Alan Browne56

59' - Substitution Alan Judgeis substituted by Jack Byrnes59

59' - Substitution Anton Nedyalkovis substituted by Vasil Bozhikov photo Wanderson

59' - Substitution Nikolay Dimitrovis substituted by Wanderson

60' - Substitution Scott Hoganis substituted by James Collins60

67' - Goal Ivelin Popov

68' - Substitution Daniel Mladenovis substituted by Kiril Despodov

69' - Substitution Conor Hourihaneis substituted by James McClean69

76' - Substitution Mark Traversis substituted by Kieran O'Hara photo Enda Stevens

76' - Substitution Callum O'Dowdais substituted by Enda Stevens76

80' - Substitution Kristian Dimitrovis substituted by Vasil Panayotov

81' - Substitution Kristiyan Malinovis substituted by Georgi Terziev

83' - Goal Kevin Long83

84' - Substitution Ronan Curtisis substituted by Jeff Hendrick photo James Collins

84' - Yellow card James Collins84

86' - Goal James Collins86

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Ireland

3 - 1

Bulgaria

Ireland Bulgaria

Team line-ups

Ireland

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Hogan60

Scott Hogan

Republic of Ireland

B.date13/04/1992

Age27 years

H1m80

positionStriker

17Curtis84

Ronan Curtis

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/01/1996

Age23 years

H1m82

positionLeft Winger

19Judge59

Alan Judge

Republic of Ireland

B.date11/11/1988

Age30 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

18O'Dowda76

Callum O'Dowda

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/04/1995

Age24 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

8Browne56

Alan Browne

Republic of Ireland

B.date15/04/1995

Age24 years

H1m79

positionCentre Midfield

20Cullen

Josh Cullen

Republic of Ireland

B.date07/04/1996

Age23 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

14Hourihane69

Conor Hourihane

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/02/1991

Age28 years

H1m81

positionLeft central midfielder

15Egan

John Egan

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/10/1992

Age26 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

21Long83

Kevin Long

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/08/1990

Age29 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

7Christie

Cyrus Christie

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/09/1992

Age26 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

16Travers76

Mark Travers

Republic of Ireland

B.date18/05/1999

Age20 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
16	G	Mark Travers	76	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Kevin Long	83	29	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	John Egan		26	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	D	Cyrus Christie		26	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Conor Hourihane	69	28	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Alan Judge	59	30	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Callum O'Dowda	76	24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Josh Cullen		23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Alan Browne	56	24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Scott Hogan	60	27	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Ronan Curtis	84	23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Bulgaria

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

12Kraev

Bozhidar Kraev

Bulgaria

B.date23/06/1997

Age22 years

H1m85

positionOffensive Midfielder

19Mladenov68

Daniel Mladenov

Bulgaria

B.date25/05/1987

Age32 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

22Dimitrov59

Nikolay Dimitrov

Bulgaria

B.date15/10/1987

Age31 years

H1m72

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

16Malinov81

Kristiyan Malinov

Bulgaria

B.date16/07/1994

Age25 years

H1m76

positionDefensive Midfielder

17Milanov46

Georgi Milanov

Bulgaria

B.date19/02/1992

Age27 years

H1m84

positionOffensive Midfielder

20Goranov

Ivan Goranov

Bulgaria

B.date10/06/1992

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

4Pashov

Georgi Pashov

Bulgaria

B.date04/03/1990

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

14Nedyalkov59

Anton Nedyalkov

Bulgaria

B.date30/04/1993

Age26 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

6Slavchev

Simeon Slavchev

Bulgaria

B.date25/09/1993

Age25 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

3Dimitrov80

Kristian Dimitrov

Bulgaria

B.date27/02/1997

Age22 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

1H. Ivanov

Hristo Ivanov

Bulgaria

B.date06/04/1982

Age37 years

H1m77

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Hristo Ivanov		37	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Kristian Dimitrov	80	22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Anton Nedyalkov	59	26	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Georgi Pashov		29	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Ivan Goranov		27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Kristiyan Malinov	81	25	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Simeon Slavchev		25	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Georgi Milanov	46	27	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Daniel Mladenov	68	32	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Nikolay Dimitrov	59	31	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Bozhidar Kraev		22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Kieran O'Hara	76	23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	G	Darren Randolph		32
5	D	Richard Keogh		33
4	D	Shane Duffy		27
3	D	Enda Stevens	76	29	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Séamus Coleman		30
12	M	Jack Byrnes	59	23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Jeff Hendrick	84	27	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	James McClean	69	30	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Glenn Whelan		35
9	F	James Collins	866084	28	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Martin Lukov		26
23	G	Plamen Iliev		27
2	D	Georgi Terziev	81	27	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Vasil Bozhikov	59	31	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Nikolay Bodurov		33
21	M	Vasil Panayotov	80	28	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Georgi Sarmov		34
9	M	Wanderson	59	31	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Ivelin Popov	6746	31	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Marcelinho		35
18	M	Galin Ivanov		31
11	F	Kiril Despodov	68	22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Scott Hogan

David McGoldrick

OUT

Josh Cullen

Glenn Whelan

OUT

Mark Travers

Darren Randolph

OUT

John Egan

Richard Keogh

OUT

Cyrus Christie

Séamus Coleman

OUT

Kevin Long

Shane Duffy

OUT

Alan Judge

Jeff Hendrick

OUT

Ronan Curtis

James McClean

OUT

Callum O'Dowda

Callum Robinson

OUT

Alan Browne

Enda Stevens

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Georgi Milanov

Ivelin Popov

OUT

Simeon Slavchev

Georgi Sarmov

OUT

Nikolay Dimitrov

Galin Ivanov

OUT

Kristian Dimitrov

Nikolay Bodurov

OUT

Georgi Pashov

Strahil Popov

OUT

Hristo Ivanov

Plamen Iliev

OUT

Bozhidar Kraev

Marcelinho

OUT

Daniel Mladenov

Wanderson

OUT

Ivan Goranov

Vasil Bozhikov

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Mick McCarthy

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

McCarthy vs Bulgaria

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 10, 2019

McCarthy vs Balakov

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 10, 2019

Manager

Age

Match num

Krasimir Balakov

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Balakov vs Ireland

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 10, 2019

Balakov vs McCarthy

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 10, 2019

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Key figures

Bulgaria keeps its 14 matches with at least one goal conceded away from home running (since 03/06/2016). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 08/03/1980 (13 matches)

Bulgaria keeps its 4 consecutive losses running (since 07/06/2019). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 10/08/2011-11/10/2011 time period (5 matches).

Bulgaria keeps its 8 consecutive matches without a draw away from home in Friendlies running (since 26/05/2012). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 16/02/1973-14/04/1974 time period (9 matches).

Read the next 27 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DIreland 0-0 Denmark13/10/2018

LIreland 0-1 Wales16/10/2018

DIreland 0-0 Northern Ireland15/11/2018

VIreland 1-0 Georgia26/03/2019

VIreland 2-0 Gibraltar10/06/2019

DIreland 1-1 Switzerland05/09/2019

Overall

DDenmark 0-0 Ireland19/11/2018

VGibraltar 0-1 Ireland23/03/2019

VIreland 1-0 Georgia26/03/2019

DDenmark 1-1 Ireland07/06/2019

VIreland 2-0 Gibraltar10/06/2019

DIreland 1-1 Switzerland05/09/2019

Current form

Away

VSlovenia 1-2 Bulgaria06/09/2018

LNorway 1-0 Bulgaria16/10/2018

DCyprus 1-1 Bulgaria16/11/2018

DKosovo 1-1 Bulgaria25/03/2019

LCzech Republic 2-1 Bulgaria07/06/2019

LEngland 4-0 Bulgaria07/09/2019

Overall

DBulgaria 1-1 Slovenia19/11/2018

DBulgaria 1-1 Montenegro22/03/2019

DKosovo 1-1 Bulgaria25/03/2019

LCzech Republic 2-1 Bulgaria07/06/2019

LBulgaria 2-3 Kosovo10/06/2019

LEngland 4-0 Bulgaria07/09/2019

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	4	7
Winless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	3	5
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	3
Winless streak	5	8
Drawless streak	2	3
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	12	9

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

0	Number of games (Competition total)	0
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
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

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

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
0	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
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

No statistics here yet

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

2 v

3 d

0 l

7 gf

2 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

1 d

3 l

3 gf

6 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

10 matches

3 v

4 d

3 l

11 gf

8 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

3 v

1 d

0 l

6 gf

3 ga

Away

5 matches

0 v

3 d

2 l

2 gf

7 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

10 matches

3 v

4 d

3 l

8 gf

11 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	October 17, 1979
Home	3 - 0	October 17, 1979

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	April 01, 1987
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

June 06, 2009 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2010

Bulgaria

1 - 1

Ireland

March 28, 2009 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2010

Ireland

1 - 1

Bulgaria

August 18, 2004 - Rencontres amicales 2004

Ireland

1 - 1

Bulgaria

October 14, 1987 - Eliminatoires Euro 1988

Ireland

2 - 0

Bulgaria

April 01, 1987 - Eliminatoires Euro 1988

Bulgaria

2 - 1

Ireland

Best historical scorers against Bulgaria

Frank Stapleton	2 goals	1979 - 1987
Richard Dunne	2 goals	2009 - 2009
Kevin Moran	1 goal	1987 - 1987
Mick Martin	1 goal	1979 - 1979
Paddy Duncan	1 goal	1924 - 1924
Paul McGrath	1 goal	1987 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/05/1924. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Ireland

Lachezar Tanev	1 goal	1987 - 1987
Dimitar Telkiyski	1 goal	2009 - 2009
Valeri Bojinov	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Anyo Sadkov	1 goal	1987 - 1987

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/05/1924. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bulgaria

Liam Brady	6 matches	1977 - 1987
Frank Stapleton	5 matches	1977 - 1987
David O'Leary	4 matches	1977 - 1979
Paddy Mulligan	4 matches	1977 - 1979
Steve Heighway	4 matches	1977 - 1979
Mick Martin	3 matches	1977 - 1979

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 28/05/1924. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Ireland

Stilian Petrov	3 matches	2004 - 2009
Ilian Stoyanov	3 matches	2004 - 2009
Radostin Kishishev	3 matches	2004 - 2009
Stanislav Angelov	2 matches	2009 - 2009
Bozidar Iskrenov	2 matches	1987 - 1987
Zhivko Milanov	2 matches	2009 - 2009