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Bulgaria 1-3 Switzerland - March 25, 2021 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2022

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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2022 - Round 1 - Group C

Vassil Levski - Sofia - Bulgaria

March 25, 2021 - 18:00

1 - 3

Switzerland

(right foot) Kiril Despodov

46'

Breel Embolo (header) Assist by Ricardo Rodriguez

10'

Haris Seferovic (left foot) Assist by Xherdan Shaqiri

12'

Steven Zuber (right foot)

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7' - Goal Breel Embolo

10' - Goal Haris Seferovic

12' - Goal Steven Zuber

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46' - Goal Kiril Despodov photo Atanas Iliev

46' - Substitution Dimitar Ilievis substituted by Atanas Iliev46

48' - Substitution Kiril Despodovis substituted by Spas Delev48

54' - Yellow card Manuel Akanji

68' - Yellow card Cicinho68

70' - Substitution Georgi Yomovis substituted by Ilian Iliev70

71' - Substitution Kristiyan Malinovis substituted by Ivailo Chochev71

73' - Substitution Cicinhois substituted by Momchil Tsvetanov73

75' - Substitution Xherdan Shaqiriis substituted by Ruben Vargas photo Denis Zakaria

75' - Substitution Steven Zuberis substituted by Denis Zakaria

86' - Substitution Remo Freuleris substituted by Djibril Sow photo Mario Gavranovic

86' - Substitution Haris Seferovicis substituted by Mario Gavranovic

90' - Substitution Breel Embolois substituted by Admir Mehmedi

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Bulgaria

1 - 3

Switzerland

Bulgaria Switzerland

Team line-ups

Bulgaria

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

20D. Iliev46

Dimitar Iliev

Bulgaria

B.date25/09/1988

Age32 years

H1m85

positionSecond striker

11Despodov4648

Kiril Despodov

Bulgaria

B.date11/11/1996

Age24 years

H1m79

positionRight Winger

17Yomov70

Georgi Yomov

Bulgaria

B.date06/07/1997

Age23 years

H1m74

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

16Malinov71

Kristiyan Malinov

Bulgaria

B.date16/07/1994

Age26 years

H1m76

positionDefensive Midfielder

7Kostadinov

Georgi Kostadinov

Bulgaria

B.date07/09/1990

Age30 years

H1m84

positionMidfield

6Cicinho7368

Cicinho

Bulgaria

B.date26/12/1988

Age32 years

H1m68

positionLeft full-back

2Popov

Strahil Popov

Bulgaria

B.date31/08/1990

Age30 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

3Zanev

Petar Zanev

Bulgaria

B.date10/11/1985

Age35 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

15Bozhikov

Vasil Bozhikov

Bulgaria

B.date02/06/1988

Age32 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

14Dimov

Daniel Dimov

Bulgaria

B.date21/01/1989

Age32 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

23P. Iliev

Plamen Iliev

Bulgaria

B.date30/11/1991

Age29 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Plamen Iliev		29	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Petar Zanev		35	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Daniel Dimov		32	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Vasil Bozhikov		32	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Cicinho	7368	32	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Kristiyan Malinov	71	26	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Strahil Popov		30	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Georgi Kostadinov		30	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Georgi Yomov	70	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Dimitar Iliev	46	32	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Kiril Despodov	4648	24	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Switzerland

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Embolo790

Breel Embolo

Switzerland

B.date14/02/1997

Age24 years

H1m85

positionSecond striker

9Seferovic1086

Haris Seferovic

Switzerland

B.date22/02/1992

Age29 years

H1m89

positionStriker

23Shaqiri75

Xherdan Shaqiri

Switzerland

B.date10/10/1991

Age29 years

H1m69

positionPlaymaker

10Xhaka

Granit Xhaka

Switzerland

B.date27/09/1992

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft central midfielder

8Freuler86

Remo Freuler

Switzerland

B.date15/04/1992

Age28 years

H1m81

positionLeft central midfielder

14Zuber1275

Steven Zuber

Switzerland

B.date17/08/1991

Age29 years

H1m82

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

2Mbabu

Kevin Mbabu

Switzerland

B.date19/04/1995

Age25 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

13Rodriguez

Ricardo Rodriguez

Switzerland

B.date25/08/1992

Age28 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

5Akanji54

Manuel Akanji

Switzerland

B.date19/07/1995

Age25 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

4Elvedi

Nico Elvedi

Switzerland

B.date30/09/1996

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

1Sommer

Yann Sommer

Switzerland

B.date17/12/1988

Age32 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Yann Sommer		32	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Nico Elvedi		24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Manuel Akanji	54	25	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Ricardo Rodriguez		28	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Kevin Mbabu		25	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Remo Freuler	86	28	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Granit Xhaka		28	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Xherdan Shaqiri	75	29	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Steven Zuber	1275	29	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Haris Seferovic	1086	29	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Breel Embolo	790	24	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Ivan Karadzhov		31
1	G	Daniel Naumov		22
4	D	Valentin Antov		20
5	D	Andrea Hristov		22
18	M	Ivailo Chochev	71	28	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Martin Raynov		28
21	M	Momchil Tsvetanov	73	30	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Birsent Karagaren		28
12	M	Ilian Iliev	70	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Antonio Vutov		24
19	F	Atanas Iliev	46	26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Spas Delev	48	31	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
21	G	Jonas Omlin		27
12	G	Yvon Mvogo		26
6	D	Eray Cümart		23
22	D	Loris Benito		29
17	M	Denis Zakaria	75	24	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Djibril Sow	86	24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	M	Silvan Widmer		28
11	M	Ruben Vargas	75	22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Edimilson Fernandes		24
19	F	Mario Gavranovic	86	31	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Admir Mehmedi	90	30	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Christian Fassnacht		27

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kiril Despodov

Galin Ivanov

OUT

Georgi Yomov

Spas Delev

OUT

Petar Zanev

Georgi Angelov

OUT

Plamen Iliev

Martin Lukov

OUT

Daniel Dimov

Kristian Dimitrov

OUT

Vasil Bozhikov

Aleksandar Tsvetkov

OUT

Georgi Kostadinov

Bozhidar Kraev

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kevin Mbabu

Edimilson Fernandes

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Yasen Petrov

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Petrov vs Switzerland

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 25, 2021

Petrov vs Petkovic

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 25, 2021

Manager

Age

Match num

Vladimir Petkovic

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Petkovic vs Bulgaria

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 25, 2021

Petkovic vs Petrov

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 25, 2021

Referee

Nikola Dabanovic

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Bulgaria1 match	General total	Switzerland2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Bulgaria1 match	Season total	Switzerland1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on March 25, 2021					Latest figure on March 28, 2023

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Key figures

It's the first time Breel Embolo scores 1 goal vs Bulgaria in his professional career

It's the first time Kiril Despodov scores a goal in his professional career with Bulgaria since the 13/10/2018 (with Bulgaria vs Cyprus )

Bulgaria keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a win in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 03/09/2017). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 12/10/2005-28/03/2009 time period (5 matches).

Read the next 16 key stats

General ranking

1	Switzerland	3 pts	1 rd
2	Italy	3 pts	1 rd
3	Bulgaria	0 pt	1 rd
4	Northern Ireland	0 pt	1 rd

General ranking

1	Switzerland	3 pts	1 rd
2	Italy	3 pts	1 rd
3	Bulgaria	0 pt	1 rd
4	Northern Ireland	0 pt	1 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LBulgaria 0-1 Belarus26/02/2020

DBulgaria 1-1 Ireland03/09/2020

LBulgaria 1-3 Hungary08/10/2020

LBulgaria 0-1 Wales14/10/2020

VBulgaria 3-0 Gibraltar11/11/2020

LBulgaria 1-2 Finland15/11/2020

Overall

LBulgaria 1-3 Hungary08/10/2020

LFinland 2-0 Bulgaria11/10/2020

LBulgaria 0-1 Wales14/10/2020

VBulgaria 3-0 Gibraltar11/11/2020

LBulgaria 1-2 Finland15/11/2020

DIreland 0-0 Bulgaria18/11/2020

Current form

Away

LDenmark 1-0 Switzerland12/10/2019

VGibraltar 1-6 Switzerland18/11/2019

LUkraine 2-1 Switzerland03/09/2020

LSpain 1-0 Switzerland10/10/2020

DGermany 3-3 Switzerland13/10/2020

LBelgium 2-1 Switzerland11/11/2020

Overall

DSwitzerland 1-1 Germany06/09/2020

LSwitzerland 1-2 Croatia07/10/2020

LSpain 1-0 Switzerland10/10/2020

DGermany 3-3 Switzerland13/10/2020

LBelgium 2-1 Switzerland11/11/2020

DSwitzerland 1-1 Spain14/11/2020

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	4	0
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	4	7
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	2	3
Conceding streak	8	8

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

3 matches

0 v

2 d

1 l

3 gf

4 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

10 matches

2 v

4 d

4 l

12 gf

15 ga

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

3 v

2 d

1 l

11 gf

8 ga

Away

3 matches

1 v

2 d

0 l

4 gf

3 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

10 matches

4 v

4 d

2 l

15 gf

12 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	April 28, 1992
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	September 06, 2011
Away	3 - 2	May 01, 1991

Latest head to head

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

May 01, 1991 - Eliminatoires Euro 1992

Bulgaria

2 - 3

Switzerland logo Switzerland

Best historical scorers against Switzerland

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

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 Bulgaria

Xherdan Shaqiri	3 goals	2011 - 2011
Adrian Knup	2 goals	1991 - 1991
Fritz Künzli	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Claudio Sulser	1 goal	1982 - 1982
Raimondo Ponte	1 goal	1983 - 1983
Thomas Bickel	1 goal	1990 - 1990

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
Georgi Yordanov	3 matches	1990 - 1992
Krasimir Balakov	3 matches	1990 - 1992
Stilian Petrov	3 matches	2009 - 2011
Ivelin Popov	3 matches	2009 - 2011
Nikolai Iliev	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 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