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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2018 - Round 2 - Group A

Stade de France - Saint-Denis - France

October 07, 2016

4 - 1

Bulgaria

Assist by Bacary Sagna (header) Kevin Gameiro

23'

Assist by Moussa Sissoko (right foot) Dimitri Payet

26'

(left foot) Antoine Griezmann

38'

Assist by Antoine Griezmann (left foot) Kevin Gameiro

59'

Mihail Aleksandrov (penalty)

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6' - Goal Mihail Aleksandrov

23' - Goal Kevin Gameiro23

26' - Goal Dimitri Payet26

27' - Substitution Bacary Sagnais substituted by Djibril Sidibé27

38' - Goal Antoine Griezmann38

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59' - Goal Kevin Gameiro59

62' - Substitution Marcelinhois substituted by Dimitar Rangelov

68' - Substitution Strahil Popovis substituted by Aleksandar Tonev

72' - Substitution Kevin Gameirois substituted by André-Pierre Gignac72

76' - Substitution Mihail Aleksandrovis substituted by Todor Nedelev

83' - Substitution Antoine Griezmannis substituted by Nabil Fekir83

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

France

4 - 1

Bulgaria

France Bulgaria

Team line-ups

France

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Gameiro235972

Kevin Gameiro

France

B.date09/05/1987

Age29 years

H1m73

positionStriker

8Payet26

Dimitri Payet

France

B.date29/03/1987

Age29 years

H1m75

positionPlaymaker

7Griezmann3883

Antoine Griezmann

France

B.date21/03/1991

Age25 years

H1m74

positionSecond striker

18Sissoko

Moussa Sissoko

France

B.date16/08/1989

Age27 years

H1m87

positionRight central midfielder

14Matuidi

Blaise Matuidi

France

B.date09/04/1987

Age29 years

H1m75

positionLeft central midfielder

6Pogba

Paul Pogba

France

B.date15/03/1993

Age23 years

H1m88

positionBox-to-box midfielder

3Kurzawa

Layvin Kurzawa

France

B.date04/09/1992

Age24 years

H1m82

positionLeft full-back

21Koscielny

Laurent Koscielny

France

B.date10/09/1985

Age31 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

4Varane

Raphaël Varane

France

B.date25/04/1993

Age23 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

19Sagna27

Bacary Sagna

France

B.date14/02/1983

Age33 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

1Lloris

Hugo Lloris

France

B.date26/12/1986

Age29 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Hugo Lloris		29	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Laurent Koscielny		31	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Raphaël Varane		23	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Bacary Sagna	27	33	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Layvin Kurzawa		24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Blaise Matuidi		29	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Moussa Sissoko		27	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Paul Pogba		23	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Dimitri Payet	26	29	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Kevin Gameiro	235972	29	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Antoine Griezmann	3883	25	37	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

Bulgaria

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10I. Popov

Ivelin Popov

Bulgaria

B.date26/10/1987

Age28 years

H1m81

positionPlaymaker

7Aleksandrov676

Mihail Aleksandrov

Bulgaria

B.date11/06/1989

Age27 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

11Marcelinho62

Marcelinho

Bulgaria

B.date24/08/1984

Age32 years

H1m77

positionPlaymaker

17G. Milanov

Georgi Milanov

Bulgaria

B.date19/02/1992

Age24 years

H1m84

positionOffensive Midfielder

9Kostadinov

Georgi Kostadinov

Bulgaria

B.date07/09/1990

Age26 years

H1m84

positionMidfield

21Dyakov

Svetoslav Dyakov

Bulgaria

B.date31/05/1984

Age32 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

20Z. Milanov

Zhivko Milanov

Bulgaria

B.date15/07/1984

Age32 years

H1m74

positionRight full-back

14Pirgov

Dimitar Pirgov

Bulgaria

B.date26/10/1989

Age26 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

3Aleksandrov

Aleksandar Aleksandrov

Bulgaria

B.date13/04/1986

Age30 years

H1m86

positionDefender

2S. Popov68

Strahil Popov

Bulgaria

B.date31/08/1990

Age26 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

23Stoyanov

Vladislav Stoyanov

Bulgaria

B.date08/06/1987

Age29 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Vladislav Stoyanov		29	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Aleksandar Aleksandrov		30	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Dimitar Pirgov		26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Zhivko Milanov		32	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Svetoslav Dyakov		32	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Strahil Popov	68	26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Georgi Kostadinov		26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Mihail Aleksandrov	676	27	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Marcelinho	62	32	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Ivelin Popov		28	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Georgi Milanov		24	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Alphonse Areola		23
16	G	Steve Mandanda		31
5	D	Aymeric Laporte		22
13	D	Presnel Kimpembe		21
2	D	Djibril Sidibé	27	24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Lucas Digne		23
22	M	N'Golo Kanté		25
15	M	Yohan Cabaye		30
20	M	Kingsley Coman		20
12	F	Nabil Fekir	83	23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	André-Pierre Gignac	72	30	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Anthony Martial		20

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Bozhidar Mitrev		29
12	G	Blagoj Makendzhiev		28
4	D	Vasil Bozhikov		28
5	D	Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski		21
13	D	Anton Nedyalkov		23
15	M	Martin Raynov		24
18	M	Ivailo Chochev		23
6	M	Simeon Slavchev		23
19	M	Aleksandar Tonev	68	26	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Todor Nedelev	76	23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Dimitar Rangelov	62	33	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Andrej Galabinov		27

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Hugo Lloris

Steve Mandanda

OUT

Kevin Gameiro

Olivier Giroud

OUT

Bacary Sagna

Djibril Sidibé

OUT

Dimitri Payet

Anthony Martial

OUT

Blaise Matuidi

N'Golo Kanté

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Aleksandar Aleksandrov

Ivan Ivanov

OUT

Zhivko Milanov

Anton Nedyalkov

OUT

Dimitar Pirgov

Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski

OUT

Georgi Kostadinov

Dimitar Rangelov

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Didier Deschamps

Success rate in this team:

61 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Deschamps vs Bulgaria

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 07, 2016

Deschamps vs Hubtchev

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 07, 2016

Manager

Age

Match num

Petar Hubtchev

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Hubtchev vs France

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 07, 2016

Hubtchev vs Deschamps

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 07, 2016

Referee

Luca Banti

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	France1 match	General total	Bulgaria1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	France1 match	Season total	Bulgaria1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 07, 2016					Latest figure on October 07, 2016

Videos

October 14, 2016

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Mihail Aleksandrov scores 1 goal vs France in his professional career

France keeps its 17 matches with only one goal conceded at most at home in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 04/09/2004). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 28/04/1993 (13 matches)

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

Read the next 23 key stats

General ranking

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

General ranking

+3	2	France	4 pts	2 rd
-1	3	Sweden	4 pts	2 rd
-3	4	Bulgaria	3 pts	2 rd
-1	5	Belarus	1 pt	2 rd
	6	Luxembourg	0 pt	2 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFrance 2-0 Albania15/06/2016

DSwitzerland 0-0 France19/06/2016

VFrance 2-1 Ireland26/06/2016

VFrance 5-2 Iceland03/07/2016

VGermany 0-2 France07/07/2016

LPortugal 1-0 France10/07/2016

Overall

VFrance 2-1 Ireland26/06/2016

VFrance 5-2 Iceland03/07/2016

VGermany 0-2 France07/07/2016

LPortugal 1-0 France10/07/2016

VItaly 1-3 France01/09/2016

DBelarus 0-0 France06/09/2016

Current form

Away

VMalta 0-1 Bulgaria12/06/2015

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

Overall

VBulgaria 2-0 Azerbaijan13/10/2015

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

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	15	11
Scoring streak	3	1
Conceding streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

General ranking (Competition total)

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	1
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
0	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	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)	4
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	4
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	3
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

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

Key players

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Dimitar Rangelov
-	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Ivelin Popov
-	The fittest player	1 goal, 1 assist during the last match	Ivelin Popov

Historical head to head

Home

10 matches

6 v

3 d

1 l

22 gf

9 ga

Away

8 matches

1 v

1 d

6 l

8 gf

14 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

2 ga

Total

20 matches

8 v

4 d

8 l

33 gf

25 ga

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

6 v

1 d

1 l

14 gf

8 ga

Away

10 matches

1 v

3 d

6 l

9 gf

22 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

20 matches

8 v

4 d

8 l

25 gf

33 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	March 24, 1938
Home	6 - 1	March 24, 1938

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	September 09, 1992
Away	2 - 1	November 17, 1993

Latest head to head

June 18, 1996 - Euro 1996

France

3 - 1

Bulgaria

November 17, 1993 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1994

France

1 - 2

Bulgaria

September 09, 1992 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1994

Bulgaria

2 - 0

France

May 02, 1985 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1986

Bulgaria

2 - 0

France

November 21, 1984 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1986

France

1 - 0

Bulgaria

Best historical scorers against Bulgaria

Jean Sécember	4 goals	1932 - 1932
Michel Platini	3 goals	1976 - 1984
Jean Nicolas	2 goals	1938 - 1938
Alfred Aston	2 goals	1938 - 1938
Yvon Goujon	2 goals	1963 - 1963
Maryan Wisniewski	2 goals	1957 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/06/1932. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against France

Hristo Stoichkov	2 goals	1992 - 1996
Emil Kostadinov	2 goals	1993 - 1993
Hristo Iliev	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Georgi Dimitrov	1 goal	1985 - 1985
Hristo Bonev	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Todor Diev	1 goal	1957 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/06/1932. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bulgaria

Pierre Bernard	5 matches	1960 - 1963
Maxime Bossis	4 matches	1976 - 1985
Bruno Rodzik	4 matches	1960 - 1963
Michel Platini	4 matches	1976 - 1985
Marius Trésor	4 matches	1971 - 1982
Yvon Douis	4 matches	1957 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/06/1932. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs France

Nikola Kovachev	5 matches	1957 - 1961
Ivan Kolev	5 matches	1957 - 1961
Borislav Mihailov	5 matches	1984 - 1996
Ivan Dimitrov	4 matches	1959 - 1961
Todor Diev	4 matches	1957 - 1961
Kiril Rakarov	4 matches	1957 - 1961