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Euro Qualifying 2016 - Round 4 - Group H

Vassil Levski - Sofia - Bulgaria

November 16, 2014

Bulgaria

1 - 1

Malta

Assist by Mihail AleksandrovAndrej Galabinov

49'

Clayton Failla (penalty)

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6' - Goal Andrej Galabinov6

43' - Yellow card Jean-Paul Farrugia

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49' - Goal Clayton Failla

58' - Substitution Georgi Milanovis substituted by Marquinhos photo Iliyan Mitsanski

58' - Substitution Andrej Galabinovis substituted by Iliyan Mitsanski58

71' - Substitution Georgi Ilievis substituted by Aleksandar Tonev71

77' - Yellow card Clayton Failla

78' - Substitution André Schembriis substituted by Ryan Fenech

81' - Substitution Clayton Faillais substituted by Steve Bezzina

86' - Yellow card Veselin Minev86

89' - Yellow card Jonathan Caruana

93' - Substitution Jean-Paul Farrugiais substituted by Terence Vella

94' - Yellow card Paul Fenech

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Bulgaria

1 - 1

Malta

Bulgaria Malta

Team line-ups

Bulgaria

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Popov

Ivelin Popov

Bulgaria

B.date26/10/1987

Age27 years

H1m81

positionPlaymaker

7Aleksandrov

Mihail Aleksandrov

Bulgaria

B.date11/06/1989

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

21Dyakov

Svetoslav Dyakov

Bulgaria

B.date31/05/1984

Age30 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

16Galabinov658

Andrej Galabinov

Bulgaria

B.date27/11/1988

Age25 years

H1m94

positionStriker

22Iliev71

Georgi Iliev

Bulgaria

B.date05/09/1981

Age33 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

17Milanov58

Georgi Milanov

Bulgaria

B.date19/02/1992

Age22 years

H1m84

positionOffensive Midfielder

11Manolev

Stanislav Manolev

Bulgaria

B.date16/12/1985

Age28 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

5Bodurov

Nikolay Bodurov

Bulgaria

B.date30/05/1986

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

14Minev86

Veselin Minev

Bulgaria

B.date14/10/1980

Age34 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

4Terziev

Georgi Terziev

Bulgaria

B.date18/04/1992

Age22 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

12Stoyanov

Vladislav Stoyanov

Bulgaria

B.date08/06/1987

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Vladislav Stoyanov		27	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Georgi Terziev		22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Nikolay Bodurov		28	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Veselin Minev	86	34	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Stanislav Manolev		28	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Svetoslav Dyakov		30	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Georgi Iliev	71	33	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Georgi Milanov	58	22	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Mihail Aleksandrov		25	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Ivelin Popov		27	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Andrej Galabinov	658	25	6	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

Malta

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Farrugia90+343

Jean-Paul Farrugia

Malta

B.date21/03/1992

Age22 years

H1m82

positionStriker

13Schembri78

André Schembri

Malta

B.date27/05/1986

Age28 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

4Paul Fenech94

Paul Fenech

Malta

B.date20/12/1986

Age27 years

H1m65

positionLeft Midfielder

11R. Muscat

Rowen Muscat

Malta

B.date05/06/1991

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

8Briffa

Roderick Briffa

Malta

B.date24/08/1981

Age33 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

7Failla498177

Clayton Failla

Malta

B.date08/01/1986

Age28 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

17Camilleri

Ryan Camilleri

Malta

B.date22/05/1988

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

5Agius

Andrei Agius

Malta

B.date12/08/1986

Age28 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

2Caruana89

Jonathan Caruana

Malta

B.date24/07/1986

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

22Zach Muscat

Zach Muscat

Malta

B.date22/08/1993

Age21 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

1Hogg

Andrew Hogg

Malta

B.date02/03/1985

Age29 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Andrew Hogg		29	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Jonathan Caruana	89	28	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Roderick Briffa		33	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Andrei Agius		28	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Zach Muscat		21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Ryan Camilleri		26	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	D	Clayton Failla	498177	28	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Paul Fenech	94	27	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Rowen Muscat		23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Jean-Paul Farrugia	90+343	22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	F	André Schembri	78	28	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
18	M	Marquinhos	58	32	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Aleksandar Tonev	71	24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Iliyan Mitsanski	58	28	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
3	D	Steve Bezzina	81	27	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Ryan Fenech	78	28	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Terence Vella	90+3	24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Vladislav Stoyanov

Nikolai Mihaylov

OUT

Andrej Galabinov

Aleksandar Tonev

OUT

Georgi Terziev

Apostol Popov

OUT

Mihail Aleksandrov

Ventsislav Hristov

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jean-Paul Farrugia

Michael Mifsud

OUT

Jonathan Caruana

John Mintoff

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Lyuboslav Penev

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

58 %

Penev vs Malta

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 16, 2014

Penev vs Ghedin

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 16, 2014

Manager

Age

Match num

Pietro Ghedin

Success rate in this team:

19 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

19 %

Ghedin vs Bulgaria

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on November 16, 2014

Ghedin vs Penev

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on November 16, 2014

Referee

Martin Strömbergsson

0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Bulgaria1 match	General total	Malta1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Bulgaria1 match	Season total	Malta1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on November 16, 2014					Latest figure on November 16, 2014

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Key figures

End of streak for Bulgaria after 6 consecutive matches without a draw in Euro Qualifying (since 02/09/2011). It was the best streak for the club since 01/04/1987-17/10/1990 (8 matches).

The last time Bulgaria has ended with the score 1-1 at home in Euro Qualifying, It was on the 07/10/2006 (vs )

It's the first time Clayton Failla scores 1 goal vs Bulgaria in his professional career

Read the next 26 key stats

General ranking

2	Italy	10 pts	4 rd
3	Norway	9 pts	4 rd
4	Bulgaria	4 pts	4 rd
5	Malta	1 pt	4 rd
6	Azerbaijan	0 pt	4 rd

General ranking

2	Italy	10 pts	4 rd
3	Norway	9 pts	4 rd
4	Bulgaria	4 pts	4 rd
5	Malta	1 pt	4 rd
6	Azerbaijan	0 pt	4 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LBulgaria 0-1 Ukraine14/11/2012

VBulgaria 6-0 Malta22/03/2013

LBulgaria 0-1 Czech Republic15/10/2013

VBulgaria 2-1 Belarus05/03/2014

DBulgaria 1-1 Canada23/05/2014

LBulgaria 0-1 Croatia10/10/2014

Overall

LBulgaria 0-1 Czech Republic15/10/2013

VBulgaria 2-1 Belarus05/03/2014

DBulgaria 1-1 Canada23/05/2014

VAzerbaijan 1-2 Bulgaria09/09/2014

LBulgaria 0-1 Croatia10/10/2014

LNorway 2-1 Bulgaria13/10/2014

Current form

Away

VArmenia 0-1 Malta07/06/2013

LAzerbaijan 3-0 Malta14/08/2013

LDenmark 6-0 Malta15/10/2013

LAlbania 2-0 Malta05/03/2014

LSlovakia 1-0 Malta04/09/2014

LCroatia 2-0 Malta09/09/2014

Overall

LAlbania 2-0 Malta05/03/2014

LGibraltar 1-0 Malta04/06/2014

LSlovakia 1-0 Malta04/09/2014

LCroatia 2-0 Malta09/09/2014

LMalta 0-3 Norway10/10/2014

LMalta 0-1 Italy13/10/2014

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	2	2
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	4	11

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	5	6
Winless streak	5	6
Drawless streak	31	15
Goalless streak	5	6
Conceding streak	5	12

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

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

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	3
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
1	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
2	Losses (Competition total)	3
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

2	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
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (1 times)

Bookings

5	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
1	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Nikolay Bodurov	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Georgi Iliev	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	-
Nikolay Bodurov	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

5 v

0 d

0 l

25 gf

1 ga

Away

6 matches

4 v

2 d

0 l

11 gf

3 ga

Total

11 matches

9 v

2 d

0 l

36 gf

4 ga

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

0 v

2 d

4 l

3 gf

11 ga

Away

5 matches

0 v

0 d

5 l

1 gf

25 ga

Total

11 matches

0 v

2 d

9 l

4 gf

36 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 14, 1982
Home	7 - 0	October 14, 1982

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

September 10, 2013 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2014

Malta

1 - 2

Bulgaria

March 22, 2013 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2014

Bulgaria

6 - 0

Malta

November 18, 2009 - Rencontres amicales 2009

Malta

1 - 4

Bulgaria

October 12, 2005 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2006

Malta

1 - 1

Bulgaria

October 13, 2004 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2006

Bulgaria

4 - 1

Malta

Best historical scorers against Malta

Dimitar Berbatov	6 goals	2001 - 2009
Aleksandar Tonev	3 goals	2013 - 2013
Emil Gargorov	2 goals	2013 - 2013
Georgi Ivanov	2 goals	2000 - 2000
Chavdar Yankov	2 goals	2004 - 2005
Valeri Bojinov	1 goal	2009 - 2009

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/2000. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Bulgaria

Michael Mifsud	2 goals	2004 - 2009
Edward Herrera	1 goal	2013 - 2013
Etienne Barbara	1 goal	2005 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/2000. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Malta

Emil Gargorov	4 matches	2004 - 2013
Valeri Bojinov	4 matches	2004 - 2013
Stilian Petrov	4 matches	2000 - 2009
Dimitar Berbatov	4 matches	2001 - 2009
Blagoy Georgiev	3 matches	2004 - 2009
Nikolai Mihaylov	3 matches	2009 - 2013

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/2000. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bulgaria

Michael Mifsud	5 matches	2001 - 2013
Brian Said	5 matches	2000 - 2009
Luke Dimech	5 matches	2000 - 2013
Antoine Zahra	4 matches	2000 - 2005
Roderick Briffa	4 matches	2004 - 2013
Gilbert Agius	4 matches	2000 - 2009