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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2018 - Round 9 - Group A

Vassil Levski - Sofia - Bulgaria

October 07, 2017

Bulgaria

0 - 1

France

Blaise Matuidi (left foot) Assist by Antoine Griezmann

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3' - Goal Blaise Matuidi

9' - Yellow card Simeon Slavchev9

34' - Substitution N'Golo Kantéis substituted by Adrien Rabiot

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48' - Substitution Andrej Galabinovis substituted by Bozhidar Kraev48

51' - Yellow card Petar Zanev51

62' - Yellow card Bozhidar Kraev62

67' - Yellow card Georgi Kostadinov67

76' - Substitution Alexandre Lacazetteis substituted by Dimitri Payet

84' - Substitution Kylian Mbappéis substituted by Olivier Giroud

87' - Substitution Stanislav Manolevis substituted by Ivaylo Dimitrov87

91' - Yellow card Olivier Giroud

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Bulgaria

0 - 1

France

Bulgaria France

Team line-ups

Bulgaria

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Delev

Spas Delev

Bulgaria

B.date22/09/1989

Age28 years

H1m70

positionVersatile Forward

16Galabinov48

Andrej Galabinov

Bulgaria

B.date27/11/1988

Age28 years

H1m94

positionStriker

8Nedelev

Todor Nedelev

Bulgaria

B.date07/02/1993

Age24 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

11Manolev87

Stanislav Manolev

Bulgaria

B.date16/12/1985

Age31 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

7Kostadinov67

Georgi Kostadinov

Bulgaria

B.date07/09/1990

Age27 years

H1m84

positionMidfield

6Slavchev9

Simeon Slavchev

Bulgaria

B.date25/09/1993

Age24 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

3Zanev51

Petar Zanev

Bulgaria

B.date10/11/1985

Age31 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

15Bozhikov

Vasil Bozhikov

Bulgaria

B.date02/06/1988

Age29 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

5Bodurov

Nikolay Bodurov

Bulgaria

B.date30/05/1986

Age31 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

2Popov

Strahil Popov

Bulgaria

B.date31/08/1990

Age27 years

H1m70

positionMidfield

13Iliev

Plamen Iliev

Bulgaria

B.date30/11/1991

Age25 years

H1m82

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Plamen Iliev		25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Vasil Bozhikov		29	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Nikolay Bodurov		31	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Petar Zanev	51	31	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Stanislav Manolev	87	31	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Strahil Popov		27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Simeon Slavchev	9	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Georgi Kostadinov	67	27	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Todor Nedelev		24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Andrej Galabinov	48	28	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Spas Delev		28	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

France

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

12Mbappé84

Kylian Mbappé

France

B.date20/12/1998

Age18 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

20Lacazette76

Alexandre Lacazette

France

B.date28/05/1991

Age26 years

H1m75

positionStriker

7Griezmann

Antoine Griezmann

France

B.date21/03/1991

Age26 years

H1m74

positionSecond striker

14Matuidi3

Blaise Matuidi

France

B.date09/04/1987

Age30 years

H1m75

positionLeft central midfielder

6Tolisso

Corentin Tolisso

France

B.date03/08/1994

Age23 years

H1m81

positionLeft central midfielder

13Kanté34

N'Golo Kanté

France

B.date29/03/1991

Age26 years

H1m69

positionCentre Midfield

17Digne

Lucas Digne

France

B.date20/07/1993

Age24 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

5Umtiti

Samuel Umtiti

France

B.date14/11/1993

Age23 years

H1m80

positionLeft central defender

4Varane

Raphaël Varane

France

B.date25/04/1993

Age24 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

19Sidibé

Djibril Sidibé

France

B.date29/07/1992

Age25 years

H1m82

positionRight full-back

1Lloris

Hugo Lloris

France

B.date26/12/1986

Age30 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Hugo Lloris		30	93	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Raphaël Varane		24	38	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Samuel Umtiti		23	11	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Lucas Digne		24	18	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Djibril Sidibé		25	13	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	N'Golo Kanté	34	26	20	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Blaise Matuidi	3	30	59	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Corentin Tolisso		23	2	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Alexandre Lacazette	76	26	14	4You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Kylian Mbappé	84	18	7	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Antoine Griezmann		26	46	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Bozhidar Mitrev		30
23	G	Blagoj Makendzhiev		29
22	D	Aleksandar Tsvetkov		27
4	D	Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski		22
17	D	Tsvetomir Panov		28
14	D	Anton Nedyalkov		24
21	M	Kristiyan Malinov		23
20	M	Martin Raynov		25
12	M	Bozhidar Kraev	4862	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Ivaylo Dimitrov	87	34	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
16	G	Steve Mandanda		32
23	G	Alphonse Areola		24
21	D	Adil Rami		31
22	D	Presnel Kimpembe		22
2	D	Christophe Jallet		33
3	D	Jordan Amavi		23
15	M	Adrien Rabiot	34	22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Moussa Sissoko		28
10	M	Dimitri Payet	76	30	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Thomas Lemar		21
11	M	Kingsley Coman		21
9	F	Olivier Giroud	8491	31	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Simeon Slavchev

Ivailo Chochev

OUT

Todor Nedelev

Ivelin Popov

OUT

Nikolay Bodurov

Georgi Terziev

OUT

Andrej Galabinov

Aleksandar Tsvetkov

OUT

Spas Delev

Atanas Zehirov

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Raphaël Varane

Laurent Koscielny

OUT

Corentin Tolisso

Paul Pogba

OUT

Lucas Digne

Layvin Kurzawa

OUT

Alexandre Lacazette

Olivier Giroud

OUT

Blaise Matuidi

Thomas Lemar

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Petar Hubtchev

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Hubtchev vs France

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 07, 2017

Hubtchev vs Deschamps

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 07, 2017

Manager

Age

Match num

Didier Deschamps

Success rate in this team:

62 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Deschamps vs Bulgaria

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 07, 2017

Deschamps vs Hubtchev

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 07, 2017

Referee

Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz

0 victory	0 draw	2 losses	Bulgaria2 matches	General total	France4 matches	3 victories	1 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Bulgaria1 match	Season total	France1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on October 07, 2017					Latest figure on June 19, 2023

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Key figures

Bulgaria keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a draw vs France in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone running (since 16/11/1977). It's a record streak. The first of history

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

End of streak for Bulgaria after 5 matches with at least one goal scored at home (since 13/10/2015). It was the best streak for the club since 04/06/2005-07/10/2006 (7 matches).

Read the next 12 key stats

General ranking

	2	Sweden	19 pts	9 rd
	3	Netherlands	16 pts	9 rd
	4	Bulgaria	12 pts	9 rd
+1	5	Belarus	5 pts	9 rd
-1	6	Luxembourg	5 pts	9 rd

General ranking

	1	France	20 pts	9 rd
	2	Sweden	19 pts	9 rd
	3	Netherlands	16 pts	9 rd
	4	Bulgaria	12 pts	9 rd
+1	5	Belarus	5 pts	9 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LBulgaria 0-1 Norway03/09/2015

VBulgaria 2-0 Azerbaijan13/10/2015

VBulgaria 4-3 Luxembourg06/09/2016

VBulgaria 1-0 Belarus13/11/2016

VBulgaria 2-0 Netherlands25/03/2017

VBulgaria 3-2 Sweden31/08/2017

Overall

LSweden 3-0 Bulgaria10/10/2016

VBulgaria 1-0 Belarus13/11/2016

VBulgaria 2-0 Netherlands25/03/2017

LBelarus 2-1 Bulgaria09/06/2017

VBulgaria 3-2 Sweden31/08/2017

LNetherlands 3-1 Bulgaria03/09/2017

Current form

Away

VNetherlands 2-3 France25/03/2016

VItaly 1-3 France01/09/2016

DBelarus 0-0 France06/09/2016

VNetherlands 0-1 France10/10/2016

VLuxembourg 1-3 France25/03/2017

LSweden 2-1 France09/06/2017

Overall

LFrance 0-2 Spain28/03/2017

VFrance 5-0 Paraguay02/06/2017

LSweden 2-1 France09/06/2017

VFrance 3-2 England13/06/2017

VFrance 4-0 Netherlands31/08/2017

DFrance 0-0 Luxembourg03/09/2017

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	5	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	6	18
Scoring streak	5	5
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	3
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	3	0
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

4	General ranking (Competition total)	1
1	General ranking (Home / Away)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

8	Number of games (Competition total)	8
4	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
4	Victories (Competition total)	5
4	Victories (Home / Away)	2
0	Draws (Competition total)	2
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
4	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

13	Goals scored (Competition total)	15
10	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
17	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
1.63	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.88
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.25
2.13	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.63
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.75

Betting aid

6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	5
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	2
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	4
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
4-3 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (1 times)

Bookings

19	Yellow cards (Competition total)	9
11	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	3
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Georgi Kostadinov	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Olivier Giroud
Ivelin Popov	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Olivier Giroud
Mihail Aleksandrov	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Antoine Griezmann
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Antoine Griezmann
Ivelin Popov	4 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	3 assists	Antoine Griezmann
Ivelin Popov	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Dimitri Payet
Ivelin Popov	2 goals, 4 assists during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	3 goals, 3 assists during the last 7 matches	Antoine Griezmann

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

6 v

1 d

1 l

14 gf

8 ga

Away

11 matches

1 v

3 d

7 l

10 gf

26 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

3 ga

Total

21 matches

8 v

4 d

9 l

26 gf

37 ga

Historical head to head

Home

11 matches

7 v

3 d

1 l

26 gf

10 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

21 matches

9 v

4 d

8 l

37 gf

26 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	September 09, 1992
Home	2 - 0	September 09, 1992

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	March 24, 1938
Away	5 - 3	June 09, 1932

Latest head to head

October 07, 2016 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2018

France

4 - 1

Bulgaria

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

Best historical scorers against France

Hristo Stoichkov	2 goals	1992 - 1996
Emil Kostadinov	2 goals	1993 - 1993
Pavel Panov	1 goal	1976 - 1976
Metody Nestorov	1 goal	1957 - 1957
Mihail Aleksandrov	1 goal	2016 - 2016
Hristo Iliev	1 goal	1961 - 1961

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 Bulgaria

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

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

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

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
André Lerond	4 matches	1957 - 1961
Maxime Bossis	4 matches	1976 - 1985
Bruno Rodzik	4 matches	1960 - 1963
Michel Platini	4 matches	1976 - 1985
Marius Trésor	4 matches	1971 - 1982