Bulgaria 1–2 Rep. Of Ireland
Bulgaria
1–2HT 1–2
Rep. Of Ireland
Bulgaria played Rep. Of Ireland in the UEFA Nations League on 20 March 2025 at Stadion Hristo Botev. The match finished 1–2.
Goals and cards
- 6'M. Petkov (assist by F. Krastev)
- 21'F. Azaz (assist by T. Parrott)
- 42'M. Doherty (assist by J. Cullen)
- 47'Finn Azaz — Yellow card
- 51'Michael Johnston — Yellow card
- 59'Andrian Kraev — Yellow card
- 61'Zhivko Atanasov — Yellow card
- 61'Jason Knight — Yellow card
- 81'Rocco Vata — Yellow card
- 85'Anton Nedyalkov — Yellow card
- 90+5'Nikolay Minkov — Yellow card
Line-ups
Bulgaria 4-4-2
- D. Mitov
- A. Nedyalkov
- Z. Atanasov
- A. Petkov
- F. Nürnberger
- M. Petkov
- A. Kraev
- I. Gruev
- K. Despodov
- F. Krastev
- L. Petkov
- SUBSTITUTES
- P. Iliev
- N. Minkov
- B. Kraev
- V. Nikolov
- I. Iliev
- S. Shopov
- V. Panayotov
- R. Kirilov
- D. Sheytanov
- S. Petrov
- V. Antov
- COACHES: I. Iliev
Rep. Of Ireland 4-4-2
- C. Kelleher
- M. Doherty
- N. Collins
- D. O'Shea
- R. Brady
- M. Johnston
- J. Knight
- J. Cullen
- R. Manning
- F. Azaz
- T. Parrott
- SUBSTITUTES
- E. Ferguson
- J. Taylor
- M. Sykes
- R. Vata
- J. O'Brien
- J. Abankwah
- G. Bazunu
- J. Dunne
- S. Armstrong
- A. Moran
- A. Idah
- M. Travers
- COACHES: H. Hallgrímsson
Match statistics
| Bulgaria | Rep. Of Ireland | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Shots on goal | 3 |
| 1 | Shots off goal | 7 |
| 7 | Total shots | 12 |
| 3 | Blocked shots | 2 |
| 3 | Shots inside box | 11 |
| 4 | Shots outside box | 1 |
| 21 | Fouls | 10 |
| 2 | Corners | 3 |
| 56% | Possession | 44% |
| 4 | Yellow cards | 4 |
| 1 | Saves | 2 |
| 509 | Total passes | 395 |
| 423 | Accurate passes | 312 |
| 83% | Pass accuracy | 79% |