Spain 4–0 Bulgaria
Spain
4–0HT 1–0
Bulgaria
Spain played Bulgaria in the World Cup - Qualification Europe on 14 October 2025 at José Zorrilla. The match finished 4–0.
Goals and cards
- 35'M. Merino (assist by R. Le Normand)
- 57'M. Merino (assist by A. Grimaldo)
- 79'A. Chernev (OG)
- 90'M. Oyarzabal
Line-ups
Spain 4-2-3-1
- U. Simon
- P. Porro
- R. Le Normand
- A. Laporte
- A. Grimaldo
- M. Zubimendi
- Pedri
- M. Oyarzabal
- M. Merino
- A. Baena
- Samu
- SUBSTITUTES
- D. Raya
- A. Remiro
- J. de Frutos
- P. Cubarsi
- D. Vivian
- Y. Pino
- A. Garcia
- B. Iglesias
- J. Rodriguez
- M. Llorente
- P. Barrios
- M. Cucurella
- COACHES: Luis de la Fuente Castillo
Bulgaria
- S. Vutsov
- M. Georgiev
- P. Hristov
- A. Chernev
- D. Velkovski
- M. Minchev
- S. Shopov
- I. Gruev
- F. Krastev
- R. Kirilov
- K. Despodov
- SUBSTITUTES
- D. Mitov
- D. Sheytanov
- H. Petrov
- K. Dimitrov
- V. Popov
- Z. Dimitrov
- A. Kraev
- V. Nikolov
- R. Bozhinov
- M. Petkov
- I. Chochev
- K. Stoyanov
Match statistics
| Spain | Bulgaria | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Shots on goal | 0 |
| 12 | Shots off goal | 3 |
| 33 | Total shots | 3 |
| 10 | Blocked shots | 0 |
| 24 | Shots inside box | 2 |
| 9 | Shots outside box | 1 |
| 7 | Fouls | 6 |
| 11 | Corners | 0 |
| 3 | Offsides | 0 |
| 78% | Possession | 22% |
| 0 | Saves | 8 |
| 817 | Total passes | 239 |
| 757 | Accurate passes | 175 |
| 93% | Pass accuracy | 73% |
| 2.99 | Expected Goals (xG) | 0.40 |