Football

Goals

Spain: Mikel Merino (35', 57'), Atanas Chernev (79' OG), Mikel Oyarzabal (90'+2' Pen)

Bulgaria:

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Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Kickoff: 18:45+UTC

Venue: José Zorrilla - Valladolid Spain

Head referee: Willy Delajod

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Spain form [old → recent]: ✅️❌️✅️✅️✅️

Bulgaria form [old → recent]: ➖️❌️❌️❌️❌️

Head to head [recent → old]: (ESP-BUL): 3-0, 1-0, 6-1

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Lineups

Spain 4-2-3-1:

Unai Simón(23) - Aymeric Laporte(10) - ~~Robin Le Normand(3)~~ ⇆ Dani Vivian(5) - Alejandro Grimaldo(17) - Pedro Porro(12) - ~~Martín Zubimendi(18)~~ ⇆ Aleix García(8) - ~~Pedri(20)~~ ⇆ Pablo Barrios(15) - Mikel Merino(6)⚽️⚽️ - ~~Samu Aghehowa(19)~~ ⇆ Borja Iglesias(9) - ~~Álex Baena(16)~~ ⇆ Yeremy Pino(7) - Mikel Oyarzabal(21)⚽️

Bench: Marc Cucurella - Jesús Rodriguez - Álex Remiro - Marcos Llorente - Pau Cubarsí - Jorge de Frutos - David Raya - ~~Aleix García~~ - ~~Borja Iglesias~~ - ~~Yeremy Pino~~ - ~~Dani Vivian~~ - ~~Pablo Barrios~~

Bulgaria 4-5-1:

Svetoslav Vutsov(21) - Atanas Chernev(3)⚽️ - Petko Hristov(15) - Dimitar Velkovski(22) - Martin Georgiev(20) - Filip Yavorov Krastev(14) - ~~Stanislav Shopov(23)~~ ⇆ Kristiyan Stoyanov(19) - ~~Ilia Gruev(4)~~ ⇆ Andrian Kraev(8) - ~~Kiril Despodov(11)~~ ⇆ Vladimir Nikolaev Nikolov(9) - ~~Radoslav Kirilov(10)~~ ⇆ Zdravko Dimitrov(7) - ~~Martin Minchev(17)~~ ⇆ Marin Petkov(16)

Bench: Viktor Popov - Kristian Dimitrov - Dimitar Mitov - Hristiyan Petrov - Dimitar Sheytanov - Ivaylo Chochev - Rosen Bozhinov - ~~Marin Petkov~~ - ~~Zdravko Dimitrov~~ - ~~Andrian Kraev~~ - ~~Kristiyan Stoyanov~~ - ~~Vladimir Nikolaev Nikolov~~

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Match Stats

Possession: 78%🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🔴🔴22%

Shots On Goal: 11 - 0

Shots Attempted: 33 - 3

Fouls: 7 - 6

Yellow Cards: 0 - 0

Red Cards: 0 - 0

Corners: 11 - 0

Saves: 0 - 8

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Match Events

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

First Half begins.

2' - Offside, Spain. Alejandro Grimaldo is caught offside.

5' - Foul by Dimitar Velkovski (Bulgaria).

5' - Mikel Merino (Spain) wins a free kick on the right wing.

7' - Corner, Spain. Conceded by Petko Hristov.

8' - Corner, Spain. Conceded by Martin Georgiev.

8' - Attempt missed. Martín Zubimendi (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Álex Baena following a corner.

9' - Attempt saved. Álex Baena (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Svetoslav Vutsov (Bulgaria). Assisted by Mikel Merino.

10' - Foul by Ilia Gruev (Bulgaria).

10' - Pedri (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

11' - Attempt blocked. Samu Aghehowa (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mikel Merino.

14' - Attempt blocked. Álex Baena (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo.

14' - Offside, Spain. Álex Baena is caught offside.

17' - Attempt blocked. Álex Baena (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pedri.

17' - Attempt blocked. Martín Zubimendi (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

17' - Attempt blocked. Mikel Merino (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mikel Oyarzabal.

18' - Attempt saved. Samu Aghehowa (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Svetoslav Vutsov (Bulgaria). Assisted by Pedri.

18' - Attempt missed. Alejandro Grimaldo (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.

19' - Pedri (Spain) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box. Assisted by Mikel Oyarzabal.

23' - Attempt blocked. Mikel Merino (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

23' - Attempt missed. Mikel Merino (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.

24' - Attempt saved. Samu Aghehowa (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner by Svetoslav Vutsov (Bulgaria).

24' - Corner, Spain. Conceded by Svetoslav Vutsov.

26' - Offside, Spain. Mikel Oyarzabal is caught offside.

27' - Attempt missed. Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Pedri.

30' - Attempt missed. Pedri (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.

31' - Attempt blocked. Samu Aghehowa (Spain) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo with a cross.

34' - Attempt blocked. Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

34' - Attempt saved. Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Svetoslav Vutsov (Bulgaria).

34' - Corner, Spain. Conceded by Svetoslav Vutsov.

35' - Corner, Spain. Conceded by Martin Georgiev.

35' - Goal! Spain 1, Bulgaria 0. Mikel Merino (Spain) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Robin Le Normand with a headed pass following a corner.

37' - Attempt missed. Samu Aghehowa (Spain) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Mikel Merino.

38' - Foul by Ilia Gruev (Bulgaria).

38' - Mikel Merino (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

38' - Foul by Álex Baena (Spain).

38' - Martin Minchev (Bulgaria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

41' - Attempt missed. Kiril Despodov (Bulgaria) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Stanislav Shopov following a fast break.

42' - Corner, Spain. Conceded by Dimitar Velkovski.

44' - Dimitar Velkovski (Bulgaria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

44' - Foul by Pedro Porro (Spain).

45' - Fourth official has announced 0 minutes of added time.

45' - First Half ends, Spain 1, Bulgaria 0.

45' - Second Half begins Spain 1, Bulgaria 0.

45' - 🔄 Substitution, Spain. Borja Iglesias replaces Samu Aghehowa.

46' - Attempt blocked. Álex Baena (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pedro Porro with a cross.

46' - Corner, Spain. Conceded by Petko Hristov.

47' - Foul by Mikel Merino (Spain).

47' - Martin Minchev (Bulgaria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

49' - Attempt missed. Martín Zubimendi (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.

52' - Attempt saved. Borja Iglesias (Spain) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Svetoslav Vutsov (Bulgaria). Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo with a cross.

54' - Attempt saved. Borja Iglesias (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Svetoslav Vutsov (Bulgaria). Assisted by Martín Zubimendi.

54' - Corner, Spain. Conceded by Svetoslav Vutsov.

55' - Attempt missed. Borja Iglesias (Spain) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Álex Baena.

56' - Attempt saved. Álex Baena (Spain) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the top centre of the goal by Svetoslav Vutsov (Bulgaria).

57' - Goal! Spain 2, Bulgaria 0. Mikel Merino (Spain) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo with a cross.

58' - Foul by Álex Baena (Spain).

58' - Petko Hristov (Bulgaria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

59' - Attempt missed. Kiril Despodov (Bulgaria) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Filip Krastev with a through ball.

60' - Alejandro Grimaldo (Spain) wins a free kick on the left wing.

60' - Foul by Martin Georgiev (Bulgaria).

63' - 🔄 Substitution, Spain. Aleix García replaces Martín Zubimendi.

63' - 🔄 Substitution, Spain. Yéremy Pino replaces Álex Baena.

63' - Attempt missed. Radoslav Kirilov (Bulgaria) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Filip Krastev.

65' - Corner, Spain. Conceded by Petko Hristov.

66' - Filip Krastev (Bulgaria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

66' - Foul by Pedro Porro (Spain).

67' - 🔄 Substitution, Bulgaria. Zdravko Dimitrov replaces Radoslav Kirilov.

67' - 🔄 Substitution, Bulgaria. Marin Petkov replaces Martin Minchev.

67' - 🔄 Substitution, Bulgaria. Vladimir Nikolov replaces Kiril Despodov.

68' - 🔄 Substitution, Spain. Pablo Barrios replaces Pedri.

68' - Attempt missed. Pablo Barrios (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Yéremy Pino.

70' - Delay in match because of an injury Robin Le Normand (Spain).

71' - 🔄 Substitution, Spain. Dani Vivian replaces Robin Le Normand because of an injury.

71' - Delay over. They are ready to continue.

75' - Corner, Spain. Conceded by Martin Georgiev.

76' - Corner, Spain. Conceded by Zdravko Dimitrov.

76' - Attempt blocked. Yéremy Pino (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

78' - Attempt missed. Yéremy Pino (Spain) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mikel Merino.

79' - ⛔⚽️⛔ Own Goal by Atanas Chernev, Bulgaria. Spain 3, Bulgaria 0.

80' - Attempt missed. Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Yéremy Pino.

83' - Delay in match because of an injury Stanislav Shopov (Bulgaria).

84' - 🔄 Substitution, Bulgaria. Kristiyan Stoyanov replaces Stanislav Shopov because of an injury.

84' - Delay over. They are ready to continue.

85' - Foul by Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain).

85' - Zdravko Dimitrov (Bulgaria) wins a free kick on the left wing.

88' - Attempt saved. Yéremy Pino (Spain) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Svetoslav Vutsov (Bulgaria). Assisted by Mikel Merino.

88' - Aymeric Laporte (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

88' - Foul by Vladimir Nikolov (Bulgaria).

89' - 🔄 Substitution, Bulgaria. Andrian Kraev replaces Ilia Gruev.

90' - Filip Krastev (Bulgaria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

90' - Foul by Aleix García (Spain).

90' - Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.

90'+1' - Penalty Spain. Mikel Merino draws a foul in the penalty area.

90'+1' - Penalty conceded by Martin Georgiev (Bulgaria) after a foul in the penalty area.

90'+2' - 🥅⚽️ Goal! Spain 4, Bulgaria 0. Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.

90'+4' - Second Half ends, Spain 4, Bulgaria 0.

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