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North Macedonia vs Bulgaria Result, Stats, Lineups & H2H

FT · HT 0–00 – 1

Kiril Despodov 50′

Player of the matchKiril DespodovBUL · 1 goal · 90′ · 4 shots (3 on target) · 3 key passes · 1 big chance

8.2

UEFA Nations LeagueMatchday 6Toše Proeski ArenaRef J. Weinberger

Events

MKD 0–1 BUL · 4–6 yellow · 1–0 red
  1. Full time 0–1
  2. I. Yordanovfor Kiril Despodov
  3. Ezgjan AlioskiYellow card
  4. Georgi Rusevfor Radoslav Kirilov
  5. Radoslav KirilovYellow card
  6. Enis BardhiYellow card
  7. Dorian Babunskifor Stefan Ashkovski
  8. Y. Stoyanovfor Viktor Popov
  9. Filip KrastevYellow card
  10. Stefan Spirovskifor Bojan Miovski
  11. Ljupco Dorievfor Milan Ristovski
  12. Kiril Despodov0–1Goal · assist Radoslav Kirilov
  13. Filip Krastevfor Iliyan Stefanov
  14. N. Ilievfor Yanis Karabelyov
  15. Half-time 0–0
  16. Ilia GruevYellow card
  17. Bojan MiovskiYellow card
  18. Stefan Ashkovskifor A. Trajkovski
  19. Iliyan StefanovYellow card
  20. Todor TodoroskiRed card
  21. Blagoja MilevskiYellow card · coach
  22. M. PetkovYellow card
  23. Mladen KrstajićYellow card

Lineups

Starting XIs · ratings at full time
North Macedonia3-5-26.66 avg rating 7.365-3-2Bulgaria
  1. 17.7Daniel Naumov
  1. 67.7Viktor Popov↓83′
  2. 57.1Plamen Galabov
  3. 238.2V. Antov
  4. 148.1Anton Nedyalkov
  5. 166.7M. PetkovYC
  1. 47.0Ilia GruevYC
  2. 86.7Yanis Karabelyov↓46′
  3. 226.6Iliyan StefanovYC ↓46′
  1. 118.2Kiril DespodovG ↓90+3′
  2. 107.0Radoslav KirilovA YC ↓89′
  1. 3Stefan AshkovskiDF · ↓85′ ↑22′6.4
  2. 13Ljupco DorievFW · ↑61′6.4
  3. 18Dorian BabunskiFW · ↑85′6.3
  4. 20Stefan SpirovskiMF · ↑61′6.7
  5. 11Jani AtanasovMF
  6. 12Kristijan NaumovskiGK
  7. 14Darko VelkovskiDF
  8. 15Nikola SerafimovDF
  9. 16A. EleziMF
  10. 17Bojan DimoskiMF
  11. 21Enis FazlagicMF
  12. 22Damjan SiskovskiGK

SubstitutesCoaches: B. Milevski · M. KrstajićG goal · A assist · YC yellow · RC red · ↑ on · ↓ off

  1. 7I. YordanovMF · ↑90+3′
  2. 9Georgi RusevFW · ↑89′
  3. 13Y. StoyanovMF · ↑83′7.0
  4. 18N. IlievFW · ↑46′6.4
  5. 20Filip KrastevMF · YC ↑46′6.6
  6. 2Ivan TuritsovDF
  7. 3Hristiyan PetrovDF
  8. 12Ivan DyulgerovGK
  9. 15Petko HristovDF
  10. 17Mateo StamatovDF
  11. 19M. MinčevMF
  12. 21Svetoslav VutsovGK

Matchday 6

UEFA Nations League · the other 6 games
  1. Slovakia1–1Belarus
  2. Faroe Islands2–1Turkey
  3. Luxembourg1–0Lithuania
  4. Gibraltar1–2Georgia
  5. Greece3–1Northern Ireland
  6. Kosovo3–0Cyprus
UEFA Nations League fixtures and results →

What stands out

  • 0–0half-time

    The match stood at 0–0 at half-time before 0–1 after the break (0–1 full time).

  • 1-0-1prior H2H

    Entering this match, North Macedonia held a 1-0-1 record across 2 previous meetings with Bulgaria.

Form

last 10 matches of each side, all competitions, before kick-off
North Macedonia3d restequal rest · old → new3d restBulgaria
  1. 0-3L21 Jun
  2. 0-0D8 Sep
  3. 4-0W8 Oct
  4. 0-4L11 Oct
  5. 3-1W14 Nov
  6. 1-0W24 Mar
  7. 0-2L29 Mar
  8. 0-3L9 Jun
  9. 4-0W12 Jun
  10. 0-2L23 Sep

4-1-5goals 12:151.30pts/game

Bar: goals scored.
Score: own goals first.Pts/game: green ≥ 2.0 · blue ≥ 1.5 · amber ≥ 1.0 · red below

  1. 0-3L8 Jun
  2. 1-1D2 Sep
  3. 4-1W8 Sep
  4. 2-1W12 Oct
  5. 1-1D11 Nov
  6. 0-4L15 Nov
  7. 1-2L26 Mar
  8. 1-2L29 Mar
  9. 0-0D12 Jun
  10. 5-1W23 Sep

3-3-4goals 15:161.20pts/game

  1. AGeorgia0–2
  2. HGibraltar4–0
  3. HGeorgia0–3
  4. APortugal0–2
  5. AItaly1–0

latest 5

  1. HGibraltar5–1
  2. AGeorgia0–0
  3. ACroatia1–2
  4. AQatar1–2
  5. ASwitzerland0–4
Show older matches
  1. HIceland3–1
  2. HGermany0–4
  3. ALiechtenstein4–0
  4. HRomania0–0
  5. HNetherlands0–3

older

  1. AUkraine1–1
  2. HNorthern Ireland2–1
  3. HGeorgia4–1
  4. AItaly1–1
  5. AFrance0–3

Season comparison

as the teams came into the match
North Macedoniaall competitionsBulgaria
  1. Goal markets & scoring rates · 15 games each
  2. 2.73Goals per game (both sides)2.67
  3. 80%Over 1.580%
  4. 60%Over 2.560%
  5. 40%Over 3.520%
  6. 27%Both teams scored60%
  7. 33%Clean sheets20%
  8. 47%Failed to score33%
  9. North Macedonia at home v Bulgaria away
  10. 9Played10
  11. 4Won0
  12. 2Drawn5
  13. 3Lost5
  14. 14-13Goals (for-against)5-15
  15. 1.56Points per game0.5
  16. 78%Over 2.540%
  17. 33%Clean sheets20%
  18. 1st half vs 2nd half scoring · 7 v 9 games
  19. 4-21st-half goals (for-against)9-4
  20. 2-72nd-half goals (for-against)8-8
  21. 33%Goals after half-time47%
  22. 43%Goal before half-time67%
  23. 1-4-2Half-time W-D-L3-4-2
How we calculate this

Referee

J. Weinberger
Cards / match
3.91this match 11 (+7.09)
Yellows / match
3.50
Reds / match
0.41
Penalties / match
0.4434% of matches
Fouls / match
28

1.78Home 1.78 vs Away 1.72 yellows/match · 6–7 red1.72

40%Results in 35 recent matches · draw 6%54%

home winsaway wins
Analysed latest 35 of 100 career matches (32 with card data).

TV channels

Other
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Match info

Season
2022/2023 · Matchday 6 of 24
Stage
League C
Kick-off
Venue
Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje
Capacity
33,011 · grass
Referee
J. Weinberger
MKD coach
B. Milevski
BUL coach
M. Krstajić

Match summary

Bulgaria beat North Macedonia 1-0 in the UEFA Nations League, League C.

Across 2 previous meetings on record, North Macedonia won 1 and Bulgaria won 1, with 0 draws (2 goals per game).

Kiril Despodov (50') scored for Bulgaria.

North Macedonia — live results and scheduleBulgaria — live results and scheduleHow we calculate this

Top ratings

XI avg 6.66 v 7.36
  1. Kiril DespodovBUL8.2
  2. V. AntovBUL8.2
  3. Anton NedyalkovBUL8.1
  4. Egzon BejtulaiMKD7.9
  5. Visar MusliuMKD7.9

Player leaders

this match

Shots

  1. Kiril DespodovBUL4 (3)
  2. Ezgjan AlioskiMKD3 (1)
  3. Anton NedyalkovBUL2 (1)

Big chances created

  1. Kiril DespodovBUL1
  2. Radoslav KirilovBUL1

Passes

  1. Anton NedyalkovBUL60/78
  2. Plamen GalabovBUL51/66
  3. V. AntovBUL50/65

Duels won

  1. Anton NedyalkovBUL13/18
  2. Visar MusliuMKD10/12
  3. Eljif ElmasMKD10/14

Table

UEFA Nations League 2022/2023 · current
#TeamPW-D-LGoalsGDPts
1Georgia65-1-016:3+1316
2Bulgaria62-3-110:8+29
3North Macedonia62-1-37:707
4Gibraltar60-1-53:18-151
Full table

Head-to-head

2 meetings on record since 2013

1-0-1North Macedonia W-D-L · goals 2:2

1 MKD0 draws1 BUL
Goals per meeting
2
  1. North Macedonia0–2BulgariaFriendly International
  2. North Macedonia2–0BulgariaFriendly International

Updated