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Bulgaria
Northern Ireland
Bulgaria
4-2-3-1 · 3-4-3
Northern Ireland
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Match events
27'
S. Charles
29'
P. McNair
40'
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K. Despodov · assist A. Kolev1–0
Half-time · 1–0
59'
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S. Lavery ◂ D. Charles
59'
C. Bradley
63'
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A. Ahmedov ◂ A. Kolev
72'
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V. Panayotov ◂ M. Minchev
72'
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Z. Dimitrov ◂ R. Kirilov
73'
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C. Marshall ◂ P. McNair
73'
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P. Smyth ◂ G. Saville
78'
A. Ahmedov
78'
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S. Petrov ◂ G. Kostadinov
78'
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S. Ivanov ◂ K. Despodov
81'
T. Hume
82'
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A. McCann ◂ I. Price
83'
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R. McCausland ◂ T. Hume
Full-time · 1–0
90'+1
F. Nürnberger
-5'
A. Kolev
Coaches
Aleksandar DimitrovMichael O'Neill 
Recent form
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Match facts
Stadium
Hristo Botev Stadium
City
Plovdiv
Referee
Anastasios Sidiropoulos
Kickoff
08 Sep, 16:00 UTC
Competition
UEFA Nations League
Bulgaria
4-2-3-1 · 3-4-3
Northern Ireland
1
D. Mitov
7.2
16
V. Popov
7.1
3
Z. Atanasov
7.2
5
A. Petkov
7.1
13
F. Nürnberger
7.1
15
S. Petrov
6.8
↑ 78'
4
I. Gruev
7.2
22
S. Ivanov
6.5
↑ 78'
20
Z. Dimitrov
6.8
↑ 72'
18
V. Panayotov
6.7
↑ 72'
19
A. Ahmedov
6.3
↑ 63'
1
B. Peacock-Farrell
6.2
4
D. Ballard
7.4
11
P. Smyth
6.5
↑ 73'
22
C. Brown
7.0
7
R. McCausland
6.6
↑ 83'
19
S. Charles
6.3
8
C. Marshall
6.6
↑ 73'
3
J. Lewis
6.9
2
C. Bradley
6.9
9
S. Lavery
6.7
↑ 59'
16
A. McCann
6.5
↑ 82'
Substitutes
21GS. Vutsov
23GI. Dyulgerov
6DV. Antov
2DE. Tombak
11MK. Despodov↓ 78'7.6
7MG. Kostadinov↓ 78'6.8
8MR. Kirilov↓ 72'6.7
12MI. Minchev
14MG. Rusev
9FA. Kolev↓ 63'7.3
17FM. Minchev↓ 72'6.7
10FG. Minchev
Coach: Aleksandar Dimitrov
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