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Malta 1-2 Bulgaria - September 10, 2013 / World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2014

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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2014 - Group B

Ta' Qali Stadium - Mdina - Malta

September 10, 2013

4 884

Malta

1 - 2

Bulgaria

Assist by Terence Vella (right foot) Edward Herrera

78'

Radoslav Dimitrov (right foot) Assist by Todor Nedelev

59'

Emil Gargorov (right foot)

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9' - Goal Radoslav Dimitrov

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59' - Goal Emil Gargorov

61' - Substitution Emil Gargorovis substituted by Dimitar Rangelov

66' - Substitution Clayton Faillais substituted by Ryan Fenech66

67' - Substitution Todor Nedelevis substituted by Spas Delev

77' - Substitution Michael Mifsudis substituted by Terence Vella77

78' - Goal Edward Herrera78

81' - Substitution Georgi Milanovis substituted by Hristo Zlatinski

82' - Substitution Ryan Camilleriis substituted by Jonathan Caruana82

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Malta

1 - 2

Bulgaria

Malta Bulgaria

Team line-ups

Malta

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Mifsud77

Michael Mifsud

Malta

B.date17/04/1981

Age32 years

H1m64

positionStriker

13Schembri

André Schembri

Malta

B.date27/05/1986

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

17Camilleri82

Ryan Camilleri

Malta

B.date22/05/1988

Age25 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

15R. Muscat

Rowen Muscat

Malta

B.date05/06/1991

Age22 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

11Herrera78

Edward Herrera

Malta

B.date14/07/1986

Age27 years

H1m80

positionDefender

4Sciberras

Gareth Sciberras

Malta

B.date29/03/1983

Age30 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

7Failla66

Clayton Failla

Malta

B.date08/01/1986

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

5Agius

Andrei Agius

Malta

B.date12/08/1986

Age27 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

6Dimech

Luke Dimech

Malta

B.date11/01/1977

Age36 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

22Alex Muscat

Alex Muscat

Malta

B.date14/12/1984

Age28 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

1Haber

Justin Haber

Malta

B.date09/06/1981

Age32 years

H1m80

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Justin Haber		32	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Andrei Agius		27	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Luke Dimech		36	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Edward Herrera	78	27	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Ryan Camilleri	82	25	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Alex Muscat		28	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Gareth Sciberras		30	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	D	Clayton Failla	66	27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Rowen Muscat		22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Michael Mifsud	77	32	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	André Schembri		27	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Bulgaria

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

23Gargorov5961

Emil Gargorov

Bulgaria

B.date15/02/1981

Age32 years

H1m67

positionPlaymaker

9Popov

Ivelin Popov

Bulgaria

B.date26/10/1987

Age25 years

H1m81

positionPlaymaker

18Gadzhev

Vladimir Gadzhev

Bulgaria

B.date18/07/1987

Age26 years

H1m79

positionDefensive Midfielder

17Milanov81

Georgi Milanov

Bulgaria

B.date19/02/1992

Age21 years

H1m84

positionOffensive Midfielder

12Nedelev67

Todor Nedelev

Bulgaria

B.date07/02/1993

Age20 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

21Dyakov

Svetoslav Dyakov

Bulgaria

B.date31/05/1984

Age29 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

14Minev

Veselin Minev

Bulgaria

B.date14/10/1980

Age32 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

15Ivanov

Ivan Ivanov

Bulgaria

B.date25/02/1988

Age25 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

5Bodurov

Nikolay Bodurov

Bulgaria

B.date30/05/1986

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

11Dimitrov9

Radoslav Dimitrov

Bulgaria

B.date12/08/1988

Age25 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

13Mihaylov

Nikolai Mihaylov

Bulgaria

B.date28/06/1988

Age25 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Nikolai Mihaylov		25	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Ivan Ivanov		25	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Nikolay Bodurov		27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Radoslav Dimitrov	9	25	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Veselin Minev		32	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Vladimir Gadzhev		26	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Svetoslav Dyakov		29	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Georgi Milanov	81	21	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Emil Gargorov	5961	32	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Todor Nedelev	67	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Ivelin Popov		25	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
2	D	Jonathan Caruana	82	27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Ryan Fenech	66	27	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Terence Vella	77	23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
19	M	Hristo Zlatinski	81	28	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Dimitar Rangelov	61	30	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Spas Delev	67	23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Luke Dimech

Roderick Briffa

OUT

Alex Muscat

John Mintoff

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Radoslav Dimitrov

Yordan Minev

OUT

Emil Gargorov

Aleksandar Tonev

OUT

Georgi Milanov

Stanislav Manolev

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Pietro Ghedin

Success rate in this team:

22 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

22 %

Ghedin vs Bulgaria

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 10, 2013

Ghedin vs Penev

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on September 10, 2013

Manager

Age

Match num

Lyuboslav Penev

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

60 %

Penev vs Malta

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 10, 2013

Penev vs Ghedin

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 10, 2013

Referee

Alexandru Dan Tudor

0 victory	0 draw	2 losses	Malta2 matches	General total	Bulgaria2 matches	2 victories	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Malta1 match	Season total	Bulgaria1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on September 10, 2013					Latest figure on September 10, 2013

Videos

September 11, 2013

Comments

Key figures

Bulgaria keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 30/05/2013). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 10/08/2011-11/10/2011 time period (5 matches).

The last time Bulgaria has scored at least 2 goals away from home in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone, It was on the 06/09/2008 (vs )

It's the first time Edward Herrera scores 1 goal vs Bulgaria in his professional career

Read the next 19 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LMalta 0-2 Israel11/10/2011

VMalta 2-1 Liechtenstein29/02/2012

LMalta 0-1 Armenia07/09/2012

DMalta 0-0 Northern Ireland06/02/2013

LMalta 0-2 Italy26/03/2013

LMalta 1-2 Denmark06/09/2013

Overall

DMalta 0-0 Northern Ireland06/02/2013

LBulgaria 6-0 Malta22/03/2013

LMalta 0-2 Italy26/03/2013

VArmenia 0-1 Malta07/06/2013

LAzerbaijan 3-0 Malta14/08/2013

LMalta 1-2 Denmark06/09/2013

Current form

Away

DCzech Republic 0-0 Bulgaria16/10/2012

DDenmark 1-1 Bulgaria26/03/2013

VJapan 0-2 Bulgaria30/05/2013

VKazakhstan 1-2 Bulgaria04/06/2013

LNorth Macedonia 2-0 Bulgaria14/08/2013

LItaly 1-0 Bulgaria06/09/2013

Overall

VBulgaria 6-0 Malta22/03/2013

DDenmark 1-1 Bulgaria26/03/2013

VJapan 0-2 Bulgaria30/05/2013

VKazakhstan 1-2 Bulgaria04/06/2013

LNorth Macedonia 2-0 Bulgaria14/08/2013

LItaly 1-0 Bulgaria06/09/2013

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	2	2
Winless streak	4	2
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	2
Winless streak	2	2
Drawless streak	4	4
Goalless streak	2	2
Conceding streak	3	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
1	Victories (Competition total)	2
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	4
0	Draws (Home / Away)	2
6	Losses (Competition total)	1
3	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	11
1	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
16	Goals conceded (Competition total)	5
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
0.43	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.57
0.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.33
2.29	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.71
1.67	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.67

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
0-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (1 times)

Bookings

14	Yellow cards (Competition total)	14
6	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	6
0	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Michael Mifsud	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Stanislav Manolev
Clayton Failla	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Stanislav Manolev
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Emil Gargorov
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Aleksandar Tonev
Clayton Failla	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals, 1 assist during the last 3 matches	Aleksandar Tonev

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

0 v

2 d

3 l

2 gf

9 ga

Away

5 matches

0 v

0 d

5 l

1 gf

25 ga

Total

10 matches

0 v

2 d

8 l

3 gf

34 ga

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

5 v

0 d

0 l

25 gf

1 ga

Away

5 matches

3 v

2 d

0 l

9 gf

2 ga

Total

10 matches

8 v

2 d

0 l

34 gf

3 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	October 14, 1982
Away	4 - 1	November 18, 2009

Latest head to head

March 22, 2013 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2014

Bulgaria

6 - 0

Malta

November 18, 2009 - Rencontres amicales 2009

Malta

1 - 4

Bulgaria

October 12, 2005 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2006

Malta

1 - 1

Bulgaria

October 13, 2004 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2006

Bulgaria

4 - 1

Malta

September 01, 2001 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2002

Malta

0 - 2

Bulgaria

Best historical scorers against Bulgaria

	Michael Mifsud	2 goals	2004 - 2009
	Etienne Barbara	1 goal	2005 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/2000. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Malta

Dimitar Berbatov	6 goals	2001 - 2009
Aleksandar Tonev	3 goals	2013 - 2013
Georgi Ivanov	2 goals	2000 - 2000
Chavdar Yankov	2 goals	2004 - 2005
Blagoy Georgiev	1 goal	2009 - 2009
Ivelin Popov	1 goal	2013 - 2013

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/2000. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bulgaria

Brian Said	5 matches	2000 - 2009
Roderick Briffa	4 matches	2004 - 2013
Luke Dimech	4 matches	2000 - 2013
Gilbert Agius	4 matches	2000 - 2009
Michael Mifsud	4 matches	2001 - 2013
Antoine Zahra	4 matches	2000 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/10/2000. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Malta

Dimitar Berbatov	4 matches	2001 - 2009
Valeri Bojinov	4 matches	2004 - 2013
Stilian Petrov	4 matches	2000 - 2009
Chavdar Yankov	3 matches	2004 - 2009
Martin Petrov	3 matches	2000 - 2005
Emil Gargorov	3 matches	2004 - 2013