Bulgaria vs Sweden match stats & report

3–2 Full time

World Cup - Qualification Europe · 1st Round - 7 · Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia · Ref P. Tagliavento

Bulgaria stats & fixtures · Sweden stats & fixtures

Bulgaria beat Sweden 3–2 in the World Cup - Qualification Europe (1st Round - 7) on 31 August 2017. Sweden had 60% of the ball.

Bulgaria vs Sweden match statistics

BulgariaSweden

40% Ball possession 60%
8 Total shots 12
6 Shots on target 8
1 Shots off target 2
1 Blocked shots 2
3 Shots inside the box 6
5 Corners 9
13 Fouls 12
1 Offsides 1
4 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0
319 Passes 468
73% Pass accuracy 79%
6 Goalkeeper saves 2

Goals and cards

8' Yellow card Vasil Bozhikov Bulgaria
12' Goal S. Manolev (assist G. Milanov) Bulgaria
15' Yellow card G. Kostadinov Bulgaria
29' Goal M. Lustig (assist L. Augustinsson) Sweden
33' Goal G. Kostadinov (assist I. Popov) Bulgaria
44' Goal M. Berg (assist M. Lustig) Sweden
79' Goal I. Chochev (assist I. Popov) Bulgaria
87' Yellow card B. Chorbadzhiyski Bulgaria
87' Yellow card O. Toivonen Sweden
90' Yellow card I. Chochev Bulgaria

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Bulgaria

Confirmed 4-3-3 P. Hubchev

13 P. Iliev

15 Vasil Bozhikov 2 Strahil Popov 3 Petar Zanev 11 S. Manolev

17 G. Milanov 10 I. Popov 4 B. Chorbadzhiyski

6 Simeon Slavchev 18 I. Chochev 7 G. Kostadinov

Bench Todor Nedelev , Bozhidar Kraev , I. Dimitrov , Kristiyan Malinov , A. Nedyalkov , A. Galabinov , O. Starokin , K. Despodov , B. Mitrev , G. Terziev , A. Tsvetkov , G. Kitanov

Sweden

Confirmed 4-4-2 J. Andersson

1 R. Olsen

6 L. Augustinsson 3 V. Lindelöf 2 M. Lustig 4 A. Granqvist

10 E. Forsberg 21 J. Durmaz 8 A. Ekdal 13 J. Johansson

20 O. Toivonen 9 M. Berg

Bench S. Larsson , V. Claesson , S. Armenteros , K. Johnsson , F. Helander , M. Rohden , Martin Olsson , E. Krafth , P. Jansson , C. Nyman , K. Nordfeldt

Form guide

Bulgaria at home

1–1–3 in 5 matches

Scored: 0.8 per game
Conceded: 2.0 per game
Clean sheets: 1 / 5
Corners: 4.0 per game
Shots on target: 3.5 per game

Based on 5 matches — treat these numbers lightly.

Sweden away

2–2–4 in 8 matches

Scored: 1.1 per game
Conceded: 2.3 per game
Clean sheets: 1 / 8
Corners: 3.1 per game
Shots on target: 4.3 per game

11% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Based on 8 matches — treat these numbers lightly.

Bulgaria vs Sweden head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
10 Oct 16	Sweden v Bulgaria	3–0

Only 1 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Bulgaria vs Sweden head-to-head record