Netherlands vs Bulgaria match stats & report

3–1 Full time

World Cup - Qualification Europe · 1st Round - 8 · Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam · Ref A. Sidiropoulos

Netherlands stats & fixtures · Bulgaria stats & fixtures

Netherlands beat Bulgaria 3–1 in the World Cup - Qualification Europe (1st Round - 8) on 3 September 2017. Netherlands had 64% of the ball.

Netherlands vs Bulgaria match statistics

NetherlandsBulgaria

64% Ball possession 36%
19 Total shots 9
5 Shots on target 2
10 Shots off target 5
4 Blocked shots 2
9 Shots inside the box 4
3 Corners 4
19 Fouls 17
2 Offsides 2
1 Yellow cards 5
0 Red cards 0
574 Passes 313
80% Pass accuracy 66%
1 Goalkeeper saves 2

Goals and cards

7' Goal D. Pröpper (assist D. Blind) Netherlands
33' Yellow card G. Terziev Bulgaria
54' Yellow card T. Vilhena Netherlands
58' Yellow card S. Manolev Bulgaria
67' Goal A. Robben (assist D. Blind) Netherlands
69' Goal G. Kostadinov (assist I. Popov) Bulgaria
73' Yellow card G. Milanov Bulgaria
78' Yellow card I. Chochev Bulgaria
80' Goal D. Pröpper (assist Q. Promes) Netherlands
83' Yellow card I. Popov Bulgaria

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Netherlands

Confirmed 4-3-3 D. Advocaat

1 J. Cillessen

4 W. Hoedt 2 K. Tete 3 Stefan de Vrij 5 D. Blind

10 D. Pröpper 6 G. Wijnaldum 11 A. Robben

9 V. Janssen 7 Q. Promes 8 T. Vilhena

Bench M. van Ginkel , W. Sneijder , M. Depay , J. Veltman , Karim Rekik , M. de Ligt , D. van de Beek , M. Stekelenburg , B. Martins Indi , B. Dost , J. Zoet , T. Fosu-Mensah

Bulgaria

Confirmed 4-1-4-1 P. Hubchev

13 P. Iliev

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

5 G. Terziev

7 G. Kostadinov 22 A. Tsvetkov 4 A. Zehirov 10 I. Popov

18 I. Chochev

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

Form guide

Netherlands at home

6–3–1 in 10 matches

Scored: 2.3 per game
Conceded: 0.9 per game
Clean sheets: 2 / 10
Corners: 6.1 per game
Shots on target: 6.0 per game

17% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Bulgaria away

3–1–3 in 7 matches

Scored: 2.1 per game
Conceded: 1.9 per game
Clean sheets: 2 / 7
Corners: 2.8 per game
Shots on target: 2.5 per game

20% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Based on 7 matches — treat these numbers lightly.

Netherlands vs Bulgaria head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
25 Mar 17	Bulgaria v Netherlands	2–0

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

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