Spain vs Bulgaria
World · World Cup - Qualification Europe
Spain4 – 0
Bulgaria
Spain vs Bulgaria
01Match reportEvents and team stats
Events
1st Half1 – 0
- 35'
GOALM. Merino(R. Le Normand) 2nd Half3 – 0
- 46'
- 57'
GOALM. Merino(A. Grimaldo) - 63'
- 63'
- 67'
- 67'
- 67'
- 68'
- 71'
- 79'
GOALA. Chernev(A. Garcia)(Own Goal) - 84'
- 89'
- 90'
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04StatsAverages and trends from our results data
Prematch averages
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Spain have played since this match — see their current form on their team page.
Bulgaria have played since this match — see their current form on their team page.
Key trendsBuilt from our results
Spain have of their last 12 games12 in a row
Bulgaria have of their last 6 gamesD1 L5Spain have won their last 3 games3 in a row Bulgaria have of their last 6 games6 in a row 05Head to headLast 1 meeting
06Line-upsStarting XIs and benches
Spain4-2-3-1Bulgaria 23Simon
17Grimaldo
10Laporte
3Le Normand
12Porro
20Pedri
18Zubimendi
16Baena
6Merino
21Oyarzabal
19Samu
21Vutsov
20Georgiev
15Hristov
3Chernev
22Velkovski
17Minchev
23Shopov
4Gruev
14Krastev
10Kirilov
11Despodov
Spain substitutesCoach: Luis de la Fuente Castillo
1D. Raya
13A. Remiro
2J. de Frutos
4P. Cubarsi
5D. Vivian
7Y. Pino
8A. Garcia
9B. Iglesias
11J. Rodriguez
14M. Llorente
15P. Barrios
22M. Cucurella
Bulgaria substitutes
1D. Mitov
13D. Sheytanov
2H. Petrov
5K. Dimitrov
6V. Popov
7Z. Dimitrov
8A. Kraev
9V. Nikolov
12R. Bozhinov
16M. Petkov
18I. Chochev
19K. Stoyanov
07DrawWorld Cup - Qualification Europe
About this match
Spain 4-0 Bulgaria: match report
Spain won 4-0 at home to Bulgaria in the World Cup - Qualification Europe on Tue 14 Oct 2025.
Before this game: These sides last met on 04 Sept 2025, when it finished Bulgaria 0-3 Spain.
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