Matchday

World Cup Qualification, UEFA 2026 · 11 Oct 2025

Bulgaria 1–6 Türkiye

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Sep 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
1.7 – 1.7
Actual xG
–
Goals
1 – 6

Footybot saw it as open: Bulgaria 40%, the draw 23%, Türkiye 38%.

No xG was recorded for this match, so only the result can be read.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Hakan Çalhanoğlu, 75.9 in 63′.

Well above their usual level: Hakan Çalhanoğlu +16.3, Merih Demiral +14.0, Oğuz Aydın +11.0.

Well below it: Dimitar Mitov −24.6, Kerem Aktürkoğlu −14.0, Radoslav Kirilov −13.2.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Bulgaria

7 Sep 2025L 0–3at Georgia World Cup Qualification UEFA
4 Sep 2025L 0–3v Spain World Cup Qualification UEFA

Türkiye

7 Sep 2025L 0–6v Spain World Cup Qualification UEFA
4 Sep 2025W 3–2at Georgia World Cup Qualification UEFA

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Bulgaria

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Ivan Turitsov Defender2700–62.1–
Ivajlo Chochev Midfielder7200–45.1–
Radoslav Kirilov Midfielder7310–43.1−13.2
Kiril Despodov Midfielder6301–43.0–
Rosen Bozhinov Defender9000–42.9−11.6
Marin Petkov Midfielder6300–42.3−4.7
Andrian Kraev Midfielder9000–38.5–
Petko Hristov Defender9000–36.1–
Hristiyan Petrov Defender9000–32.4–
Lukas Petkov Midfielder1700–30.9–
Filip Krastev Midfielder1800–28.3–
Dimitar Mitov Goalkeeper9000–24.5−24.6

Türkiye

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Can Uzun Midfielder2100–91.6–
Hakan Çalhanoğlu Midfielder6302–75.9+16.3
Samet Akaydın Defender1100–72.4–
Merih Demiral Defender8400–71.3+14.0
Deniz Gül Forward1100–67.9–
İrfan Can Kahveci Midfielder2710–63.1–
Abdülkerim Bardakcı Defender9000–59.9+9.4
Oğuz Aydın Midfielder9001–58.4+11.0
Arda Güler Midfielder6912–57.7−8.5
Salih Özcan Midfielder2700–55.4–
Kenan Yıldız Forward6320–48.9−11.4
Uğurcan Çakır Goalkeeper9000–48.7−5.7
Ferdi Kadıoğlu Defender9000–48.5−5.1
Zeki Çelik Defender9010–42.9−5.7
Orkun Kökçü Midfielder9000–41.0−10.3
Kerem Aktürkoğlu Forward8400–35.2−14.0