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Luxembourg vs Bulgaria: match report
Luxembourg hosted Bulgaria at Stade de Luxembourg on Tuesday 6 October 2026, in the Nations League (round 4). Luxembourg are without 1 player (Leandro Barreiro); Bulgaria are missing 2 (Lukas Petkov, Dimitar Velkovski). Andris Treimanis is the referee, averaging 4.8 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.5.
Result and scorers
Luxembourg 0-2 Bulgaria. Goals: Kristiyan Balov 19' for Bulgaria; Atanas Iliev 34' for Bulgaria. Attendance: 8,027.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 19' Goal: Kristiyan Balov (Bulgaria) 0-1
- 31' Yellow card: Georgi Rusev (Bulgaria)
- 34' Goal: Atanas Iliev (Bulgaria) 0-2
- 41' Yellow card: Stefan Velkov (Bulgaria)
- 52' Yellow card: Yoan Stoyanov (Bulgaria)
- 82' Yellow card: Dirk Carlson (Luxembourg)
Match stats (contains the result)
| 62.5% | Possession | 37.5% |
| 18 | Shots | 13 |
| 7 | Shots on target | 5 |
| 5 | Corners | 4 |
| 15 | Fouls | 15 |
| 2 | Offsides | 1 |
| 3 | Saves | 7 |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Luxembourg 4-2-3-1
Coach: Jeff Strasser
- 1 Anthony Moris GK
- 4 Florian Bohnert DEF
- 5 Vahid Selimović DEF
- 13 Dirk Carlson DEF
- 14 Eric Veiga DEF
- 6 Tomás Cruz MID
- 8 Enzo Duarte MID
- 15 Omar Natami MID
- 11 Vincent Thill FWD
- 17 Hamza Kadamani FWD
- 9 Jayson Videira FWD
Bench
- 12 Tiago Pereira Cardoso GK
- 19 Mathias Olesen MID
- 7 Aiman Dardari FWD
- 10 Timothé Rupil MID
- 21 Sébastien Thill MID
- 23 Lucas Fox GK
- 16 Tim Kips GK
- 22 Marvin Martins DEF
- 18 Sofiane Ikene DEF
- 2 Eldin Džogović MID
- 20 Miguel Gonçalves MID
- 3 Arnold Qevani FWD
Bulgaria 4-2-3-1
Coach: Atanas Ribarski
- 1 Daniel Naumov GK
- 2 Yoni Stoyanov DEF
- 13 Stefan Velkov DEF
- 6 Emil Tsenov DEF
- 15 Hristiyan Petrov DEF
- 8 Andrian Kraev MID
- 4 Ilia Gruev MID
- 17 Martin Minchev FWD
- 11 Georgi Rusev FWD
- 18 Kristiyan Balov FWD
- 9 Atanas Iliev FWD
Bench
- 16 Petko Panayotov MID
- 21 Stanislav Ivanov MID
- 20 Vladimir Nikolov FWD
- 5 Kristian Dimitrov DEF
- 23 Aleks Bozhev GK
- 12 Dimitar Mitov GK
- 3 Andrea Hristov DEF
- 19 Ivan Turitsov DEF
- 14 Asen Chandarov MID
- 7 Borislav Tsonev MID
- 22 Kristiyan Stoyanov MID
- 10 Zdravko Dimitrov FWD
Injuries and suspensions
Luxembourg
- Leandro Barreiro suspension, back Early October 2026
Bulgaria
- Lukas Petkov suspension, back Early October 2026
- Dimitar Velkovski suspension, back Early October 2026
Previous meetings
- Saturday 26 September 2026: Bulgaria 1-2 Luxembourg
- Friday 15 November 2024: Luxembourg 0-1 Bulgaria
- Saturday 12 October 2024: Bulgaria 0-0 Luxembourg
- Sunday 20 November 2022: Luxembourg 0-0 Bulgaria
- Tuesday 10 October 2017: Luxembourg 1-1 Bulgaria