Head to head

Belgium vs Bulgaria

If they played today

Belgium at home

81% / 14% / 6%

Belgium win / draw / Bulgaria win

Belgium–Bulgaria

2–0 15.5%
3–0 12.8%
1–0 12.4%
4–0 8.0%
2–1 7.9%

Neutral venue

75% / 17% / 9%

Belgium win / draw / Bulgaria win

Belgium–Bulgaria

2–0 14.0%
1–0 12.2%
3–0 10.7%
2–1 9.0%
1–1 7.8%

Bulgaria at home

68% / 19% / 13%

Belgium win / draw / Bulgaria win

Belgium–Bulgaria

2–0 12.5%
1–0 11.9%
2–1 9.6%
1–1 9.2%
3–0 8.7%

Probabilities come from each team's current Elo rating, so they answer “if they met today” rather than predicting a scheduled fixture. See the methodology for how the model works and where it is weakest.

Elo since debut

Side by side

	Belgium	Bulgaria
Current Elo	2036	1542
Elo rank	9th	96th
Peak Elo	2209 (2021)	1861 (1995)
Matches played	859	736
All-time record	385W 183D 291L	262W 188D 286L
Goals for	1564	1016
Goals against	1297	1105
Biggest win	10–1 vs San Marino · 2001-02-28 · FIFA World Cup qualification	10–2 vs Solomon Islands · 2026-03-27 · FIFA Series
Biggest loss	1–9 vs Netherlands · 1959-10-04 · Friendly	0–13 vs Spain · 1933-05-21 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.39	0.15
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	0.73	0.05

When they've met

Meetings

Belgium 6W 2D 6L

Goals

23–20

Belgium first

First meeting

1–4

Bulgaria won · 1960-05-22 · Friendly

Most recent

2–1

Belgium won · 2010-05-19 · Friendly

Belgium's biggest win

5–0

1965-10-27 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Bulgaria's biggest win

4–1

1960-05-22 · Friendly

Most common result

2–1

Belgium first · twice, last 2010-05-19

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Belgium · since 2003-06-07

14 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2010-05-19	2–1	Belgium home	Friendly
2003-06-07	2–2	Bulgaria home	UEFA Euro qualification
2002-09-07	0–2	Belgium home	UEFA Euro qualification
2000-08-16	3–1	Bulgaria home	Friendly
1999-03-27	0–1	Belgium home	Friendly
1987-09-23	0–2	Bulgaria home	UEFA Euro qualification
1986-11-19	1–1	Belgium home	UEFA Euro qualification
1986-04-23	2–0	Belgium home	Friendly
1982-04-28	2–1	Belgium home	Friendly
1965-12-29	1–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
1965-10-27	5–0	Belgium home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1965-09-26	0–3	Bulgaria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1961-12-24	4–0	Belgium home	Friendly
1960-05-22	1–4	Bulgaria home	Friendly