Head to head

Bulgaria vs Croatia

If they played today

Bulgaria at home

17% / 22% / 61%

Bulgaria win / draw / Croatia win

Bulgaria–Croatia

0–1 11.6%
0–2 11.0%
1–1 10.4%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 7.0%

Neutral venue

12% / 19% / 68%

Bulgaria win / draw / Croatia win

Bulgaria–Croatia

0–2 12.6%
0–1 11.9%
1–2 9.6%
1–1 9.1%
0–3 8.8%

Croatia at home

9% / 16% / 75%

Bulgaria win / draw / Croatia win

Bulgaria–Croatia

0–2 14.1%
0–1 12.2%
0–3 10.8%
1–2 8.9%
1–1 7.7%

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

	Bulgaria	Croatia
Current Elo	1542	1943
Elo rank	96th	17th
Peak Elo	1861 (1995)	2057 (2023)
Matches played	736	400
All-time record	262W 188D 286L	211W 104D 85L
Goals for	1016	694
Goals against	1105	407
Biggest win	10–2 vs Solomon Islands · 2026-03-27 · FIFA Series	10–0 vs San Marino · 2016-06-04 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–13 vs Spain · 1933-05-21 · Friendly	0–6 vs Spain · 2018-09-11 · UEFA Nations League
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.15	0.14
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	0.05	0.27

When they've met

Meetings

Bulgaria 1W 2D 5L

Goals

6–12

Bulgaria first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 2002-02-13 · Friendly

Most recent

1–2

Croatia won · 2022-03-29 · Friendly

Bulgaria's biggest win

2–0

2002-10-12 · UEFA Euro qualification

Croatia's biggest win

3–0

2015-10-10 · UEFA Euro qualification

Most common result

0–1

Bulgaria first · twice, last 2014-10-10

Current run

Unbeaten in 6

Croatia · since 2003-10-11

8 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2022-03-29	1–2	Neutral	Friendly
2015-10-10	0–3	Croatia home	UEFA Euro qualification
2014-10-10	0–1	Bulgaria home	UEFA Euro qualification
2005-06-04	1–3	Bulgaria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2004-10-09	2–2	Croatia home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2003-10-11	0–1	Croatia home	UEFA Euro qualification
2002-10-12	2–0	Bulgaria home	UEFA Euro qualification
2002-02-13	0–0	Croatia home	Friendly