Head to head

Bulgaria vs Finland

If they played today

Bulgaria at home

39% / 26% / 35%

Bulgaria win / draw / Finland win

Bulgaria–Finland

1–1 12.5%
1–0 9.9%
0–1 9.2%
2–1 8.4%
1–2 7.9%

Neutral venue

31% / 26% / 43%

Bulgaria win / draw / Finland win

Bulgaria–Finland

1–1 12.3%
0–1 10.2%
1–2 8.9%
1–0 8.5%
0–2 7.4%

Finland at home

25% / 24% / 51%

Bulgaria win / draw / Finland win

Bulgaria–Finland

1–1 11.6%
0–1 10.9%
1–2 9.6%
0–2 9.0%
1–0 7.1%

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	Finland
Current Elo	1542	1616
Elo rank	96th	82nd
Peak Elo	1861 (1995)	1779 (2021)
Matches played	736	818
All-time record	262W 188D 286L	216W 166D 436L
Goals for	1016	960
Goals against	1105	1675
Biggest win	10–2 vs Solomon Islands · 2026-03-27 · FIFA Series	10–2 vs Estonia · 1922-08-11 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–13 vs Spain · 1933-05-21 · Friendly	0–13 vs Germany · 1940-09-01 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.15	0.00
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	0.05	<0.01

When they've met

Meetings

Bulgaria 7W 1D 2L

Goals

20–7

Bulgaria first

First meeting

2–0

Bulgaria won · 1961-06-16 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Most recent

1–2

Finland won · 2020-11-15 · UEFA Nations League

Bulgaria's biggest win

4–0

1981-05-13 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Finland's biggest win

2–0

2020-10-11 · UEFA Nations League

Most common result

2–0

Bulgaria first · 3 times, last 1993-04-28

Current run

Won last 2

Finland · since 2020-10-11

10 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2020-11-15	1–2	Bulgaria home	UEFA Nations League
2020-10-11	0–2	Finland home	UEFA Nations League
2008-03-26	2–1	Bulgaria home	Friendly
1993-04-28	2–0	Bulgaria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1992-05-14	3–0	Finland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1988-08-04	1–1	Finland home	Friendly
1981-05-13	4–0	Bulgaria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1980-06-04	2–0	Finland home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1961-10-29	3–1	Bulgaria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1961-06-16	2–0	Finland home	FIFA World Cup qualification