Head to head

Bulgaria vs Iran

If they played today

Bulgaria at home

20% / 23% / 57%

Bulgaria win / draw / Iran win

Bulgaria–Iran

0–1 11.3%
1–1 11.0%
0–2 10.1%
1–2 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Neutral venue

15% / 21% / 64%

Bulgaria win / draw / Iran win

Bulgaria–Iran

0–1 11.8%
0–2 11.7%
1–1 9.8%
1–2 9.8%
0–3 7.8%

Iran at home

11% / 18% / 72%

Bulgaria win / draw / Iran win

Bulgaria–Iran

0–2 13.3%
0–1 12.1%
0–3 9.7%
1–2 9.3%
1–1 8.5%

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	Iran
Current Elo	1542	1889
Elo rank	96th	25th
Peak Elo	1861 (1995)	1945 (2022)
Matches played	736	615
All-time record	262W 188D 286L	349W 147D 119L
Goals for	1016	1158
Goals against	1105	486
Biggest win	10–2 vs Solomon Islands · 2026-03-27 · FIFA Series	19–0 vs Guam · 2000-11-24 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–13 vs Spain · 1933-05-21 · Friendly	1–6 vs Turkey · 1950-05-28 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.15	0.13

When they've met

Meetings

Bulgaria 0W 1D 1L

Goals

1–2

Bulgaria first

First meeting

1–1

Drawn · 1978-04-26 · Friendly

Most recent

0–1

Iran won · 2023-09-07 · Friendly

Bulgaria's biggest win

—

Never beaten Iran

Iran's biggest win

1–0

2023-09-07 · Friendly

Current run

Unbeaten in 2

Iran · since 1978-04-26

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2023-09-07	0–1	Bulgaria home	Friendly
1978-04-26	1–1	Iran home	Friendly