Head to head

Bulgaria vs Malta

If they played today

Bulgaria at home

60% / 22% / 18%

Bulgaria win / draw / Malta win

Bulgaria–Malta

1–0 11.5%
2–0 10.7%
1–1 10.6%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 6.7%

Neutral venue

52% / 24% / 24%

Bulgaria win / draw / Malta win

Bulgaria–Malta

1–1 11.6%
1–0 11.0%
2–1 9.6%
2–0 9.1%
0–1 6.9%

Malta at home

44% / 26% / 31%

Bulgaria win / draw / Malta win

Bulgaria–Malta

1–1 12.2%
1–0 10.3%
2–1 9.0%
0–1 8.3%
2–0 7.6%

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	Malta
Current Elo	1542	1358
Elo rank	96th	155th
Peak Elo	1861 (1995)	1513 (1960)
Matches played	736	458
All-time record	262W 188D 286L	65W 78D 315L
Goals for	1016	298
Goals against	1105	1027
Biggest win	10–2 vs Solomon Islands · 2026-03-27 · FIFA Series	7–1 vs Liechtenstein · 2008-03-26 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–13 vs Spain · 1933-05-21 · Friendly	1–12 vs Spain · 1983-12-21 · UEFA Euro qualification
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.15	0.00
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	0.05	0.00

When they've met

Meetings

Bulgaria 11W 3D 0L

Goals

45–6

Bulgaria first

First meeting

5–0

Bulgaria won · 1975-06-11 · UEFA Euro qualification

Most recent

1–0

Bulgaria won · 2015-06-12 · UEFA Euro qualification

Bulgaria's biggest win

7–0

1982-10-14 · Friendly

Malta's biggest win

—

Never beaten Bulgaria

Most common result

1–1

Bulgaria first · twice, last 2014-11-16

Current run

Unbeaten in 14

Bulgaria · since 1975-06-11

14 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2015-06-12	1–0	Malta home	UEFA Euro qualification
2014-11-16	1–1	Bulgaria home	UEFA Euro qualification
2013-09-10	2–1	Malta home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2013-03-22	6–0	Bulgaria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2009-11-18	4–1	Malta home	Friendly
2005-10-12	1–1	Malta home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2004-10-13	4–1	Bulgaria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2001-09-01	2–0	Malta home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2000-10-07	3–0	Bulgaria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1982-12-28	7–1	Malta home	Friendly
1982-12-26	0–0	Malta home	Friendly
1982-10-14	7–0	Bulgaria home	Friendly
1975-12-21	2–0	Malta home	UEFA Euro qualification
1975-06-11	5–0	Bulgaria home	UEFA Euro qualification