Head to head

Bulgaria vs Netherlands

If they played today

Bulgaria at home

12% / 19% / 69%

Bulgaria win / draw / Netherlands win

Bulgaria–Netherlands

0–2 12.6%
0–1 12.0%
1–2 9.6%
1–1 9.1%
0–3 8.9%

Neutral venue

8% / 16% / 75%

Bulgaria win / draw / Netherlands win

Bulgaria–Netherlands

0–2 14.2%
0–1 12.3%
0–3 10.9%
1–2 8.9%
1–1 7.7%

Netherlands at home

5% / 13% / 81%

Bulgaria win / draw / Netherlands win

Bulgaria–Netherlands

0–2 15.6%
0–3 13.1%
0–1 12.5%
0–4 8.2%
1–2 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	Netherlands
Current Elo	1542	2048
Elo rank	96th	8th
Peak Elo	1861 (1995)	2198 (2014)
Matches played	736	883
All-time record	262W 188D 286L	455W 200D 228L
Goals for	1016	1852
Goals against	1105	1081
Biggest win	10–2 vs Solomon Islands · 2026-03-27 · FIFA Series	11–0 vs San Marino · 2011-09-02 · UEFA Euro qualification
Biggest loss	0–13 vs Spain · 1933-05-21 · Friendly	0–7 vs Germany · 1959-10-21 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.15	0.83
European Championships won	0	1
Expected European Championships	0.05	1.39

When they've met

Meetings

Bulgaria 5W 2D 5L

Goals

17–20

Bulgaria first

First meeting

3–2

Bulgaria won · 1959-05-13 · Friendly

Most recent

1–3

Netherlands won · 2017-09-03 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Bulgaria's biggest win

2–0

2017-03-25 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Netherlands' biggest win

4–1

1974-06-23 · FIFA World Cup

Most common result

2–0

Bulgaria first · twice, last 2017-03-25

Current run

Won the last meeting

Netherlands · since 2017-09-03

12 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2017-09-03	1–3	Netherlands home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2017-03-25	2–0	Bulgaria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2012-05-26	2–1	Netherlands home	Friendly
2007-09-08	0–2	Netherlands home	UEFA Euro qualification
2006-10-07	1–1	Bulgaria home	UEFA Euro qualification
1988-05-24	2–1	Netherlands home	Friendly
1985-09-04	0–1	Netherlands home	Friendly
1974-06-23	1–4	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
1969-10-22	1–1	Netherlands home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1968-10-27	2–0	Bulgaria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1960-04-03	2–4	Netherlands home	Friendly
1959-05-13	3–2	Bulgaria home	Friendly