Head to head

Bulgaria vs New Zealand

If they played today

Bulgaria at home

33% / 26% / 41%

Bulgaria win / draw / New Zealand win

Bulgaria–New Zealand

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.0%
1–0 8.9%
1–2 8.7%
2–1 7.7%

Neutral venue

26% / 25% / 49%

Bulgaria win / draw / New Zealand win

Bulgaria–New Zealand

1–1 11.9%
0–1 10.7%
1–2 9.4%
0–2 8.6%
1–0 7.4%

New Zealand at home

20% / 23% / 57%

Bulgaria win / draw / New Zealand win

Bulgaria–New Zealand

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

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	New Zealand
Current Elo	1542	1689
Elo rank	96th	68th
Peak Elo	1861 (1995)	1825 (2025)
Matches played	736	419
All-time record	262W 188D 286L	172W 74D 173L
Goals for	1016	733
Goals against	1105	634
Biggest win	10–2 vs Solomon Islands · 2026-03-27 · FIFA Series	13–0 vs Fiji · 1981-08-16 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–13 vs Spain · 1933-05-21 · Friendly	0–10 vs Australia · 1936-07-11 · Soccer Ashes
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.15	0.02

When they've met

Bulgaria and New Zealand have never played each other.