Head to head

Bulgaria vs Nigeria

If they played today

Bulgaria at home

21% / 23% / 56%

Bulgaria win / draw / Nigeria win

Bulgaria–Nigeria

0–1 11.3%
1–1 11.0%
0–2 10.0%
1–2 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

Neutral venue

15% / 21% / 64%

Bulgaria win / draw / Nigeria win

Bulgaria–Nigeria

0–1 11.7%
0–2 11.6%
1–1 9.9%
1–2 9.8%
0–3 7.7%

Nigeria at home

11% / 18% / 71%

Bulgaria win / draw / Nigeria win

Bulgaria–Nigeria

0–2 13.2%
0–1 12.1%
0–3 9.6%
1–2 9.4%
1–1 8.6%

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	Nigeria
Current Elo	1542	1883
Elo rank	96th	26th
Peak Elo	1861 (1995)	1896 (2006)
Matches played	736	661
All-time record	262W 188D 286L	311W 192D 158L
Goals for	1016	1008
Goals against	1105	662
Biggest win	10–2 vs Solomon Islands · 2026-03-27 · FIFA Series	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification
Biggest loss	0–13 vs Spain · 1933-05-21 · Friendly	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.15	0.08

When they've met

Meetings

Bulgaria 0W 0D 2L

Goals

0–4

Bulgaria first

First meeting

0–3

Nigeria won · 1994-06-21 · FIFA World Cup

Most recent

0–1

Nigeria won · 1998-06-19 · FIFA World Cup

Bulgaria's biggest win

—

Never beaten Nigeria

Nigeria's biggest win

3–0

1994-06-21 · FIFA World Cup

Current run

Won last 2

Nigeria · since 1994-06-21

2 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1998-06-19	0–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
1994-06-21	0–3	Neutral	FIFA World Cup