Head to head

Bulgaria vs North Macedonia

If they played today

Bulgaria at home

36% / 26% / 37%

Bulgaria win / draw / North Macedonia win

Bulgaria–North Macedonia

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.7%
1–0 9.5%
1–2 8.2%
2–1 8.1%

Neutral venue

29% / 25% / 46%

Bulgaria win / draw / North Macedonia win

Bulgaria–North Macedonia

1–1 12.1%
0–1 10.5%
1–2 9.2%
1–0 8.0%
0–2 7.9%

North Macedonia at home

22% / 24% / 54%

Bulgaria win / draw / North Macedonia win

Bulgaria–North Macedonia

1–1 11.3%
0–1 11.1%
1–2 9.7%
0–2 9.5%
1–0 6.6%

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	North Macedonia
Current Elo	1542	1650
Elo rank	96th	79th
Peak Elo	1861 (1995)	1726 (2022)
Matches played	736	306
All-time record	262W 188D 286L	95W 80D 131L
Goals for	1016	365
Goals against	1105	412
Biggest win	10–2 vs Solomon Islands · 2026-03-27 · FIFA Series	11–1 vs Liechtenstein · 1996-11-09 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–13 vs Spain · 1933-05-21 · Friendly	0–7 vs England · 2023-06-19 · 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	<0.01

When they've met

Meetings

Bulgaria 5W 2D 2L

Goals

9–4

Bulgaria first

First meeting

0–0

Drawn · 1995-04-12 · Friendly

Most recent

1–0

Bulgaria won · 2022-09-26 · UEFA Nations League

Bulgaria's biggest win

3–0

1996-05-28 · Friendly

North Macedonia's biggest win

2–0

2013-08-14 · Friendly

Most common result

1–0

Bulgaria first · 3 times, last 2022-09-26

Current run

Unbeaten in 3

Bulgaria · since 2016-03-29

9 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2022-09-26	1–0	North Macedonia home	UEFA Nations League
2022-06-02	1–1	Bulgaria home	UEFA Nations League
2016-03-29	2–0	North Macedonia home	Friendly
2013-08-14	0–2	North Macedonia home	Friendly
2006-03-01	1–0	North Macedonia home	Friendly
2001-08-15	1–0	Bulgaria home	Friendly
1998-03-25	0–1	North Macedonia home	Friendly
1996-05-28	3–0	Bulgaria home	Friendly
1995-04-12	0–0	North Macedonia home	Friendly