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Head to head

Bulgaria vs Northern Ireland

If they played today

Bulgaria at home
35% / 26% / 39%
Bulgaria win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Bulgaria–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 12.5%
  • 0–1 9.9%
  • 1–0 9.3%
  • 1–2 8.4%
  • 2–1 7.9%
Neutral venue
28% / 25% / 47%
Bulgaria win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Bulgaria–Northern Ireland
  • 1–1 12.0%
  • 0–1 10.6%
  • 1–2 9.3%
  • 0–2 8.2%
  • 1–0 7.7%
Northern Ireland at home
21% / 24% / 55%
Bulgaria win / draw / Northern Ireland win
Bulgaria–Northern Ireland
  • 0–1 11.2%
  • 1–1 11.2%
  • 0–2 9.8%
  • 1–2 9.8%
  • 0–0 6.4%

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

 BulgariaNorthern Ireland
Current Elo15421667
Elo rank96th73rd
Peak Elo1861 (1995)1758 (1986)
Matches played736707
All-time record262W 188D 286L185W 160D 362L
Goals for1016741
Goals against11051296
Biggest win10–2 vs Solomon Islands · 2026-03-27 · FIFA Series7–0 vs Wales · 1930-02-01 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss0–13 vs Spain · 1933-05-21 · Friendly0–13 vs England · 1882-02-18 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.150.04
European Championships won00
Expected European Championships0.05<0.01

When they've met

Meetings
11
Bulgaria 6W 2D 3L
Goals
12–13
Bulgaria first
First meeting
3–0
Bulgaria won · 1972-10-18 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Most recent
0–5
Northern Ireland won · 2024-10-15 · UEFA Nations League
Bulgaria's biggest win
3–0
1972-10-18 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Northern Ireland's biggest win
5–0
2024-10-15 · UEFA Nations League
Most common result
1–0
Bulgaria first · 3 times, last 2024-09-08
Current run
Won the last meeting
Northern Ireland · since 2024-10-15
11 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2024-10-150–5Northern Ireland homeUEFA Nations League
2024-09-081–0Bulgaria homeUEFA Nations League
2021-10-122–1Bulgaria homeFIFA World Cup qualification
2021-03-310–0Northern Ireland homeFIFA World Cup qualification
2008-02-061–0Northern Ireland homeFriendly
2001-06-021–0Northern Ireland homeFIFA World Cup qualification
2001-03-284–3Bulgaria homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1979-05-020–2Northern Ireland homeUEFA Euro qualification
1978-11-290–2Bulgaria homeUEFA Euro qualification
1973-09-260–0NeutralFIFA World Cup qualification
1972-10-183–0Bulgaria homeFIFA World Cup qualification