Head to head

Bulgaria vs Portugal

If they played today

Bulgaria at home

12% / 19% / 69%

Bulgaria win / draw / Portugal win

Bulgaria–Portugal

0–2 12.7%
0–1 12.0%
1–2 9.6%
1–1 9.0%
0–3 9.0%

Neutral venue

8% / 16% / 76%

Bulgaria win / draw / Portugal win

Bulgaria–Portugal

0–2 14.2%
0–1 12.3%
0–3 11.0%
1–2 8.8%
1–1 7.6%

Portugal at home

5% / 13% / 82%

Bulgaria win / draw / Portugal win

Bulgaria–Portugal

0–2 15.7%
0–3 13.2%
0–1 12.5%
0–4 8.3%
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	Portugal
Current Elo	1542	2051
Elo rank	96th	7th
Peak Elo	1861 (1995)	2095 (2022)
Matches played	736	700
All-time record	262W 188D 286L	351W 161D 188L
Goals for	1016	1235
Goals against	1105	781
Biggest win	10–2 vs Solomon Islands · 2026-03-27 · FIFA Series	9–0 vs Luxembourg · 2023-09-11 · UEFA Euro qualification
Biggest loss	0–13 vs Spain · 1933-05-21 · Friendly	0–10 vs England · 1947-05-25 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.15	0.36
European Championships won	0	1
Expected European Championships	0.05	0.59

When they've met

Meetings

Bulgaria 6W 3D 3L

Goals

18–15

Bulgaria first

First meeting

3–1

Bulgaria won · 1962-11-07 · UEFA Euro qualification

Most recent

1–0

Bulgaria won · 2016-03-25 · Friendly

Bulgaria's biggest win

5–2

1981-12-16 · Friendly

Portugal's biggest win

3–0

1966-07-16 · FIFA World Cup

Most common result

1–0

Bulgaria first · 3 times, last 2016-03-25

Current run

Won the last meeting

Bulgaria · since 2016-03-25

12 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2016-03-25	1–0	Portugal home	Friendly
1992-11-11	1–2	Neutral	Friendly
1981-12-16	5–2	Bulgaria home	Friendly
1981-04-15	1–1	Portugal home	Friendly
1973-10-13	2–2	Portugal home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1973-05-02	2–1	Bulgaria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1967-12-17	0–0	Portugal home	UEFA Euro qualification
1967-11-26	1–0	Bulgaria home	UEFA Euro qualification
1966-07-16	0–3	Neutral	FIFA World Cup
1963-01-23	1–0	Neutral	UEFA Euro qualification
1962-12-16	1–3	Portugal home	UEFA Euro qualification
1962-11-07	3–1	Bulgaria home	UEFA Euro qualification