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Head to head

Bulgaria vs Russia

If they played today

Bulgaria at home
23% / 24% / 53%
Bulgaria win / draw / Russia win
Bulgaria–Russia
  • 1–1 11.4%
  • 0–1 11.1%
  • 1–2 9.7%
  • 0–2 9.4%
  • 1–0 6.7%
Neutral venue
17% / 22% / 61%
Bulgaria win / draw / Russia win
Bulgaria–Russia
  • 0–1 11.6%
  • 0–2 11.0%
  • 1–1 10.4%
  • 1–2 9.9%
  • 0–3 7.0%
Russia at home
12% / 19% / 68%
Bulgaria win / draw / Russia win
Bulgaria–Russia
  • 0–2 12.6%
  • 0–1 12.0%
  • 1–2 9.6%
  • 1–1 9.1%
  • 0–3 8.8%

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

 BulgariaRussia
Current Elo15421845
Elo rank96th31st
Peak Elo1861 (1995)1970 (1983)
Matches played736749
All-time record262W 188D 286L385W 197D 167L
Goals for10161301
Goals against1105735
Biggest win10–2 vs Solomon Islands · 2026-03-27 · FIFA Series11–1 vs India · 1955-09-16 · Friendly
Biggest loss0–13 vs Spain · 1933-05-21 · Friendly0–16 vs Germany · 1912-07-01 · Olympic Games
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.150.73
European Championships won01
Expected European Championships0.051.55

When they've met

Meetings
18
Bulgaria 2W 6D 10L
Goals
15–31
Bulgaria first
First meeting
0–4
Russia won · 1957-07-21 · Friendly
Most recent
0–1
Russia won · 2021-06-05 · Friendly
Bulgaria's biggest win
1–0
1997-09-10 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Russia's biggest win
4–0
1957-07-21 · Friendly
Most common result
0–1
Bulgaria first · 3 times, last 2021-06-05
Current run
Unbeaten in 4
Russia · since 1997-10-11
18 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2021-06-050–1Russia homeFriendly
2010-08-110–1Russia homeFriendly
2004-03-312–2Bulgaria homeFriendly
1997-10-112–4Russia homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1997-09-101–0Bulgaria homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1989-02-211–2Bulgaria homeFriendly
1980-03-261–3Bulgaria homeFriendly
1979-03-281–3Russia homeFriendly
1976-03-240–3Bulgaria homeFriendly
1973-03-281–0Bulgaria homeFriendly
1972-06-070–1Russia homeFriendly
1972-03-291–1Bulgaria homeFriendly
1971-04-281–1Bulgaria homeFriendly
1970-05-060–0Bulgaria homeFriendly
1970-05-053–3Bulgaria homeFriendly
1967-10-081–2Bulgaria homeFriendly
1964-11-290–0Bulgaria homeFriendly
1957-07-210–4Bulgaria homeFriendly