Head to head

Bulgaria vs Scotland

If they played today

Bulgaria at home

25% / 25% / 51%

Bulgaria win / draw / Scotland win

Bulgaria–Scotland

1–1 11.6%
0–1 10.9%
1–2 9.6%
0–2 9.0%
1–0 7.1%

Neutral venue

19% / 23% / 59%

Bulgaria win / draw / Scotland win

Bulgaria–Scotland

0–1 11.4%
1–1 10.7%
0–2 10.5%
1–2 9.9%
0–3 6.5%

Scotland at home

14% / 20% / 66%

Bulgaria win / draw / Scotland win

Bulgaria–Scotland

0–2 12.1%
0–1 11.9%
1–2 9.7%
1–1 9.5%
0–3 8.3%

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	Scotland
Current Elo	1542	1815
Elo rank	96th	37th
Peak Elo	1861 (1995)	1875 (2023)
Matches played	736	854
All-time record	262W 188D 286L	403W 182D 269L
Goals for	1016	1455
Goals against	1105	1054
Biggest win	10–2 vs Solomon Islands · 2026-03-27 · FIFA Series	11–0 vs Northern Ireland · 1901-02-23 · British Home Championship
Biggest loss	0–13 vs Spain · 1933-05-21 · Friendly	0–7 vs Uruguay · 1954-06-19 · FIFA World Cup
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.15	0.21
European Championships won	0	0
Expected European Championships	0.05	0.07

When they've met

Meetings

Bulgaria 0W 3D 3L

Goals

4–10

Bulgaria first

First meeting

1–2

Scotland won · 1978-02-22 · Friendly

Most recent

1–5

Scotland won · 2006-05-11 · Kirin Cup

Bulgaria's biggest win

—

Never beaten Scotland

Scotland's biggest win

5–1

2006-05-11 · Kirin Cup

Most common result

1–1

Bulgaria first · twice, last 1991-03-27

Current run

Unbeaten in 6

Scotland · since 1978-02-22

6 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2006-05-11	1–5	Neutral	Kirin Cup
1991-03-27	1–1	Scotland home	UEFA Euro qualification
1990-11-14	1–1	Bulgaria home	UEFA Euro qualification
1987-11-11	0–1	Bulgaria home	UEFA Euro qualification
1986-09-10	0–0	Scotland home	UEFA Euro qualification
1978-02-22	1–2	Scotland home	Friendly