Head to head

Bulgaria vs South Africa

If they played today

Bulgaria at home

33% / 26% / 41%

Bulgaria win / draw / South Africa win

Bulgaria–South Africa

1–1 12.4%
0–1 10.1%
1–0 8.8%
1–2 8.7%
2–1 7.6%

Neutral venue

26% / 25% / 49%

Bulgaria win / draw / South Africa win

Bulgaria–South Africa

1–1 11.8%
0–1 10.8%
1–2 9.5%
0–2 8.6%
1–0 7.4%

South Africa at home

20% / 23% / 57%

Bulgaria win / draw / South Africa win

Bulgaria–South Africa

0–1 11.3%
1–1 10.9%
0–2 10.2%
1–2 9.8%
0–0 6.3%

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	South Africa
Current Elo	1542	1694
Elo rank	96th	66th
Peak Elo	1861 (1995)	1792 (1996)
Matches played	736	484
All-time record	262W 188D 286L	216W 146D 122L
Goals for	1016	652
Goals against	1105	458
Biggest win	10–2 vs Solomon Islands · 2026-03-27 · FIFA Series	8–0 vs Australia · 1955-09-17 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–13 vs Spain · 1933-05-21 · Friendly	3–9 vs Netherlands · 1958-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.15	0.02

When they've met

Meetings

Bulgaria 0W 1D 0L

Goals

1–1

Bulgaria first

First meeting

1–1

Drawn · 2010-05-24 · Friendly

Most recent

1–1

Drawn · 2010-05-24 · Friendly

1 meeting

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2010-05-24	1–1	South Africa home	Friendly