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Head to head

Bulgaria vs Sweden

If they played today

Bulgaria at home
26% / 25% / 49%
Bulgaria win / draw / Sweden win
Bulgaria–Sweden
  • 1–1 11.8%
  • 0–1 10.8%
  • 1–2 9.5%
  • 0–2 8.7%
  • 1–0 7.3%
Neutral venue
20% / 23% / 57%
Bulgaria win / draw / Sweden win
Bulgaria–Sweden
  • 0–1 11.3%
  • 1–1 10.9%
  • 0–2 10.3%
  • 1–2 9.9%
  • 0–0 6.3%
Sweden at home
15% / 20% / 65%
Bulgaria win / draw / Sweden win
Bulgaria–Sweden
  • 0–2 11.8%
  • 0–1 11.8%
  • 1–2 9.8%
  • 1–1 9.7%
  • 0–3 7.9%

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

 BulgariaSweden
Current Elo15421797
Elo rank96th41st
Peak Elo1861 (1995)1955 (2018)
Matches played7361105
All-time record262W 188D 286L542W 234D 329L
Goals for10162178
Goals against11051431
Biggest win10–2 vs Solomon Islands · 2026-03-27 · FIFA Series12–0 vs Latvia · 1927-05-29 · Friendly
Biggest loss0–13 vs Spain · 1933-05-21 · Friendly0–10 vs Denmark · 1913-10-05 · Friendly
World Cups won00
Expected World Cups0.150.52
European Championships won00
Expected European Championships0.050.31

When they've met

Meetings
16
Bulgaria 3W 2D 11L
Goals
11–31
Bulgaria first
First meeting
2–0
Bulgaria won · 1967-06-11 · UEFA Euro qualification
Most recent
3–2
Bulgaria won · 2017-08-31 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Bulgaria's biggest win
3–0
1967-11-12 · UEFA Euro qualification
Sweden's biggest win
5–0
2004-06-14 · UEFA Euro
Most common result
0–3
Bulgaria first · 3 times, last 2016-10-10
Current run
Won the last meeting
Bulgaria · since 2017-08-31
16 meetings
DateScoreVenueCompetition
2017-08-313–2Bulgaria homeFIFA World Cup qualification
2016-10-100–3Sweden homeFIFA World Cup qualification
2005-09-030–3Sweden homeFIFA World Cup qualification
2005-03-260–3Bulgaria homeFIFA World Cup qualification
2004-06-140–5NeutralUEFA Euro
1999-09-040–1Sweden homeUEFA Euro qualification
1998-10-140–1Bulgaria homeUEFA Euro qualification
1994-07-160–4NeutralFIFA World Cup
1993-09-081–1Bulgaria homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1992-10-070–2Sweden homeFIFA World Cup qualification
1990-09-260–2Sweden homeFriendly
1981-08-120–1Sweden homeFriendly
1980-09-242–3Bulgaria homeFriendly
1974-06-150–0NeutralFIFA World Cup
1967-11-123–0Bulgaria homeUEFA Euro qualification
1967-06-112–0Sweden homeUEFA Euro qualification