Head to head

Bulgaria vs United Arab Emirates

If they played today

Bulgaria at home

35% / 26% / 39%

Bulgaria win / draw / United Arab Emirates win

Bulgaria–United Arab Emirates

1–1 12.5%
0–1 9.9%
1–0 9.3%
1–2 8.4%
2–1 7.9%

Neutral venue

28% / 25% / 47%

Bulgaria win / draw / United Arab Emirates win

Bulgaria–United Arab Emirates

1–1 12.0%
0–1 10.6%
1–2 9.3%
0–2 8.2%
1–0 7.8%

United Arab Emirates at home

22% / 24% / 55%

Bulgaria win / draw / United Arab Emirates win

Bulgaria–United Arab Emirates

1–1 11.2%
0–1 11.2%
1–2 9.8%
0–2 9.8%
1–0 6.4%

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	United Arab Emirates
Current Elo	1542	1666
Elo rank	96th	74th
Peak Elo	1861 (1995)	1783 (2015)
Matches played	736	612
All-time record	262W 188D 286L	246W 152D 214L
Goals for	1016	867
Goals against	1105	760
Biggest win	10–2 vs Solomon Islands · 2026-03-27 · FIFA Series	12–0 vs Brunei · 2001-04-14 · FIFA World Cup qualification
Biggest loss	0–13 vs Spain · 1933-05-21 · Friendly	0–8 vs Brazil · 2005-11-12 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.15	<0.01

When they've met

Meetings

Bulgaria 3W 0D 1L

Goals

10–3

Bulgaria first

First meeting

3–0

Bulgaria won · 1988-01-23 · Friendly

Most recent

4–1

Bulgaria won · 1996-06-02 · Friendly

Bulgaria's biggest win

4–1

1996-06-02 · Friendly

United Arab Emirates' biggest win

1–0

1993-02-18 · Friendly

Current run

Won last 2

Bulgaria · since 1993-02-20

4 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
1996-06-02	4–1	Bulgaria home	Friendly
1993-02-20	3–1	United Arab Emirates home	Friendly
1993-02-18	0–1	United Arab Emirates home	Friendly
1988-01-23	3–0	Neutral	Friendly