Bulgaria vs Türkiye data preview

In the last 10 meetings between the two teams, Bulgaria has 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. The last two meetings have been completely defeated. The most recent confrontation dates back to the away friendly match in 2015. Bulgaria has remained unbeaten in the last 9 home games against Türkiye, with 7 wins and 2 draws. This is the first time the two coaches Dimitrov and Montella have met.

The two teams are in Group E of the European preliminaries. Bulgaria lost all the first two rounds of the group stage and lost to Spain and Georgia by the same score of 0-3, finishing at the bottom of the group. Turkey's situation was slightly better. It defeated Georgia 3-2 in an away game in the first round, but lost to Spain 0-6 at home in Konya in the last round.

Bulgaria's new central defender Tesenov withdrew due to injury; Türkiye's main winger Alper Yilmaz was suspended, and main central defender Aihan was not selected. Sportsmole predicts Bulgaria will lose 1-2.