Bulgaria will take on Georgia in a friendly this Wednesday September 8th at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. They both are going through rather worrying stretches in their World Cup Qualifiers, and goals have come in plenty in previous h2h stats as well.
The hosts come into this final international friendly from a solid performance in the world cup qualifications and this should boost their confidence. Having taken three games to earn their first point of this qualification campaign, Bulgaria were likely not expecting to get much out of a trip to European champions Italy.
The draw earned against Italy was followed by a home victory against Lithuania which ended in 1-0 from the fresh Ivaylo Chochev in the 82nd minute as Yasen Petrov’s side won for the first time since November 2020. Bulgaria are in the third position in group C with 5 points earned from 5 fixtures. They have conceded double the number of goals they have scored in the campaign.
Georgia have been on a poor form for the world cup qualifiers and have only managed one point from the 5 fixture matches played. They have conceded in 4 matches with only one ending in a draw which have them placed at the bottom of group B table.
Georgia slumped to their third consecutive defeat and a seventh in 10 games on Sunday after getting a thorough beating from Spain in the match that ended in 4-0. They had earlier met Kosovo in the match ending in a 1-0 in favor of Kosovo. This international friendly, however, gives them a chance to ruminate over their weaknesses.
Either squad will be desperate to put an end to their dismal run, and will definitely go after a win.
Bulgaria vs Georgia head to head
In the 5 head to head matches played between these two sides since 1994 Bulgaria have managed 3 victories and a draw whereas Georgia have only managed 1 victory. When playing at home, Bulgaria have not lost to Georgia in their last 3 encounters. Georgia have lost 3 matches in a row.
- Bulgaria 6-2 Georgia 14/10/09
- Georgia 0-0 Bulgaria 15/10/08
- Bulgaria 6-2 Georgia 12/11/05
- Georgia 2-1 Bulgaria 11/10/95
- Bulgaria 2-0 Georgia 12/10/94
Home
- Bulgaria 1-0 Lithuania
- Italy 1-1 Bulgaria
- France 3-0 Bulgaria
- Russia 1-0 Bulgaria
- Slovakia 1-1 Bulgaria
Away
- Spain 4-0 Georgia
- Georgia 0-1 Kosovo
- Netherlands 3-0 Georgia
- Romania 1-2 Georgia
- Greece 1-1 Georgia
Bulgaria team news
No injuries in this squad. Goalkeeper Nikolay Mihaylov was sent off in the last game for remonstrating with the referee. He’s still available for selection since this is a friendly.
Georgia team news
No reported injuries in this camp.
Prediction and odds
- Both Teams to Score
- Goals over 2.5
