Belarus vs Bulgaria

Belarus vs Bulgaria: Preview with team news, line ups and more

Take a look at Belarus vs Bulgaria UEFA Nations League 2024 Match Preview.

Belarus and Bulgaria will begin their campaign from Fri, 6 Sept 12:15 am (IST) at ZTE Arena which is a neutral ground for both the teams.

They are in League C Group 3 along with Northern Ireland and Luxembourg.

Match Preview

Belarus had never competed in any FIFA world Cup or European championships.

Belarus will not want to repeat what happened in their last international friendlies, got defeated by back to back 4-0 score sheet against Russia and Israel.

In their previous UEFA Nations League edition, they finished at the bottom of their group, consisting of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Slovakia.

Like Belarus , Bulgaria had not also played any FIFA world Cup or European championships.

Their recent form is not that good, had won only 1 match in their last 6 games.

But their performance in the last edition of UEFA Nations League is better than Belarus , finished second in their group.

Team News

  • Max Ebong who is the leading goal scorer in the squad of Belarus with 5 goals could play on the right side of midfield, with Dmitri Antilevski and Ivan Bakhar in the final third.
  • Bulgarian captain Kiril Despodov, who had scored 14 goals for his country, is set to play his 50th international game as a captain and start on the right flank, with Martin Minchev and Georgi Minchev.
  • Leeds United’s Ilia Gruev could play with Georgi Kostadinov in centre-midfield, while Ertan Tombak, made his international debut in June can join Valentin AntovAleks Petkov and Angel Lyaskov in a four-man defence.

Belarus vs Bulgaria Head to Head (Overall)

TotalBelarus WonBulgaria Won
Total Matches734
Total Score1468
Home Ground321
Away 413
Int Frl211
UEFA EURO202
World Cup qualification (UEFA)211
INT CF110

Belarus vs Bulgaria Head to Head (Past H2H Results)

DateHomeScoreAway
Int Frl26/02/2020
Bulgaria
0 – 1Belarus
World Cup qualification (UEFA)10/06/2017Belarus2 – 1
Bulgaria
World Cup qualification (UEFA)13/11/2016
Bulgaria
1 – 0Belarus
Int Frl05/03/2014
Bulgaria
2 – 1Belarus
Int Frl10/08/2011Belarus1 – 0
Bulgaria
UEFA EURO06/06/2007
Bulgaria
2 – 1Belarus
UEFA EURO02/06/2007
Belarus
0 – 2
Bulgaria

Last 5 Belarus Matches Stats

DateHomeScoreAway
Int Frl2024/06/11
Belarus
0 – 4Israel
Int Frl2024/06/07
Belarus

0 – 4
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Russia
Int Frl2024/03/26
Malta
0 – 0
Belarus
Int Frl2024/03/21
Belarus
0 – 2Montenegro
UEFA EURO2023/11/22
Kosovo
0 – 1
Belarus

Last 5 Bulgaria Matches Stats

DateHomeScoreAway
Int Frl08/06/2024
Slovenia
1 – 1
Bulgaria
Int Frl05/06/2024
Romania
0 – 0
Bulgaria
Int Frl25/03/2024
Azerbaijan
1 – 1
Bulgaria
Int Frl22/03/2024
Bulgaria
1 – 0Tanzania
UEFA EURO19/11/2023
Serbia
2 – 2
Bulgaria

Belarus possible starting lineup:

Pavlyuchenko; Volkov, Martynovich, Polyakov; Ebong, Gromyko, Yablonskiy, Klimovich, Pechenin; Bakhar, Antilevski

Bulgaria possible starting lineup:

Dyulgerov; Tombak, Petkov, Antov, Lyaskov; Gruev, Kostadinov; Despodov, Krastev, M. Minchev; G. Minchev

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