Bulgaria – Ireland, Nations League Predictions

👎 Bulgaria are quite bad in attack

Bulgaria won 1-0 against the Czech Republic in its last match of the European qualifiers, which really did not matter, but at least through this success the Bulgarians broke a series of 12 consecutive games without a victory. In these 12 matches only 8 goals were scored, and most of the opponents were far from great. After the events of the match with England and the disgraceful loss with 0-6, many reforms in the Bulgarian Football Union followed, including at the level of national coach. Finally, Dermendzhiev achieved his goal to be the coach of Bulgaria, which gives hope for better times.

✳️ Ireland’s defense is very strong

Ireland have only lost 2 of their last 15 games and have played some very strong teams. The two losses came from Wales and Switzerland with very little difference. Of course, the Irish have a lot more class in their team and are purely tactically better prepared than Bulgaria, at least because absolutely all their players play in England as the majority in the Premier League at the highest level.

We will probably see a few goals in this match

 Expert view: We think that it is more logical for Bulgaria to rely on its defense here, because in front positions it seems extremely difficult to see chances for goal in front of Darren Randolph’s post. In their last 14 games, Ireland have conceded only 6 goals, which speaks for itself. We think that a draw would be a good result for Bulgaria and most likely they will strive for it at some point in the match, in which we do not think it will lead to more than 2 goals. Prediction – Under 2.5 goals at 1.60.