Russia – Bulgaria, Prediction – Friendly game

📉 Russia again did not impress

Russia is not in very good shape and this was seen against Poland. Sbornaya could lose the match several times because the Poles played better. Russia leaves a lot of free space behind the midfielders. They have only 2 wins in the last 10 matches and at the moment we do not see any serious potential to do something memorable at the European Championship, unlike what they did at the World Cup in 2018, for example. The Russians have only 2 wins in their last 12 home games in friendly matches.

📑 Bulgarians continue to seek victory

Bulgaria did not play badly against Slovakia in the last friendly match. The Lions made 1-1 as Iliev scored in the 9th minute so that the Bulgarians could take the lead, but a little later the Slovaks equalized and the match ended that way. Now for the game with Russia, the captain will be Kiril Despodov. In addition, Karadjov will appear for the first time at the post of Bulgaria in his career, which is a dream for the 31-year-old Arda player. We remind you that Bulgaria has only 2 victories in its last 26 matches in all tournaments.

The problems in defense are visible in both teams

 Expert view: The Russians and the Bulgarians make strange mistakes in defense. Of course, Sbornaya are the favorites in the match and are certainly a much better team, but in friendly many things can happen. We think we will see goals in both nets, but not only one. Russia and Bulgaria do not have many matches over the years, and the last one was in 2010 when Bulgaria lost 0-1. Now we expect much more goals in the match as we believe that Russia will try to take advantage of Bulgaria’s weaknesses and score a few goals. Prediction – Over 2.0, 2.5 – Goal line at 1.83.