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Bulgaria v Republic of Ireland : UEFA Nations League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 20th Mar, 19:45 BST, Nikola Shterev-Starika Complex, Plovdiv

Republic of Ireland are on the road on Thursday evening, as manager Heimir Hallgrímsson takes his men to visit Bulgaria and Ilian Dimov Iliev at the Nikola Shterev-Starika Complex in the UEFA Nations League. Statistics for our tip of under 3.5 goals are shown below, including head-to-head history. Changing the market with the tabs changes all statistics and the odds from leading bookmakers, so be sure to have a browse to find the best bet for you.


Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals simply means that there will be 3 goals or less scored by Bulgaria and Ireland combined during a standard 90 mins. Up to date form statistics and historical head-to-head (H2H) performances have led us to our prediction, and we think there's a 74% chance of it being right on the money. The best price available at present on under 3.5 goals is 1.17.

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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 43% chance of Ireland coming away with a win.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Bulgaria
31%
-11/5
Draw
26%
-21/10
Ireland
43%
-11/8
Draw 1-1
12%
-19/4
Ireland 1-0
11%
-5/1
Ireland 2-1
9%
-8/1
Bulgaria 1-0
9%
-6/1
Ireland 2-0
8%
-8/1
Draw 0-0
8%
-11/2
Bulgaria 2-1
7%
-10/1
Draw 2-2
5%
-14/1
Bulgaria 2-0
5%
-11/1
Ireland 3-1
4%
-16/1
Ireland 3-0
4%
-16/1
Bulgaria 3-1
3%
-22/1
Ireland 3-2
2%
-25/1
Bulgaria 3-2
2%
-28/1
Bulgaria 3-0
2%
-25/1
Over 2.5 Goals
48%
-7/5
Under 2.5 Goals
52%
-1/2
Home 1st Goal
45%
--
Away 1st Goal
50%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
52%
-11/10
BTTS - No
48%
-4/6
BTTS - Home Win
14%
-6/1
BTTS - Draw
19%
-18/5
BTTS - Away Win
19%
-17/4
Home/draw
57%
-4/7
Away/draw
69%
-1/3
Home/away
74%
-4/11
Over 1.5 Goals
73%
-10/21
Under 1.5 Goals
27%
-6/4
Over 3.5 Goals
26%
-7/2
Under 3.5 Goals
74%
-1/6
Over 4.5 Goals
12%
-8/1
Under 4.5 Goals
88%
-1/25
Over 5.5 Goals
5%
-18/1
Under 5.5 Goals
95%
-1/1000
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
-1/11
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
-11/2
Home DNB
49%
-23/20
Away DNB
61%
-8/13
Bulgaria win to nil
17%
--
Ireland win to nil
24%
--
Bulgaria / Bulgaria
15%
-4/1
Bulgaria / Ireland
3%
-22/1
Bulgaria / Draw
6%
-12/1
Draw / Bulgaria
12%
-11/2
Draw / Ireland
15%
-17/4
Draw / Draw
19%
-3/1
Ireland / Bulgaria
3%
-25/1
Ireland / Ireland
21%
-11/4
Ireland / Draw
6%
-12/1
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Win / draw / win form
Bulgaria
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
28
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
6
Draw
5
Lost
9
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Bulgaria1 - 1Belarus
Bulgaria0 - 0Luxembourg
Bulgaria1 - 0N Ireland
Bulgaria2 - 2Hungary
Bulgaria0 - 2Lithuania
Bulgaria0 - 1Iran
Bulgaria1 - 1Serbia
Bulgaria0 - 1Montenegro
Bulgaria5 - 1Gibraltar
Bulgaria2 - 5Georgia
Bulgaria1 - 1Macedonia
Bulgaria2 - 1N Ireland
Bulgaria4 - 1Georgia
Bulgaria1 - 0Lithuania
Bulgaria0 - 2Italy
Bulgaria1 - 3Switzerland
Bulgaria1 - 2Finland
Bulgaria3 - 0Gibraltar
Bulgaria0 - 1Wales
Bulgaria1 - 3Hungary
Goals: Scored
13
Conceded
25
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
W
3
Draw
10
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HBulgaria1 - 1Belarus
ABulgaria1 - 0Luxembourg
ABulgaria0 - 5N Ireland
HBulgaria0 - 0Luxembourg
HBulgaria1 - 0N Ireland
ABulgaria0 - 0Belarus
ABulgaria1 - 1Slovenia
ABulgaria0 - 0Romania
ABulgaria1 - 1Azerbaijan
ABulgaria1 - 0Tanzania
ABulgaria2 - 2Serbia
HBulgaria2 - 2Hungary
ABulgaria0 - 2Albania
HBulgaria0 - 2Lithuania
ABulgaria1 - 2Montenegro
HBulgaria0 - 1Iran
HBulgaria1 - 1Serbia
ABulgaria1 - 1Lithuania
ABulgaria0 - 3Hungary
HBulgaria0 - 1Montenegro
Ireland
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
31
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
5
D
3
Lost
12
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
England5 - 0Ireland
Greece2 - 0Ireland
Finland1 - 2Ireland
Portugal3 - 0Ireland
Netherlands1 - 0Ireland
Gibraltar0 - 4Ireland
France2 - 0Ireland
Greece2 - 1Ireland
Scotland2 - 1Ireland
Ukraine1 - 1Ireland
Armenia1 - 0Ireland
Luxembourg0 - 3Ireland
Azerbaijan0 - 3Ireland
Portugal2 - 1Ireland
Hungary0 - 0Ireland
Andorra1 - 4Ireland
Qatar1 - 1Ireland
Serbia3 - 2Ireland
Wales1 - 0Ireland
England3 - 0Ireland
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
9 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
11 / 20
Won
6
D
2
Lost
12
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AIreland0 - 5England
HIreland1 - 0Finland
AIreland0 - 2Greece
AIreland2 - 1Finland
HIreland0 - 2Greece
HIreland0 - 2England
AIreland0 - 3Portugal
HIreland2 - 1Hungary
HIreland0 - 1Switzerland
HIreland0 - 0Belgium
HIreland1 - 1New Zealand
AIreland0 - 1Netherlands
AIreland4 - 0Gibraltar
HIreland0 - 2Greece
HIreland1 - 2Netherlands
AIreland0 - 2France
HIreland3 - 0Gibraltar
AIreland1 - 2Greece
HIreland0 - 1France
HIreland3 - 2Latvia
Goal Statistics

Goals have been an issue for Bulgaria of late. It has been 10 UEFA Nations League games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.2 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Thursday evening against Republic of Ireland.

Bulgaria Ireland
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.2
goals
1.4
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
31%
1
36%
2
21%
3
8%
4+
There is a 67% probability that Bulgaria will score no more than 1 goal
0
24%
1
34%
2
24%
3
12%
4+
There is a 76% probability that Ireland will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
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Bulgaria’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
=0
Ireland’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.3
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.4
conceded
1.6
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
UEFA Nations League - 2024/2024 season
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Bulgaria
PG (predicted goals)
Ireland
1.2
1.4
Attack rating
BUL
ROI
6%
better
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Games scored11
9
Failed to score9
11
Scored first7
7
Goals scored13
18
Avg. goals scored0.7
0.9
Avg. shots per game7
8
Avg. shots per goal11
9
Conversion rate for9
11
Avg. XG for0.8
0.9
KickOff rating
+6%
Defence rating
15%
better
BUL
ROI
view stats
Games conceded14
16
Clean sheets6
4
Conceded first10
12
Goals conceded25
30
Avg. goals conceded1.3
1.5
Avg. shots/game conceded9
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
6
Conversion rate against14%
16%
Avg. XG against0.9
1.9
KickOff rating
+15%

The line-ups for the UEFA Nations League match between Bulgaria v Ireland will show here when available.

Bulgaria UEFA Nations League squad statistics 2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
471589
K DespodovK DespodovK DespodovK Despodov
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
K Despodov FWD55158
9
-
G Milanov MID4026
8
-
V Antov DEF321
9
-
F Krastev MID2212
3
-
V Popov DEF21
1
-
M Minchev FWD21
1
-
R Kirilov FWD2022
2
-
P Hristov DEF19
3
-
G Rusev FWD181
2
-
P Iliev GLK17
1
-
A Petkov DEF15
3
-
Z Atanasov DEF12
2
-
M Petkov FWD1221
3
-
I Iliev MID11
1
-
A Kolev FWD112
3
-
A Kraev MID101
2
-
D Mitov GLK9
-
S Petrov DEF9
-
S Vutsov  GLK6
-
S Ivanov FWD6
-
H Petrov DEF5
-
V Panayotov MID51
2
-
F Nürnberger MID5
3
-
L Petkov FWD5
2
-
A Ahmedov FWD3
1
-
Ireland UEFA Nations League squad statistics 2024
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
40539
M DohertyT ParrottJ CullenJ Molumby
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Doherty DEF4821
3
1
J Cullen MID383
5
-
J Knight MID3513
8
-
D O'Shea DEF321
2
-
C O'Dowda MID3211
1
-
J Molumby MID29
9
-
N Collins DEF2621
1
-
T Parrott FWD2652
-
C Kelleher GLK20
-
E Ferguson FWD1841
-
M Johnston FWD1321
-
R Manning DEF12
1
-
S Szmodics FWD10
1
-
L Scales DEF91
2
-
F Ebosele DEF71
-
F Azaz MID5
-
M Travers GLK4
-
K McAteer FWD4
-
J O'Brien DEF3
1
-
A Moran MID2
-
T Cannon FWD2
-
M McGuinness DEF1
-