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Wales vs Bulgaria Prediction & Betting tips
In the fairly balanced Nations League group B4, both Wales and Bulgaria can calculate their chances of promotion to League A given the group opponents Ireland and Finland. Both teams almost started with a win on Thursday evening. A last-minute hit by the Irish cost promoted Bulgaria a threesome.
In the run-up to the clash on matchday two, the odds of the bookmakers between Wales and Bulgaria clearly deflect towards the home side, as the odds comparison of the betting base shows.
It is true that the forecast for Wales against Bulgaria has to take into account that the Bulgarian national football team has so far won half of all duels with the Welsh with a goal difference of 8: 4. However, Wales is currently experiencing its strongest phase in football as the reigning semi-finalist of EURO 2016, which was underlined in the 1-0 away win at Finland.
Because the Bulgarians recently achieved weak results in a row, the tip for the next point win for the dragons urges Wales against Bulgaria.
Wales:
The Welsh national football team continued their last strong phase in world football. After the team around the superstar Gareth Bale surprisingly made it to the semi-finals at EURO 2016 in France, but failed in the World Cup qualification in the playoffs, the dragons also qualified for the European Championship 2021.
In between, Wales was able to achieve respectable results in the newly introduced UEFA Nations League. In the 2018/19 season, the nation, trained by legend Ryan Giggs, finished second in Group B4 and missed promotion to League A by just two points.
With the corresponding ambitions, the Welshmen are now back to business in Group B4, where a very important three-point has already been achieved. On Thursday evening, the dragons achieved a 1-0 win over newly promoted Finland in Helsinki, which Wales currently welcomes from first place in the table.
So it’s no wonder that in the run-up to the clash between Wales and Bulgaria, the odds of the betting providers turn in the direction of the dragons.
The fact that Wales was able to establish itself sustainably in world football, which is also evidenced by its current 23rd position in the FIFA world rankings, is also due to the fact that Gareth Bale is no longer the sole entertainer of the dragons. Players like Ben Davies, Harry Wilson or Daniel James have long been established stars of the English Premier League, while top-class players like Ben Woodburn are the next generation to play.
In this respect, it is no coincidence that the dragons are currently unbeaten for seven international matches in a row (five wins, two draws).
Bulgaria:
The Bulgarian national soccer team was a kind of eternal secret favorite, especially in the 1990s. The Lions were regularly qualified for the big finals and were even able to advance to the semi-finals at the 1994 World Cup in the United States of America, where Hristo Stojkov was even the top scorer.
In the meantime, however, only memories of those golden times remain. Since the 2004 European Championship, every single major tournament has taken place without the participation of the Bulgarians, who once again missed the ticket for the final round postponed to 2021 with just one win from the eight games of the most recent European Championship qualification.
All the more important for the lions is the UEFA Nations League, in which there was finally a little sense of achievement in the 2018/19 season when they were promoted from group C3. With three wins from six games, the Lions prevailed together with Norway against Cyprus and Slovenia.
In view of the current group opponents Wales, Ireland and Finland, a direct march through to League A would be conceivable. In the opener against the Irish, however, it put a damper in the third minute of stoppage time when Shane Duffy was able to equalize Bozhidar Kraev’s lead.
After neither Petar Hubchev nor Krasimir Balakov could convince in the dugout, the 1-1 draw under interim coach Georgi Dermendzhiev did not mark the turning point either. Bulgaria has only won one of the last 15 international matches. A 1-0 win against a C-selection Czech Republic on the last day of last year’s European Championship qualification.
Also because of this negative series, which the 65-year-old football teacher has not been able to change in two games so far, Wales’ tip against Bulgaria for the away win of the Lions is really not a good star.
Wales vs Bulgaria head to head matches
11.10.11 EUR Bulgaria Wales 0 : 1
08.10.10 EUR Wales Bulgaria 0 : 1
22.08.07 FI Bulgaria Wales 0 : 1
15.08.06 FI Wales Bulgaria 0 : 0
28.03.95 EUR Bulgaria Wales 3 : 1