Bulgaria vs Luxembourg Prediction & Betting Tips (12 October)

Bulgaria has not scared anyone on the European scene for several years. It also delivered an absolutely catastrophic qualifying campaign for Euro 2024 during which it took last place in its group behind Hungary, Serbia, Montenegro and especially Lithuania without achieving the slightest success in 8 matches. That said, the Lions seem to have found some bite at the start of the Nations League. If they started with a draw in Belarus 0-0, they were able to overcome Northern Ireland, a few days later, to be in the fight for 1st place in this group. Conversely, Luxembourg seemed to show quite a bit of progress in recent years.

The players from the Duchy had indeed had a very good qualifying campaign for Euro 2024, taking 3rd place in their group behind Portugal and Slovakia but ahead of Iceland, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Liechtenstein. Since then, however, it has been a little more complicated for the Red Lions who have suffered 4 defeats in a row in all competitions. Beaten by France 3-0 and Belgium 3-0 last June, they were also dominated by Northern Ireland 2-0 and Belarus 0-1 in their first 2 matches in this group last month.

Bulgaria has in its ranks some elements who play in fairly large European championships. We can indeed cite defenders Antov (Cremonese) and Nürnberger (Darmstadt) and midfielders Chochev (Ludogorets), Krastev (PEC Zwolle) and Kostadinov (APOEL). The local coach can also rely on the services of his captain and top scorer Despodov (PAOK Salonika) who has already scored 15 goals in 51 caps. On the other hand, defenders Nedyalkob (Ludogorets, 29 sel) and Hristov (Spezia), midfielders Gruev (Leeds) and Nedelev (Ludogorets, 44 sel) and striker Delev (Ludogorets, 47 sel, 5 goals) are all injured and so they had to give up for this gathering. Luxembourg, for its part, cannot count on the very experienced defender Gerson (98 sel), who must forfeit just like the important midfielder Olivier Thill (43 sel).

Otherwise, all the usual frames for this selection will be present. We should therefore find on the match sheet the goalkeeper Moris (Union Saint-Gilloise, 69 sel), the defenders Chanot (Los Angeles FC, 72 sel), Carlson (57 sel) and Jans (106 sel) and the midfielders Bohnert ( Bastia, 47 sel), Martins (Spartak Moscow, 70 sel), Olesen (Cologne) and Barreiro (Benfica, 58 sel). Up front, you will have to be wary of the formidable Sinani (Sankt Pauli, 13 goals in 65 seasons) and Gerson Rodrigues (21 goals in 64 seasons).