WC Qualification Europe: Group Stage: Switzerland travels to Bulgaria for this exciting encounter
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Bulgaria form and stats
Bulgaria was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the WC Qualification Europe.Ahead of that match, Bulgaria lost 1-2 at home to Finland.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Italy are coming to town in three days.
Bulgaria have prepared for this season with one friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these one matches are 1 victories, 0 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Bulgaria have scored 3 goals and conceded 0 times.
Switzerland form and stats
Last season their WC Qualification Europe adventure ended in the 2nd round.A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Spain in the UEFA Nations League.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Lithuania in just three days.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Switzerland have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats from two fixtures.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Bulgaria zero wins, two draws and Switzerland one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Bulgaria missing players
Switzerland missing players
| Bulgaria | Switzerland | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 20 | 14 | Scored | S | 18 | 45 | ||
| 37 | 21 | Conceded | C | 19 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 28% | ||
| 40% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 8.2 | 7.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.5 | 15.9 | ||
| 3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.5 | ||
| 28% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Northern Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |