The UEFA Nations League is back, and with it comes the hope of the Bulgarian national football team to qualify for a major European tournament. Bulgaria is in League C, in a group with the teams of Luxembourg, Northern Ireland, and Belarus, with the Lions opening their campaign against Hungary. As it is known, Belarusian club and national teams host their opponents in other countries due to the situation in Russia and Ukraine, and this could be positive for our tricolor team.
My expectations for this match are certainly for a low-scoring game, and I do not expect both teams to score many goals in the Hungarian city of Zalaegerszeg. This is also based on the statistics of both teams in their recent matches. Yes, Ilian Iliev's attack after his appointment as Bulgaria's head coach in the first two matches saw many goals, but then there was a trend where our players slowed down the pace and did not score many goals.
The situation is the same with Belarus, and I expect no more than two goals in the match, as well as key performances from Kiril Despodov, the captain of the national team, who executes set pieces. Let's wish success to our players and hope that Bulgaria will return with a victory after the visit to Hungary.
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For the umpteenth time, Belarus will not host the match on its territory, but on Hungarian soil, but the team should already be used to it. However, its recent performances were not good at all. Belarus has not scored a goal in four consecutive matches, even though they were friendlies. In the last two matches, they suffered heavy losses with 0:4 against Russia and Israel.
Lately, Bulgaria is not such an easy opponentThe fact is that Bulgaria has stabilized recently and is no longer such an easy opponent as it was until recently. They have not lost in six consecutive matches, with five of them ending in a draw. However, the draws were against some teams that participated in the recent European tournament. The only victory in Bulgaria's last 15 matches remains the 1:0 win over Tanzania in a friendly match.
Prediction: under 2.5 goals, Bulgaria to winThere are definitely no prospects for a high-scoring match, considering the fact that Belarus has been struggling to score goals lately. Bulgaria has stabilized, although with quite a few draws, but I think they can deceive Belarus somehow for at least a minimal victory.
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