Greece vs Bulgaria: Friendly Match Prediction (11.06.2025)

On June 11, 2025, at 01:45 WIB, a friendly match between the national teams of Greece and Bulgaria will take place at the Pankritio Stadium in Heraklion. Both teams have yet to start their campaigns for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers and are actively preparing for the tournament. Let’s look at the current form of these teams and provide our prediction for the match.

Greece

The “Ethniki” managed to surprise with their performance in the UEFA Nations League. The team competed in the second division, where they were unlucky to be in the same group as England. Even so, Greece put in a top-level performance, winning 5 out of 6 matches. This included beating England on their home ground. However, they ultimately lost to the “Three Lions” at home and missed out on first place in the group due to head-to-head results. Nevertheless, the Greek team still managed to secure promotion to League A by defeating Scotland over two legs. Greece will only begin their World Cup qualifying campaign in September, so they can still use friendly matches for preparation. A few days ago, on June 7, the “Ethniki” easily beat Slovakia 4:1, once again demonstrating their excellent form.

Bulgaria

The Bulgarian national team is not in its best shape. In the UEFA Nations League, they played in the third division and finished second in their group, ahead of Luxembourg and Belarus. However, they lost to Northern Ireland. The playoff round was also disappointing for Ilian Iliev’s team, as they lost twice to Ireland with identical scores of 1:2 and remained in the third-tier league. The last friendly match against Cyprus on June 6 also failed to inspire optimism, as Bulgaria only managed a 2:2 draw.

Statistics and Head-to-Head

These two opponents have not met for more than 20 years. The last time Greece faced Bulgaria in a friendly was in 2004, when they won 2:0.

Prediction

For the Greece – Bulgaria match, we predict a win for the home team. The “Ethniki” are in good form. The team even managed to challenge England in the Nations League. Therefore, we recommend betting on a Greece win with odds of 1.58.