Bulgaria Republic of Ireland betting prediction

The home team had direct access to this group stage, so they will play their first match in this edition of the competition. This is a team that is often stronger at home, with the help of its supporters, so they usually make good use of the home advantage, since in the last 30 matches they register 3 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses in away matches; against 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses at their stadium. They come to this match after a home loss against Belarus by (0‑1). Bulgaria has won 3, tied 2 and lost 4 of the last 9 home matches. They haven't been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 8 of the last 10 matches. Goals have been frequent in their home matches, as 4 of the last 9 have ended with Under 1,5 goals and 6 out of 9 have ended with Under 2,5 goals. They have conceded the first goal in 10 of their 15 matches, and have only turned the score around in 1.

Bulgaria comes unmotivated for this match after adding a 0-1 defeat by Belarus in preparation for the next official matches. Note that the Bulgarians have lost 7 of the last 10 games played. In this match against Ireland, mister Georgi Dermendzhiev should enter the field in 4-3-3 favoring a more backward style of play and looking for counterattacks to create danger. The Cagliari midfielder, Kiril Despodov, is the great danger in the front of this team's attack, being this player very fast and strong in transporting the ball to the attack. For this game the "mister" doesn't count on Iliev due to physical problems.

Confirmed Lineup: Petar Zanev, Strahil Popov, Anton Nedyalkov, Kristian Dimitrov, Kristiyan Malinov, Georgi Kostadinov, Todor Nedelev, Bozhidar Kraev.
Coach: M. Kasabov.