Turkey – Bulgaria Tip World Cup Qualifiers, Group E, Matchday 9, 15/11/2025 at 18:00
With a three-point deficit to league leader Spain, Turkey still has a theoretical chance of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup as Group E winners. However, this is not realistic in view of the superiority of the Spaniards, who will probably soon join the teams qualified for the 2026 World Cup.
With a win on the 9th qualifying matchday against Bulgaria, the Turks can at least seal second place. And the chances for this are excellent to the World Cup qualification scenarios. After all, the Bulgarians have simply not been competitive up to this point.
In my Turkey Bulgaria tip, I therefore target the bet “Turkey over 2.5 goals” at odds around 1.60 at Interwetten. Turkey’s 6-1 first-leg win sets the tone.
Turkey vs. Bulgaria AI Predictions:
Of course, our AI model also sees Turkey against Bulgaria as the clear favorite. Accordingly, the Turkey Bulgaria AI forecast has also turned out to be one-sided.
With the first tip, the AI bets “Bulgaria under 0.5 goals”. Statistically, of course, this makes sense in view of odds of about 1.50 for bettors with Paysafecard.
After all, the Bulgarians have only scored one goal in total in the qualifying process so far. However, that goal came in a 6-1 defeat against Turkey.
Predicted chance of winning:
| Victory Turkey |
Draw |
Victory Bulgaria |
| 86.2% |
10% |
3.8% |
“Victory Turkey with handicap -2” is the second selection of the digital brain. Again, I go along with this, considering that the bet would have been successful in the Bulgarians’ four qualifying games so far. The odds are even rather generous at around 1.90 in the sports betting apps.
Also worth considering is the tip “Turkey to win both halves”. With odds around 1.80, you are doing well. Bulgaria is simply too bad in its current condition to survive in Turkey.
What you need to consider when betting on Turkey vs. Bulgaria
- Bulgaria have lost four of their last five games to nil.
- In the last eight games, the Bulgarians have conceded at least two goals each.
- Bulgaria’s record in the 2025 international year is one draw and seven defeats.
- At least five goals have been scored in each of Turkey’s four qualifying games.
- Turkey have not drawn a single time in the 2025 international year so far (W6, L2).
