England v Bulgaria Opta stats

• England are unbeaten in their 10 matches against Bulgaria (W6 D4 L0), with their last Wembley meeting coming in September 2010, winning 4-0 with a hat-trick from Jermain Defoe.
• England have only faced Finland and Turkey (11 matches) more often than Bulgaria (10) without losing in their history.
• Since losing 1-0 to Ukraine in October 2009, England haven’t lost a qualifying match for either the World Cup or the European Championships (W32 D9 L0).
• Bulgaria are winless in their last seven matches in all competitions (W0 D4 L3), failing to win a European Championship qualifying match so far this campaign (W0 D2 L2).
• Harry Kane has been involved in 21 goals in 29 competitive appearances for England (17 goals, 4 assists), scoring five goals and assisting once in seven European Championship qualifiers.
• Bulgaria haven’t won an away match in qualifying for the World Cup or the European Championships since June 2015 against Malta, drawing two and losing seven since then.
• England have won 16 of their last 17 competitive matches at Wembley (W16 D0 L1), losing the other against Spain in the UEFA Nations League in September 2018.
• James Maddison could make his senior England debut in this match – he has created 109 chances in the Premier League since the start of last season, 10 more than any other player and 39 more than any other Englishman.

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Odds correct as of 2000 BST on 06/09/19

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