One of the most important matches of the 2016 European Football Championship Qualifications is the duel between Bulgaria and Italy that will be played on Vasil Levski Stadium in Sofia, Bulgaria in Group H. The match will start at 19:45 and promisse to be very tense. Italy and Bulgaria have met 9 times so far, the Italians had five wins, the Bulgarians have only two, and the other two games ended in a draw. Last head to head meeting was in 2013 and Italy won 1-0. Bulgaria can be considered outstanding after this battle with Italy, the team have already to recovered a distance of five points ahead of the 3rd placed Norway, and this will be impossible. Bulgaria managed only one victory with Azerbaijan 2-1, from the last 4 played.
On the other hand, Italy has confirmed its status as the favorite of this group and they shared the 1st place with Croatia in this group, both nationals have 10 points, the difference being made of a better goal difference of Croatia. In the last match before the confrontation with Bulgaria, Italy defeated Albania 1-0 in a friendly match. The bad news for Italy is that tey have a simportant absence tonight, the midfielder Andrea Pirlo who is injured.