Bulgaria:

Bulgaria is currently ranked 4th in the World Cup Qualification Group A, with 12 points accumulating after 8 games.
Hosts show inconsistency. After the 3-2 success in front of Sweden, the Bulgarians suffered a failure in the last stage, 3-1 on the Dutch’s ground.
G. Kostadinov is the team’s top scorer in this qualifying campaign, with the 3 goals scored so far.
Bulgaria managed to defeat it for the last time in France in 1993, in a qualifying match for the World Championship.

France:

On the other side, France ranks first in this qualifying group, and the team managed to score 17 points after 8 stages.
Guests have been changing alternately lately. After the 4-0 victory over the Netherlands, the French team scored a surprising rematch on their own, 0-0 in front of the Luxembourg representative.
O. Giroud is the best scorer of the team in this group, who managed to score 3 times in 8 games.
The guests have the safest defense of this group, with only 5 goals scored so far.