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Kosovo vs Greece Prediction & Betting tips
The disillusionment of the Kosovar national soccer team was great after the unsuccessful start in the Nations League. The Dardanen had to be satisfied with a disappointing 1-1 draw in Moldova and did not live up to their own expectations.
Coach Challandes’ team wants to do better on Sunday. Then Kosovo meets Greece at home. According to the odds of the best bookmakers, the Hellenes go into the game with slight advantages, although it would be presumptuous to say that there is a clear favorite.
The Greeks also started Thursday evening with a draw in Group 3 of Division C. In Slovenia, after 90 rather boring minutes, it was 0-0. Due to the fact that we would tend to refrain from forecasting the three-way market between Kosovo and Greece, we are once again focusing on the number of goals.
In our opinion, it makes sense to give a tip on a few hits in the course of the game before the duel between Kosovo and Greece. According to the latest impressions, we even think it is likely that it will be 0-0 before the break. Lucrative quotations are offered for a corresponding bet.
Kosovo:
In January, the Kosovars were one of the few teams to play an international match (0-1 against Sweden). While most of the national teams have not been on the field for almost a year, it was “only” nine months for the Dardanen. Nevertheless, on Thursday evening you had the feeling that the world rankings were 115. rusted in the forced break.
At the start of the new Nations League, there was hardly anything to be seen of the good performances in the context of the European Championship qualification, which the association, which was only admitted to UEFA in 2016, achieved as a sensational third behind England and the Czech Republic. The Kosovars had to be satisfied with a 1-1 draw at the underdog Moldova. The compensation for the actually stronger Challandes-Elf fell in the 71st minute.
Milot Rashica and co. Found it extremely difficult against a massive defense. The fact that the greatest hope in the form of Bremen will no longer be available in the second match at home against the 2004 European champions due to an agreement with the Bundesliga club on Sunday makes the whole undertaking more difficult and possibly justifies the odds of a few goals between Kosovo and Greece or alternatively even a goalless first half.
We therefore assume that the Swiss coach will rely on a concentrated performance in defense against an opponent who usually does not know what to do with a lot of possession. If you ignore the 4-0 draw against England, only Denmark has been able to score more than one goal in Kosovo in the past two years. Are the Greeks also reaching their limits?
Greece :
Spectacular offensive football has long been “out” in Greece. Admittedly, a style of play geared towards extremely high possession and dominance has never been “in” in the country of the 2004 European champions. Logically, the blue-whites always find it difficult when they are forced by an opponent to take the initiative.
The Slovenes also had exactly this plan on Thursday evening and ultimately benefited from the repeated inefficiency of the Hellenes, who had more than 60% possession of the ball, fired significantly more shots at keeper Jan Oblak’s box and still remained without a hit in the end. But because at least the defense left a very stable impression and only allowed a few chances, in the end a zero number was posted.
On Sunday we dare to make a similar prediction before the clash between Kosovo and Greece. Neither of the two teams will attack on “devil, come out” and take unnecessary risks. Much more it will be about creating switching moments and then annoying the respective opponent when he is disordered. Since this will probably not be the case very often, we expect few goals, especially in the first half.
From a purely statistical point of view, it should be taken into account that only one team scored in four of the five Greek away games in the course of the European Championship qualification. The blue-whites won twice to zero; twice it went bankruptcy without own hit. After all, it was 0-0 twice at break. It should also make you think that Greece has not released an offensive star for a long time. Defensively, however, there is a new beacon of hope in the pipeline with the new Liverpool Tsimikas.