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On Monday night, almost all eyes will be on Paris for the Stade de France in Group H of the European Championship qualifiers. The World Champion France receives Turkey in the top game – both teams currently have 18 points on the credit side and best chances for the European Championship ticket.
However, the Icelandic national team, which is still within striking distance, is in constant alert. Two teams facing each other in Chisinau – Moldova receives Albania!
Albania took part in a major event in France for the first time in 2016, but has not been able to confirm the outstanding performance of the qualification since then and only has nine points on the credit side in the current qualification.
Nevertheless, the guests are the clear favorite among bookmakers. Moldova is currently the bottom of Group H and is still behind football dwarf Andorra. The game starts in Chisinau on Monday at 19:45.
Moldova:
Involuntarily, Moldova has made history during the current international break. Since 1996, the dwarf Andorra officially denies international matches and was able to win on Friday evening for the first time in history an European Championship qualifier!
After 15 defeats in series, the negative trend was stopped. Overall, it was only the third competitive win in the history of the Pyrenees state – and in fact the first goal in the current European Championship qualification.
For Moldova, who themselves play only a minor role in international football, this was definitely the low point of recent years. Moldova is now only in 17th place in the FIFA World Ranking!
After the team finished third in the UEFA Nations League (ahead of San Marino, behind Belarus and Luxembourg), Moldova is now even in last place in the current Group H.
In the first leg against Andorra, there was also only a narrow 1-0 victory. Thus, the direct comparison is balanced. But Moldova has a worse goal difference with minus 16 goals. Overall, only two goals have been scored so far. Given these numbers, it is not surprising that odds of well over 2.00 are offered between Moldova and Albania for a tip on hits from both teams.
The Republic of Moldova squad is made up of a mix of legionnaires (ten in number) and local players. Creative spirit Artur Ionita (Cagliari Calcio) is the only player under contract in an international top league.
Albania:
At the last European Championship, the Albanian team was one of the positive surprises despite preliminary round-off. The blatant underdog played cheeky and lost only unluckily against the much higher classified teams from Switzerland and France. Against Romania celebrated the red-black in the final group match the first victory in a major football event.
Since then, however, the team has not been able to build on these outstanding achievements. The 2018 World Cup in Russia clearly missed Albania in the death group with Spain and Italy. Completely disappointing was the new UEFA Nations League, with Albania finishing in third-best league C in a group with Scotland and Israel (one win, three defeats).
In the current qualification, there are only “champagne or seltzer” for Albania – three wins face four defeats. A tip on a point division is not recommended in view of these results.
On Friday night, Albania had to be beaten in Turkey extremely unhappy. In injury time Cenk Tosun scored the winning goal for the Turks. This defeat finally ended the dreams of a new EM participation.
Nine points and 13 or 16 goals behind in the Group H table for Turkey and France in three games that are no longer in play can no longer be made up. The team of head coach Edoardo Reja (since April in office) will have to focus on the upcoming tasks.
Success stories are worth gold, according to recent results, as Albania have only won six of their last 17 international matches. Between Moldova and Albania, we see the tip given to the guests quite value.
Even if a majority of Albanian players are known internationally only to a few experts, there are certainly players who can compete in the top leagues of Europe. Above all, Italy seems to be a good place for Albanians, as eight out of the 24 players earn their money in “Bella Italia”.
With Thomas Strakosha, Elseid Hysaj and Berat Djimsiti, a trio is also under contract with top clubs. However, Reja has to renounce Moldova’s full-back Hysaj injury.
Moldova vs Albania head to head matches
11.06.19 EUR Albania Moldova 2 : 0
15.08.12 FI Albania Moldova 0 : 0
06.06.95 EUR Moldova Albania 2 : 3
28.03.95 EUR Albania Moldova 3 : 0