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Moldova vs Kosovo Prediction & Betting tips
In League C of the Nations League, Moldova and Kosovo face each other at the beginning. At the first edition of the competition, the last-named team presented itself very well: With four wins and two draws, Group D3, in which they faced Malta, Azerbaijan and the Faroe Islands, was won and the leap to the next level was made.
The upcoming exchange of blows will take place on neutral ground in the Stadio Ennio Tardini in Parma. For the match between Moldova and Kosovo, the tip includes a goal by Milot Rashica on the side of coach Bernard Challandes’ team.
Moldova:
Football in Moldova was already better. The current position as 175th in the FIFA world rankings is the worst in the 30-year history of the national team. Last October, evidence of the poor condition of Coach Engin Firat’s team was observed.
At that time, the Moldovan national team lost 1-0 to Andorra. Since then, the match date has been more or less a national holiday for the opponent: after 56 defeats in a row, it was the first success in an international match.
The best Moldovan player is certainly Artur Ionita. The midfielder kicks the Sardinians from Cagliari in the top Italian division. The 30-year-old has also established himself as a regular player there in recent seasons. Most of the legionnaires in Moldova play against the ball in Romania in League 1.
In the most recent European Championship qualification, Moldova gave a otherwise desolate picture. Only one win against Andorra succeeded and the remaining nine games ended in defeat. The goal difference of 4:26 was also very bad and in the end you had to be content with the last place in group H.
In view of these structural defensive problems and the convincing early form of opposing attacking players like Milot Rashica, who scored a goal in the last two preparatory games against St. Pauli and Lustenau, the odds for goals conceded in both halves of the game are also interesting in the encounter between Moldova and Kosovo.
Kosovo:
The contract of coach Bernard Challandes was recently extended – a comprehensible decision from the point of view of the association officials. The Swiss has successfully led the Kosovar national team, which has only been a member of UEFA and FIFA for four years, since he took office two years ago.
Kosovo has climbed continuously up the world rankings since it was first listed at 190th place in recent years. Meanwhile the 115th rank is taken.
In addition to the stable performance mentioned at the beginning of the first edition of the Nations League, the “Dardanet” also impressed in the last qualification for the upcoming European Championship. Although the second place was missed in the end, with three wins and three losses as well as two draws, the balance for the final account was very good.
Among other things, the 3: 5 at Wembley Stadium against the Three Lions was spectacular. Furthermore, the victories against seasoned soccer nations such as the Czech Republic and Bulgaria have shown that Kosovo, despite its young history, cannot be described as a soccer dwarf.
The squad has various players with international class – for example, central defender and captain Amir Rrahmani, who kicks at SSC Napoli, or midfielder Valon Berisha von Reims from the French upper house. For this purpose, Kosovo can fall back on a top striker in the person of Milot Rashica.
The current Werder Bremer player will most likely switch to a top European club in this transfer period and normally still has a strong partner in the storm in Vedat Muriqi.
The attacker kicks at Fenerbahce in the Süper Lig and scored 15 goals in 32 appearances for the Bosporus club last season – fourth-best in a league-wide comparison. Like his storm colleague, Muriqi is about to make a move. So he is apparently in agreement with Lazio.
However, the striker was recently injured, which is why his appearance in the next match is not possible. Rashica in particular will be all the more committed, as the attacking player only received clearance from the Hanseatic League for this game. Instead, the 24-year-old will be absent in the following international match against Greece.