Read our prediction for Slovakia vs Czech Republic below. This preview was written by a sport journalist who is specialised in betting tips and predictions. Use our betting tips for the match between Slovakia vs Czech Republic and you can increase your winnings!
Slovakia vs Czech Republic Prediction & Betting tips
Slovakia and the Czech Republic faced each other in the same league when the UEFA Nations League was held for the first time. In group B1, however, they had to watch how the Swedish national football team made it to league A as group winners. The Slovaks and the Czechs stayed behind and can now make a new attempt.
At the start of the first day of the match, the odds of the bookmakers in the run-up to the clash between Slovakia and the Czech Republic turn towards the guests, as the odds comparison of the betting base shows.
This is not surprising in that the “head to head” comparison must also be included in the forecast for Slovakia against the Czech Republic. The Czechs, who also won both their home and away games in Slovakia in the 2018/19 Nations League, are very clearly in the lead overall.
In a strange year, both teams still do not fully know where they stand, which is why it is difficult to tip the outcome of the game in Slovakia against the Czech Republic. The bet that both teams will score at least one hit is much more consistent.
Slovakia:
Like most nations, the Slovak national football team has not yet played a single international match in 2020. Both the 2020 European Championship qualification against Ireland was canceled and the planned test match against Norway.
For the first time since the 2-0 home win in the EM Qualifying 2020 against Azerbaijan, the men of Pavel Hapal, who as a Czech compatriot now has to compete against his home country again, will come together again before the Nations League continues three days later in Israel .
These games in the Nations League are also groundbreaking with regard to the European Championship qualification, which is scheduled for October 8 against Ireland. Against this background, it is all the more annoying that Pavel Hapal has to dare one or the other experiment, since his cadre is in a state of upheaval.
Among the 23 players nominated for this Nations League, there is no captain, record player and top scorer Marek Hamsik, who is still with his club Dalian Professional in China and is hunting for goals there. Compensating for its lack is definitely a challenge for the country, which is not overly populated in terms of width.
Regular goalkeeper Martin Dúbravka is also currently out injured, while long-time cornerstones of the team such as Martin Skrtel, Adam Nemec and Tomás Hubocan have now ended their international career.
There are some good players in the game, from defense chiefs Peter Pekarik and Milan Skriniar to midfield engine Juraj Kucka and attacker Michal Duris. Overall, however, in Slovakia against the Czech Republic, a tip on the home win of the group known as Sokoli (in German: the falcons) is not under the best of stars because of the enormous upheaval in the team.
Czech Republic :
The Czech national soccer team has also not played an international match since the successful European Championship qualification last autumn. Although the vice-European champions of 1996 lost their last away game in Bulgaria in qualifying round A with 0: 1, in the end the direct qualification for the final round, which, as is well known, had to be postponed to 2021, was in the end.
This gives head coach Jaroslav Silhavy the opportunity to play a number of games at a decent level in the Nations League in order to prepare adequately for this major tournament.
For this reason, the trainer of the team known as Cesti Lvi (in German: the Czech Lions) appoints players with little or no international experience to the squad.
From goalkeeper Tomás Vaclik to captain Vladimír Darida and midfield motor Borek Dockal there are a few cornerstones. Overall, however, only one player among the 23 nominees has so far completed more than 40 international matches. Ten players even have fewer than ten bets in the account.
Against the background that this Czech national soccer team is anything but experienced, it is quite surprising that the odds in Slovakia against the Czech Republic turn out to be towards the guests.
The slight tendency to become vice European champion in 1996 is certainly also due to the fact that the individual quality of players like Patrik Schick, who at the age of 24 has just made 22 appearances but has already scored nine international goals, is extremely high. The first international match in almost ten months will certainly not be a sure-fire success.
Slovakia vs Czech Republic head to head matches
19.11.18 UNL Czech Republic Slovakia 1 : 0
13.10.18 UNL Slovakia Czech Republic 1 : 2
31.03.15 FI Slovakia Czech Republic 1 : 0
14.11.12 FI Czech Republic Slovakia 3 : 0
05.09.09 WC Slovakia Czech Republic 2 : 2