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Slovenia vs Moldova Prediction & Betting tips
In group C3 of the UEFA Nations League, everything is still open after a match. Finally, both the encounter between Moldova and Kosovo and the match between Slovenia and Greece on Thursday evening ended in a draw. All four teams are thus at one point and can now take the table lead with the first three.
In the run-up to the match between Slovenia and Moldova, the odds of the bookmakers are clearly pointing towards the home team, which can be seen in the odds comparison of the betting base.
Certainly the prognosis for Slovenia against Moldova will be influenced by the fact that there have been two clashes between the two nations so far and in both cases the Slovenes emerged victorious. However, the goalless draw against Greece showed that Matjaz Kek’s side have yet to find each other after the long break.
Accordingly, tip 1 for Slovenia against Moldova is by no means a sure-fire success. We think it is far more sustainable to bet on a rather low-goal and tactical game with a maximum of two goals. Further betting recommendations for the games in this competition are available under Betting Tips Nations League.
Slovenia:
The Slovenian national soccer team has already qualified twice for the finals of a soccer world championship, but has not played a single time at a European championship since the EM 2000.
Not only did the Eastern Europeans fail in the playoffs at the 2016 European Championship, which was increased to 24 teams, but they also just lost out in the qualification against Poland and Austria last year.
Coach Matjaz Kek’s squad should take the Nations League all the more seriously, in which nothing at all succeeded at the first edition in 2018/19.
In the group with Norway, Bulgaria and the football dwarf Cyprus, the Slovenes could not win a single match and ended up in last place with only five goals from six games.
Now Slovenia is back in group C3, but would have to go into relegation this time if they came back last. After there was only a 0-0 draw at home against Greece with a very defensive constitution, the points must therefore be made against a comparatively small country like Moldova.
Judging by the fact that Slovenia not only did so badly in the last Nations League, but also won only five of the last 21 international matches, the home game in Ljubljana is by no means a sure-fire success.
Moldova:
The Moldovan national soccer team has not yet appeared in a single soccer tournament. While the small country was still part of Romania from 1930 to 1938 and then part of the USSR, Moldova, which became an official FIFA member in the mid-1990s, has failed at every single qualifying round for a European Championship and World Cup since the 1996 European Championship.
Another sobering European Championship qualification ended last autumn with last place in Group H. One win and nine defeats were recorded with a goal difference of 4:26, with the Moldovan national soccer team even against soccer dwarfs like Iceland, Albania and Andorra got the short straw.
In the Nations League it went all the better. In Group D2, Moldova managed to move up to League C in 2018/19. The 175th FIFA rankings only suffered one defeat after conceding five goals from six games and showed that they are no longer one of the blatant underdogs Europe belongs.
It was all the more annoying for the troops, who are now being trained by Turkey’s Engin Firat after their desperate performances in the European Championship qualification, that the 1-0 lead against Kosovo on Thursday evening did not result in the hoped-for three-pointers (final score: 1: 1 ).
The Moldovan national soccer team still has the fundamental potential to make life difficult for the Slovenes, who are not necessarily too powerful, with a concentrated defensive performance. With captain Igor Armas and veteran Alexandru Epureanu as head of defense, the home side have to get past two players who add up to 150 international matches.
Against this background, the tip for a low-goal game with a maximum of two goals in Slovenia against Moldova covers many potential game outcomes.
Slovenia vs Moldova head to head matches
07.09.05 WC Moldova Slovenia 1 : 2
04.09.04 WC Slovenia Moldova 3 : 0