Albania vs San Marino Prediction & Betting Tips

Form check: two very different pictures

Albania have won three of their last six games, scoring seven and conceding five, a decent if not spotless record. They've beaten Jordan and Belarus in that spell but also lost at home to Israel and away to Gibraltar and Luxembourg.

Albania: 6 completed matches; San Marino: 7 completed matches.

Albania

6 matches

Win

50% 3 / 6

Draw

0% 0 / 6

Loss

50% 3 / 6

Scored

7

Conceded

5

Difference

+2

San Marino

7 matches

Win

0% 0 / 7

Draw

14.3% 1 / 7

Loss

85.7% 6 / 7

Scored

4

Conceded

17

Difference

-13

San Marino's sample is grim by comparison. Seven matches without a win, six defeats and just one draw, with four goals scored against seventeen conceded. Their most recent outing was a 7-0 loss away to Finland.

The gap in recent goal difference between these two sides is stark.

Comparative Team Statistics: Albania vs San Marino

Head-to-head: Albania's won both recent meetings

The two sides have met twice on record, both times in World Cup qualifying back in 2021. Albania won 5-0 at home and then won 2-0 away in San Marino, so there's no history of San Marino troubling them.

Those results are now several years old, so they're context rather than proof of current form.

What might happen here

Put the form and history together and it's hard to see San Marino holding out for long. They've shipped goals for fun lately and have nothing recent to suggest they can keep this tight, especially away from home.

Albania aren't flawless themselves, having dropped points to lower-ranked sides in friendlies, but they're facing a side that's lost six of seven and just shipped seven goals. The concern for Albania isn't whether they win, it's how comfortably.