Finland vs Albania Prediction & Betting Tips

How both sides have been playing

Finland's last six matches have brought two wins, a draw and three losses, with eight goals scored and eight conceded. They beat Andorra 4-0 and edged past New Zealand 2-0, but lost to Hungary, Germany and Norway, and drew with Cape Verde. It's a sample that swings between comfortable results and defeats against sterner opposition.

Finland: 7 completed matches; Albania: 6 completed matches.

Finland

7 matches

Win

42.9% 3 / 7

Draw

14.3% 1 / 7

Loss

42.8% 3 / 7

Scored

15

Conceded

8

Difference

+7

Albania

6 matches

Win

50% 3 / 6

Draw

0% 0 / 6

Loss

50% 3 / 6

Scored

7

Conceded

5

Difference

+2

Albania's last five matches show a similar shape: two wins and three losses, five goals for and five against. They put four past Jordan and beat Gibraltar, but lost to Luxembourg, Israel and Ukraine. Like Finland, they've struggled whenever the opponent has stepped up a level.

Both teams have beaten weaker sides but lost to stronger ones, so this fixture sits somewhere in the middle for both.

Comparative Team Statistics: Finland vs Albania

What this form suggests for kickoff

With neither side stringing together consistent results, this doesn't look like a match where one team can be backed with real confidence based on recent evidence alone. Finland's only win against a side of similar international standing in this sample was the New Zealand result, while Albania's best win came against Jordan.

Games between two teams in this kind of form can go either way, and small margins, a set piece or an early goal, tend to decide it rather than any clear gap in quality.

Key player statistics: Finland vs Albania

Finland:

Best scorers:

J. Pohjanpalo - 3

L. Walta - 2

A. Svanbäck - 1