Kosovo vs Israel Prediction

Contrasting form, but with a caveat

Kosovo have won four of their last eight matches with a decent goal return, but most of those wins came in friendlies. In their four games against Austria, Ireland and Israel this campaign, they've managed only one win, two draws and a loss.

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Kosovo: 8 completed matches; Israel: 8 completed matches.

Kosovo

8 matches

Win

50% 4 / 8

Draw

25% 2 / 8

Loss

25% 2 / 8

Scored

16

Conceded

10

Difference

+6

Israel

8 matches

Win

25% 2 / 8

Draw

50% 4 / 8

Loss

25% 2 / 8

Scored

6

Conceded

9

Difference

-3

Israel's recent form is stretched even further. Just two wins in their last eight, both friendlies, while they've lost to Austria and Ireland and drawn with Ireland and Kosovo in competitive group games. Their goal supply has dried up, with only six goals in those eight matches.

Kosovo's overall record looks stronger than Israel's, but the gap narrows once you separate the group games from the friendlies.

Comparative Team Statistics: Kosovo vs Israel

A goalless draw only weeks before this one

These two met in this same group barely two weeks before this preview was written, with Israel hosting Kosovo and the game finishing 0-0. It's the most recent evidence we have between them, and it suggests neither side found a way through.

Further back, Kosovo won 1-0 at home in 2023 European qualifying, while an earlier meeting in Israel ended 1-1. None of the three recorded meetings have produced more than one goal for either team.

Three tight, low-scoring meetings in a row is worth keeping in mind for how this one might unfold.

Not much to go on for team news

The only individual name that stands out is Israel's S. Farhi, listed as their top scorer in the sample with a single goal from a single match. The same entry shows him picking up both a yellow and a red card in that game.

Israel:

Best scorers:

S. Farhi - 1

Penalty cards:

S. Farhi x 1 x 1

It's a thin list rather than a full squad update, so it doesn't tell us much about who's actually available come kickoff.

What kind of game can we expect?

Kosovo go in as favourites at home, with the draw and an Israel win both seen as considerably less likely. Given how close the group matches have actually been for both sides, that favourite tag feels built more on home advantage than a clear competitive edge.

With three cagey meetings between these two already and both teams short on goals in their official fixtures this campaign, a tight, low-scoring match looks just as plausible as a comfortable home win.