Ukraine U21 vs Albania U21 Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form: two inconsistent U21 sides

Ukraine's sample covers 16 matches across various competitions - Euro U21 qualifiers, the finals, and recent friendlies - with 9 wins and 7 losses, no draws at all. That's a healthy win rate, but the run mixes tough qualifiers with games against emerging nations, so it isn't a clean read on current form.

Ukraine U21: 16 completed matches; Albania U21: 20 completed matches.

Ukraine U21

16 matches

Win

56.3% 9 / 16

Draw

0% 0 / 16

Loss

43.7% 7 / 16

Scored

25

Conceded

20

Difference

+5

Albania U21

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

45% 9 / 20

Scored

21

Conceded

27

Difference

-6

Albania's record is more even: 8 wins, 3 draws and 9 losses from 20 matches, stretching back through Mediterranean Games fixtures, qualifiers and friendlies. It shows a side capable of good spells but also heavy losses, like the 0-2 defeat to Germany U21 last September.

Neither side's sample points to one being clearly sharper heading into this game.

Comparative Team Statistics: Ukraine U21 vs Albania U21

One recent meeting

These two have one recorded meeting in this data, from November 2025, when Albania won 2-0 with Ukraine as the away side. It's a fairly recent result, but it came with Albania hosting, which is the opposite of this fixture.

The venue swap makes it hard to lean too heavily on last year's scoreline.

What kind of game to expect

Both samples suggest goals tend to arrive. Ukraine's matches often finished with three or more goals in total, and Albania's have swung between big wins, like a 5-0 qualifier success, and open losses such as the 3-2 defeat to Uzbekistan U21.

With no market currently quoted for this fixture, there's nothing to weigh against that pattern beyond the matches themselves.