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Slovakia

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Slovakia, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-1 Nations League success vs Estonia.

In that match, Slovakia had 61% possession and 25 attempts on goal with 6 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Slovakia was Tomáš Suslov (70'). On the other side, Estonia had 6 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.

Francesco Calzona's Slovakia have hit the target 8 times in their prior 6 outings. Conversely, the number of goals that have been scored against them in those games amounts to 5.

Azerbaijan

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Sweden in Nations League action, Azerbaijan and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that game, Azerbaijan had 39% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 9 on target. The only player to score for Azerbaijan was Renat Dadashov (82'). For their opponents, Sweden had 30 shots on goal with 10 on target. Alexander Isak (65', 71') and Viktor Gyökeres (80') scored for Sweden.

The stats tell the story, and Azerbaijan have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 14 goals in total. Defensively, Azerbaijan have been far from perfect.

↔️ Head to head

The previous league encounter between the two was Nations League match day 5 on 22/09/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Slovakia 1-2 Azerbaijan.

On that occasion, Slovakia had 59% possession and 17 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Erik Jirka (90').

On the other side, Azerbaijan had 10 shots at goal with 3 on target. Renat Dadashov (44') and Höccət Haqqverdi (90') scored.

The referee was Willie Collum.

📰 Team News: Slovakia

The Slovakia boss Francesco Calzona does not have any fitness concerns at all ahead of this clash owing to a completely healthy squad to pick from.

🗞️ Team News: Azerbaijan

Due to a completely healthy group available to choose from, the Azerbaijan manager Fernando Santos has no fitness worries to speak of coming into this match.

✨ Prediction

In this game, Slovakia will probably be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.

At the same time, Azerbaijan may well struggle to get a goal of their own but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be getting enough chances to score, too.

Our tip is for a fairly comfortable 3-1 margin for Slovakia at the conclusion of the game.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 15:00 08/09/2024