Slovakia vs Azerbaijan Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 22nd September 2022
The clash between Slovakia and Azerbaijan kicks off this coming Thursday at Anton Malatinsky. This is the fifth round of the UEFA Nations League group stage and things are beginning to heat up.
Slovakia hope to extend their grip on Azerbaijan, whom they outclassed in their last two meetings, winning 2-0 and 1-0, respectively.
Slovakia head to their upcoming match ranked 51st in the FIFA world ranking. Meanwhile, there is a pretty big gap to upcoming opponents Azerbaijan. They enter the game ranked number 128 in the world.
Slovakia go into their next UEFA Nations League match, averaging a humble 1.5 goals per game in their last ten matches, in which they scored a mundane 15 times, while conceding ten goals. That amounts to an average of one per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring four times.
Azerbaijan average 0.6 goals a game in their last ten outing, scoring a total of six goals. They conceded an average of 1.6 per game, for a total of 16 goals, whilst keeping their opponents from scoring two times.
Slovakia vs Azerbaijan Prediction
Slovakia lost two of their last three matches, as they went down 1-0 in a meeting with Kazakhstan. They replied by beating Azerbaijan 0-1, before losing again, this time 2-1 against Kazakhstan. From their efforts in the past six matches Slovakia have only one win to show off. They drew two and lost three of these six encounters, in which they scored five and conceded ten goals.
In their last three matches, Azerbaijan drew 0-0 with Belarus, lost 0-1 against Slovakia and beat Belarus 2-0. Azerbaijan didn't manage a single away win in their last six matches, but managed two draws, while suffering four defeats. They conceded nine and scored three goals themselves.
Slovakia came through the first set of UEFA Nations League matches with six points so show off. While not there yet, they still have a good shot at reaching the next stage, but they need a good result this coming Thursday.
Azerbaijan arrive at their fifth UEFA Nations League match with six points to show for their efforts. It means they need a win to see the next stage, while a draw probably will not do. At least not for the UEFA Nations League, but a third place could see them chasing other opportunities.
Slovakia, as well as Azerbaijan, have been keeping things tight in recent matches with goals few and far between. This suggests a close encounter shy on goals is on the cards this coming Thursday.
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Slovakia vs Azerbaijan Stats
- Slovakia have conceded in 10 of the last 12 home matches
- Slovakia have not won 5 of the last 6 home matches
- Slovakia have scored in 7 of the last 9 matches
- Azerbaijan have not won 22 of the last 24 matches
- Azerbaijan have not won 15 of the last 17 away matches
- Azerbaijan have conceded in 17 of the last 19 matches
- Azerbaijan have conceded in 10 of the last 11 away matches
- Azerbaijan have lost 5 of the last 7 away matches
Slovakia vs Azerbaijan Team News
Slovakia could have as few as two players on the injured and absent list for their next assignment this coming Thursday.
Juraj Kucka and Stanislav Lobotka nurses various injuries and won't take part for Slovakia against Azerbaijan at Anton Malatinsky.
Slovakia vs Azerbaijan H2H
Slovakia no doubt look forward to their next match, as they ran out 2-0 and 1-0 winners when last playing Azerbaijan. Slovakia have a 80% win rate in the against Azerbaijan, who won one of these matches. The total record reads 4-0-1, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.
Slovakia vs Azerbaijan Results
Slovakia vs Azerbaijan Betting Tips
Despite scoring just once in six UEFA Nations League games, Slovakia still expects Vladimir Weiss to add to his collection of goals sooner rather than later. Meanwhile, Azerbaijan put their faith in Mahir Emreli to handle the home side defence and double up on his recent strike rate of one goal in six UEFA Nations League games.
It would seem we shouldn't expect goals from both teams in this encounter on Thursday. Both teams to score happened only zero times in the last 10 home league matches for Slovakia. Both teams scored in zero of the previous 10 league games away for Azerbaijan.
In the past five encounters between Slovakia and Azerbaijan over 2.5 goals came out two times, with Slovakia scoring an average of 2.2 goals per game. Azerbaijan averaged 0.8 goals, while both teams scored two times. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of Slovakia’s last ten matches across the tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.5 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of the last ten matches Azerbaijan played across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.6 goals in these matches.