H2H: Albania vs Kazakhstan - Prediction (UEFA Nations League

H2H: Albania v Kazakhstan – Comparison.

Bekim Balaj’s strike for Albania against Kosovo was his second in four matches for club and country. He’s scored four of his seven international goals at home. Abat Aymbetov, the last player to score for Kazakhstan, has netted ten league goals this season – the last nine came before the 60th minute. Albania are unbeaten in the last 13 matches in which they netted the opener (W11, D2).

Albania Insights.

Albania’s 2-1 friendly win over Kosovo (November 11) ended a run of three matches without scoring (D2, L1) and made it five games without conceding before the break (HT: W2, D3). Still in contention for promotion from UEFA Nations League (UNL) League C (W1, D2, L1), all eight of Albania’s historic UNL fixtures have featured one or both sides failing to score (W2, D2, L4). However, they’ve lost their last two UNL home games ‘to nil’ and haven’t kept a clean sheet in any of their last five home matches. Interestingly though, the last three home outings in which they netted saw them score in both halves (W2, D1) while they’ve received an average of exactly 2.0 yellow cards across their last six competitive home fixtures.

Kazakhstan Insights.

Kazakhstan, meanwhile, are just one point behind Albania in this group (W1, D1, L2) but haven’t scored in any of their last three internationals (D2, L1). Furthermore, five of the last seven games in which they conceded saw their defence breached after the 80th minute. However their last six matches all featured under 1.5 first-half goals. Nevertheless, they’ve scored in four of their last five UNL away games (W1, D2, L2), with three of their five goals therein coming after the 65th minute. They are still without a victory against Albania though (D1, L2), with all three previous H2Hs featuring a goalless first half, while both defeats were via a one-goal margin.