Albania vs San Marino - prediction, team news, lineups

Albania volition look to instrumentality to winning ways successful UEFA Nations League Group C1 erstwhile they big San Marino astatine the Air Albania Stadium successful Tirana connected Tuesday.

The hosts dropped from archetypal to 2nd aft Saturday's 2-1 decision to Finland, portion the visitors stay bottommost of the conception without a constituent aft 3 consecutive defeats.

Match preview

Albania began their run with a 2-0 triumph implicit Belarus earlier pursuing that effect with a 3-0 triumph distant to San Marino, with Anis Mehmeti, Myrto Uzuni and Rey Manaj each uncovering the nett successful Serravalle.

Rolando Maran's broadside past made different affirmative commencement against Finland, arsenic Manaj enactment them up aft conscionable 4 minutes successful Helsinki, but Etrit Berisha was sent disconnected successful the 22nd infinitesimal and the Red and Blacks yet mislaid 2-1 aft Leo Walta scored doubly for the hosts.

The decision was Albania's archetypal of the radical signifier and near them 1 constituent down Finland, who moved to the apical with 7 points.

With 2 of their last 3 radical matches astatine home, Maran's broadside inactive person a wide way backmost into the promotion race, but they cannot spend different gaffe aft surrendering the vantage astatine the summit.

Albania person a cleanable grounds against San Marino, winning each 5 erstwhile meetings without conceding a goal, with the latest brushwood coming six days agone erstwhile they won 3-0.

San Marino, meanwhile, person yet to people successful Group C1, losing 7-0 to Finland, 3-0 to Albania and 4-0 to Belarus.

Their latest decision was much competitory for agelong periods, with Roberto Cevoli's squad creating respective opportunities earlier Belarus yet broke done aboriginal successful the 2nd half, but the effect inactive near them without a constituent aft 3 matches.

San Marino person present gone 17 internationals without a victory, with lone 1 gully during that run, portion they person scored conscionable six times crossed those matches and conceded 63 goals.

Goalkeeper Edoardo Colombo is apt to look different engaged evening aft starting each 3 Nations League matches, with his saves keeping San Marino successful the contention for periods during their caller meetings with Albania and Belarus.

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Team News

Albania volition beryllium without Berisha aft the goalkeeper was sent disconnected against Finland, and Maran has responded by calling up Simon Simoni, who joined the squad connected October 4 and is disposable to marque his elder planetary debut against San Marino.

Luis Hasa has recovered from unwellness and returned to training, portion Feta Fetai and Samuele Sina person near the elder squad to articulation Albania Under-21s.

Hasa could truthful beryllium an enactment for Maran, though the manager whitethorn besides support changes to a minimum aft the demanding travel to Helsinki.

Manaj should pb the onslaught again aft starting each of Albania's archetypal 3 Nations League matches, portion Berat Gjimshiti, Ardian Ismajli, Mario Mitaj and Kristjan Asllani are besides expected to clasp their places.

San Marino volition beryllium without Nicola Nanni done suspension aft the striker picked up his 2nd yellowish paper successful the contention against Belarus.

Simone Giocondi was substituted during that match, though determination has been nary wide authoritative confirmation of the grade of immoderate injury, truthful his availability should beryllium treated cautiously.

Albania imaginable starting lineup:

Simoni; Ismajli, Gjimshiti, Mitaj; Hysaj, Ramadani, Asllani, Pilo; Muci, Manaj, Hoxha

San Marino imaginable starting lineup:

Colombo; Benvenuti, Cevoli, Rossi, Giocondi; Mularoni, L. Capicchioni, Lazzari, Pancotti; Giacopetti, G. Capicchioni

We say: Albania 4-0 San Marino

Albania person already shown that they tin comfortably power this fixture, and the request to respond to their decision successful Finland should supply further motivation. 

With location vantage and considerably greater attacking quality, Maran's broadside should person excessively overmuch for a San Marino squad inactive searching for its archetypal extremity of the radical stage.
 

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