Faroe Islands vs Kazakhstan - prediction, team news, lineups

Kicking disconnected their Nations League C campaign connected location turf astatine Torsvollur, in-form Faroe Islands volition fastener horns with Kazakhstan connected Saturday.

Landslidid are looking for a 4th triumph successful 5 games, portion the Hawks are eyeing their archetypal victor successful 3 outings.

Match preview

Eydun Klakstein's Faroe Islands whitethorn beryllium ranked 123rd successful the satellite by FIFA, but they volition beryllium optimistic astir their chances this weekend, owing to their commendable grounds implicit the past year.

Since the commencement of September 2025, Landslidid person triumphed successful six of their 9 fixtures, losing conscionable 3 times and keeping 4 cleanable sheets successful the process.

Klakstein's broadside were beaten by higher-quality absorption specified arsenic Croatia during that stretch, but they demonstrated the spot to travel retired connected apical against much comparable opposition, and were adjacent capable to down Czech Republic 2-1 successful a World Cup qualifier successful October 2025.

Adding to Faroe Islands' consciousness of anticipation up of Saturday's showdown volition beryllium the representation of their 1-0 triumph implicit Kazakhstan successful November past year, arsenic good arsenic the information the hosts person mislaid lone erstwhile astatine location since 2023.

Meanwhile, Kazakhstan are entering into a caller epoch nether manager John van 't Schip, who was appointed successful August.

The erstwhile Ajax and Genoa prima was astir precocious successful complaint of the Armenia nationalist squad betwixt February and August 2025, leaving the relation aft conscionable 4 matches, having suffered 3 defeats and claimed a azygous 2-2 gully with Montenegro.

Desperate to enactment that stint firmly successful the past, Van 't Schip volition request to assistance the Hawks bounce backmost June's 3-1 decision against Hungary, though that nonaccomplishment was their archetypal of 2026, pursuing connected from 2 wins and a 1-1 stalemate with Armenia.

In fact, Kazakhstan person lone been beaten doubly crossed the past 12 months overall, winning 3 and drafting 3 of their 8 fixtures, a agelong that includes a commendable 1-1 necktie with Belgium successful a World Cup qualifier past November.

However, the visitors' distant performances person agelong been dire, with the Hawks signaling lone 1 triumph - 2-0 against Liechtenstein successful March 2025 - from their 16 matches connected the roadworthy since October 2023.

Faroe Islands friendlies form:

Kazakhstan friendlies form:

Team News

Faroe Islands volition beryllium hoping their beforehand 3 of Aki Samuelsen, Joannes Bjartalid and Hanus Sorensen - who has scored 4 of his 5 planetary goals astatine location - tin occurrence the squad to different triumph connected Saturday.

That trio should beryllium aided by Emil Joensen and Geza David Turi successful the centre of the park, portion wing-backs Mattias Hellisdal and Viljormur Davidsen supply enactment from retired wide.

As for Kazakhstan, they 18-year-old Burnley striker Dastan Satpaev arsenic helium recovers from a hamstring injury, though Maksim Samorodov volition beryllium connected manus to pb the enactment this weekend.

Ramazan Karimov and Artur Shushenachev look acceptable to run connected the flanks, platformed by a midfield featuring Ramazan Orazov, Bauyrzhan Islamkhan and Galymzhan Kenzhebek.

Faroe Islands imaginable starting lineup:

Lamhauge; Faero, Vatnhamar, Edmundsson; Hellisdal, Joensen, Turi, Davidsen; Samuelsen, Bjartalid, Sorensen

Kazakhstan imaginable starting lineup:

Anarbekov; Mrynskiy, Kasabulat, Alip, Vorogovskiy; Orazov, Islamkhan, Kenzhebek; Karimov, Samorodov, Shushenachev

We say: Faroe Islands 2-1 Kazakhstan

Faroe Islands volition beryllium assured of triumph this play aft winning 3 of their past 4 matches, keeping 2 cleanable sheets successful the process.

Kazakhstan person a caller manager successful the dugout, and volition beryllium competitory aft losing conscionable doubly crossed the past 12 months. 

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