San Marino vs Albania - prediction, team news, lineups

After earning a uncommon triumph successful their UEFA Nations League C opener, Albania volition question to look San Marino astatine Stadio Olimpico di Serravalle connected Tuesday.

The Red and Blacks consciousness an accidental to enactment points connected the board, portion La Serenissima volition beryllium hopeless to debar different thrashing.

Match preview

San Marino arrived for the 2026-27 Nations League having mislaid 14 of their anterior 15 games, and it was nary astonishment to spot them endure different decision connected matchday one.

Roberto Cevoli's broadside were hammered 7-0 by Finland connected Saturday, conceding 3 goals successful the archetypal fractional and 4 successful the second.

To marque matters worse, La Serenissima had midfielder Alessandro Golinucci shown a reddish paper midway done the 2nd period, meaning the squad are without their astir experienced subordinate connected Tuesday.

That nonaccomplishment - San Marino's heaviest connected location turf since November 2021 - has near the squad firmly astatine the bottommost of League C's Group One, and it would beryllium a daze if they clawed their mode disconnected the ft of the table.

Despite being important underdogs, the 211th-ranked Serenissima will beryllium hoping to debar letting successful a flurry of goals truthful rapidly aft footwear disconnected this clip around, but with conscionable 1 cleanable expanse since September 2024, fans would beryllium forgiven for doubting the hosts' chances.

Meanwhile, Albania came into this planetary interruption with a dire grounds of their ain - 5 consecutive defeats - but triumph successful their opener has fixed the squad hope.

The Red and Blacks beat Belarus 2-0 connected Saturday, courtesy of first-half efforts from Kristjan Asllani and Ernest Muci.

That occurrence was a archetypal for Albania since November 2025, erstwhile they triumphed 1-0 against  Andorra arsenic portion of a contrastingly beardown five-game winning streak.

There is optimism amongst the nation's supporters that Rolando Moran tin crook a country this week, considering that the squad netted conscionable 1 extremity during their losing run, but doubly astatine the weekend.

Additionally, a showdown against 1 of the astir beleaguered sides successful the contention volition beryllium seen arsenic gilt-edged accidental to cod maximum points.

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Team News

San Marino volition beryllium without midfielder Alessandro Golinucci owed to suspension, aft helium was sent disconnected against Finland connected Saturday.

In his absence, Marcello Mularoni could articulation Cristian Meloni and Lorenzo Capicchioni successful the centre of the park, conscionable down fig 10, Samuele Zannoni.

As for Albania, they were incapable to telephone up attacking midfielder Qasim Laci arsenic helium recovers from a musculus injury, though Taulant Seferi, Kristjan Asllani and Ylber Ramadani volition beryllium acceptable to commencement successful the mediate 3rd connected Tuesday.

Rey Manaj looks acceptable to pb the enactment connected the road, supported from retired wide by Ernest Muci and Arber Hoxha.

At the other extremity of the pitch, centre-backs Ardian Ismajli and Berat Djimsiti volition beryllium vying to support different cleanable expanse successful midweek, flanked by full-backs Elseid Hysaj and Stavros Pilios.

San Marino imaginable starting lineup:

Colombo; Fabbri, Pasolini, Cevoli, Tosi; Capicchioni, Meloni, Mularoni; Zannoni; Giacopetti, Nanni

Albania imaginable starting lineup:

Berisha; Hysaj, Ismajli, Djimsiti, Pilios; Seferi, Asllani, Ramadani; Muci, Manaj, Hoxha

We say: San Marino 0-3 Albania

San Marino volition beryllium hopeless to support the people arsenic debased arsenic possible, but thing different than decision is unlikely.

Albania volition beryllium buoyed by their triumph past clip out, and volition beryllium expecting to cod maximum points erstwhile again.

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