Albania vs Italy Prediction: Betting on Italy's dry victory

In a friendly match, Albania and Italy will play in Tirana on 16 November 2022. Check the team conditions and choose several betting options.

Albania is a modest national side who have only qualified for a major international tournament once in their history, playing in the Euro 2016 finals. The Mountain Eagles were unable to build on that success, missing out on the 2018 World Cup and Euro 2020, and now they haven't made it to the 2022 World Cup either, although they did qualify quite well, falling just two points behind second place. The Red and Black were so frustrated after that defeat that they failed to score a single win in their next nine games, ending up with only five draws and four losses.

Italy was a unique team, managing to fail to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the 2022 FIFA World Cup, but in between, they were triumphant at UEFA EURO 2020. A phenomenal margin! Even more surprisingly, the Blues will not travel to the World Cup in Qatar, having lost 0:1 to North Macedonia in the friendly. It seems that every new game played by the team can be sensational. During the last UEFA Nations League fixture, the coach began a change of strategy that did not prevent them from finishing top of the table against Hungary, Germany, and England.

The Albanian and Italian national teams have played each other for some time in the last decade, playing three head-to-head encounters, two of which were in the official format as part of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers and another in the 2014 fixture. All three times, it was the Azure side who won, each time without conceding a goal. We expect the same thing to happen now, and so we'd better place our money on Italy's dry victory at the odds of about 2.10.

We shouldn't expect too many goals from the upcoming match. In the three previous head-to-head encounters between the Albanians and the Italians, the bookmakers' total over has never been reached, with only four goals scored (1.33 on average per game). The Mountain Eagles are not at their best now, while the Azure is still rebuilding, so it's best to bet on a total under 2.5 goals for 1.70. Also, we suggest betting on a Giacomo Raspadori goal for 2.5.

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