Spain vs Albania Predictions

• Four of Spain’s last five victories come without reply.
• Albania have scored just once across their last three games, against #155-ranked Andorra.
• Spain won without reply in five of the last six H2H meetings.

A David vs Goliath friendly encounter awaits

With Spain’s ticket to the World Cup finals already booked, they can enjoy this international break with little fuss as they enjoy some time to experiment with tactics in this home encounter with Albania.

The hosts went unbeaten in all of their home qualifiers and have not conceded in their last 200 minutes of regulation play in their home World Cup qualifiers, suggesting they may have what it takes to keep this Albania side at bay.

Albania missed out on a chance to qualify for their first ever cup by a mere two points, but a return of six wins represents their best ever qualification cycle, hinting at some progress. However, their away wins came against the likes of San Marino and Andorra, while losing by a combined 9-1 scoreline against the eventual top-two.

Spain could escape unscathed

Given the apparent gulf in class between these nations, we predict that Spain will win this game handily, though we will back them in the ‘win to nil’ market as the typical W-D-W markets provides no value in a home win.

For smaller stakes, we are sticking with a comfortable 2-0 victory for the hosts, in what should be a straightforward win on paper.