Slovenia vs Cyprus Prediction & Tips
It is a crucial moment for Slovenia, which hosts the third-placed player in Group 3 of the C-League of the UEFA Nations League (UNL), Cyprus. The local team has not yet achieved a point in Group 3 and will descend if they lose this match, unless Norway also loses their match.
The home side usually perform at great level at home and have lost only two of their last seven games on Slovenian soil (G3, E2, P2). However, they have not won in their last three matches in Ljubljana (E1, P2).
In addition, Slovenia have received exactly two goals in their last three home games, although they have never allowed more than one at home against Cyprus.
Cyprus’s performance away from home has been simply terrible, as it has won only one of its last 13 games outside Cypriot territory (G1, P12). In nine of those defeats he failed to score.
The previous match between the two in the UNL saw Cyprus record a historic victory (for the first time officially) on Slovenia, but its general record in official matches against Slovenia recorded only one win in five games (G1, E1, P3 =. Four of those five games saw both teams score and a total of more than 2.5 goals.
Players to watch: Andraž Šporar (Slovenia) is averaging almost one goal per game for his club, Slovan Bratislava, with nine goals in ten games this season.
Cyprus striker Pieros Sotiriou has scored four goals in his last four appearances for FC Copenhagen, including one against the powerful French side of Bordeaux in the Europa League.
Statistics to consider: Slovenia has seen a goal between 30 and 45 minutes in four of its last five home games.
In each of the two visits from Cyprus to Slovenia in official matches, Slovenia has won the match and in both cases, the two teams scored.
Cyprus has been losing both at halftime and at the end of the game in five of its last seven road defeats, in a sequence dating back to June 2017.
Slovenia – Cyprus FREE TIPS
Slovenia – Win @ 1.55
Both teams to score / YES @ 1.80
Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.90
