Cyprus vs Kosovo prediction and betting tips on September 9, 2024

Game Prediction

The 2nd round of the Nations League will feature a match between the national teams of Cyprus and Kosovo on September 9, 2024. The hosts started with a win on Friday and intend to continue in the same way.
Cyprus vs Kosovo: key statistics and trends
- * Cyprus has won 3 out of its 6 previous matches.
- * Kosovo has lost to 4 of its 5 most recent opponents.
- * Cyprus wins the first half in 40% of matches, Kosovo – in 37% of games.
Our prediction for the match Cyprus vs Kosovo
“The Islanders” have never been particularly successful in football, despite their ambitions (and occasional successes of the clubs in the European competitions). Still, last year’s qualification was terrible: the team lost all 8 matches, even though the opponents included Norway with its stars and 3 future participants of the championship, Georgia, Scotland and Spain. “The Dardarians” performed as expected: they were not outsiders, but they did not seriously aspire to anything special again, having collected 11 points, which was less than the Belarusians.
Ketsbaia retained his position. And he put together a fairly familiar squad, however, the mentor has got a limited choice in terms of the performers. Franco Foda has been working in Pristina since February. This time, the specialist did not call up a number of fairly experienced and well-known players – Rashani, Celina, Zeneli, and Berisha.
The Cypriots started this Nations League in Lithuania. And they won thanks to the only goal, which was scored by Pittas in the 34th minute of the confrontation. The Kosovars’ first opponent was the Romanians. And they were able to “respond” to the opponent’s 3 goals only with a couple of yellow cards by Vojvoda, which is why the team played the rest of the game in the minority.
Cyprus vs Kosovo: possible starting line-ups
Cyprus (possible line-up): Mall – Karo, Kyprianou, Gogic – Ioannou, Tzionis, Kastanos, Artymatas, Spoljaric, Panagiotou – Pittas.
Kosovo (possible line-up): Muric – Paqarada, Aliti, Rrahmani, Hadergjonaj – Rashica, Berisha, Rexhbecaj, Zhegrova - Asllani, Muriqi.
Previous head-to-head matches: Cyprus vs Kosovo
The teams played in 2022, in the previous Nations League draw. Then the Kosovars confidently won both matches.
Free prediction for the match Cyprus vs Kosovo
The guests are considered the clear favourites of the following battle. Still, we can’t expect any scoring from either of the couple, so we choose a neutral bet on “total: over 2.5” (odd: 1.66).
