Slovakia – Cyprus : Preview & Prediction
Slovakia, 4th, is only 4 lengths behind the leading duo of Russia and Croatia … Suffice to say that a victory over Cyprus would revive the Slovaks in the race for qualification for the next Coupe du World. Slovakia can harbor great regrets against Croatia (0-1) since they lost in the last moments of the match on a realization of Brozovic in the 86th minute !. Hamsik’s teammates thus record their first defeat in these Qualifiers, they who remained on 1 success in front of Russia (2-1) and 3 draws in Cyprus (0-0), in front of Malta (2-2) and in Slovenia ( 1-1) on September 1st. The points lost to Cyprus and Malta could weigh heavily in the final scoring. Cyprus occupies the last place in this group H, 6 points from the first two places. The Cypriot selection knows very well that it will not qualify especially since the latter is in a negative spiral with 4 defeats suffered in its last 4 outings. Thus, Cyprus recently lost against Hungary (0-1) and Ukraine (0-4) in friendly matches then in Malta (3-0) and in front of Russia (0-2) in these Qualifications. A 5th failure in a row is very likely!
Slovakia must win to return to the qualification race.
Cyprus is the red lantern of the group with no hope of being in the top two.
Cyprus is on an ongoing 4-game losing streak.
Slovakia won their only home game against Cyprus (6-1) in 2006.
Cyprus remains on 2 away defeats in these Qualifiers.
Slovakia has a great opportunity to get closer to the first two places in case of victory … The latter will not let this opportunity pass against the red lantern of the group.
Slovakia – Cyprus : Betting Tips
Slovakia – Win Odds: 1.45
Both teams to score / YES – Odds: 1.70
Over 2.5 Goals – Odds: 1.70
