Slovakia and Azerbaijan are scheduled to play against each other on September 22nd, 2022, Thursday, in a UEFA Nations League match to be held in Europe, check the Slovakia vs Azerbaijan betting tip 2022/2023 to win with your bets.
UEFA created the Nations League competition in 2018, played on Fifa dates to increase the number of matches and boost European national football teams competitivity level. With four divisions and qualifying slots to the UEFA Euro and the World Cup. This tournament has already become a great attraction, especially in the so-called “League A”.
Stadium and City where Slovakia vs Azerbaijan will occur
The game is set to be played in the small Štadión Antona Malatinského stadium, in the city of Trnava, with a capacity for 19200 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.
Where to follow the live game
Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live at Betarena, with access to all the information to help with your sports betting.
Introduction to the Slovakia vs Azerbaijan betting tip 2022/2023
Slovakia is currently ranked number 36 in the FIFA Ranking, while the Azerbaijan is placed at number 110 in the world soccer’s premier team ranking.
Slovakia comes from a defeat recorded in the last match played. The opponent was Kazakhstan, in a match valid for UEFA Nations League, and the two teams finished the match with a score of 2-1. On the field, M. Mintal’s team lined up with a 4-4-2.
The defense suffered the assaults of the rival team by coming out significantly downsized in the duels on the field. The worst in the department is Peter Pekarík, constantly struggling in the face of the incursions of the opposing attackers. The performance of the entire team suffers from its lapses in concentration.
On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for UEFA Nations League, Azerbaijan, who used a 3-5-2 formation, faced the Belarus team with a final score of 2-0.
The Slovakia team in their last five matches has produced solid performances, while Azerbaijan has been more irregular.
In the last 20 years, the teams have met on 3 occasions. Slovakia has the advantage in terms of record, having won 3 times and never lost. There has also been 0 draws in this period.
These two clubs faced each other for the last time in a match of the 2022/2023 UEFA Nations League season. The match, played on 2022-06-10, recorded the 0-1 win for Slovakia.
The previous match between these teams was a cliffhanger.
Slovakia
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Slovakia is coming from a defeat in the last match they played. The team of coach Samuel Slovák failed to stand up to Kazakhstan and ended up losing by 2-1. In light of this, the team arrives for this duel in 2nd place of Group 3.
If the UEFA Nations League were to conclude now, Slovakia would be out of the qualification for the next round, since they are in the 2nd place of the group. However, with 2 games still to play, Slovakia can still reach the position 1 on the league table and can get a maximum of 12 points if they win their remaining matches.
Slovakia analysis
At the end of round 4 of UEFA Nations League, Slovakia collected 3 goals scored and 3 goals conceded.
An average of 4.25 shots on goal per game is certainly not exciting for Slovakia, which is therefore a team that does not score many goals, nor does it particularly engage the goalkeepers. This will be an important factor to consider when evaluating the match.
To control the game, the Slovakia team would often try to reach an average ball possession of 68.5%. The reason for this is ball possession above 50% would give teams some control over their opponents.
The Slovakia team comes from a defeat in the UEFA Nations League, and its coach Samuel Slovák wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.
Slovakia is a more offensive team than Azerbaijan, having 565 attacks vs. 310 from Azerbaijan, having scored 3 times. In comparison, Azerbaijan converted into goal twice.
Azerbaijan
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On the other hand, Azerbaijan’s team is looking for another victory since they left the field with 3 points in the previous match. In the previous round, Giovanni Biasi’s team faced Belarus and managed to win by 2-0. So for this game, the team arrives in 3rd place in the group.
If the UEFA Nations League were to conclude now, Azerbaijan would be out of the qualification for the next round, since they are in 3rd place of the group. However, with 2 games still to play, Azerbaijan can still reach the position 2 on the league table and can get a maximum of 10 points if they win their remaining matches.
Azerbaijan analysis
After 4 rounds, Azerbaijan has conceded more goals than has scored. They conceded a total of 3 goals so far and scored 2 times.
The team has a relatively low scoring streak, the average goals scored does not exceed 0.5 per game, and this may mean that the result of the next away match may not be positive.
Bet suggestions for this game:
Goals Top Betting Tips
A good time to bet for those watching the live game is in the 75-90 minute period where most goals happen.
Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Slovakia 0 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Azerbaijan 0 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.
At the bookmaker Bet365, the market of Total Goals Under 2.5 is with great odds.
Corners Top Betting Tips
To obtain good betting results, remembering that there is an average of 5.75 corners per game when the corners numbers of both teams are combined.
Slovakia is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 7 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Slovakia in this match.
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Cards Top Betting Tips
Slovakia averages a total of 2.8 yellow cards per game in the 4 rounds played, while Azerbaijan averages 1.4.
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