Moldova - Slovakia: Can Slovakia continue their good run?
In the fourth round of the UEFA Nations League, we have a clash between Moldova and Slovakia, which will take place on Tuesday, October 6, kicking off at 20:45 CET, and I am backing a bet for this encounter.
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Moldova - Slovakia: Match preview and H2H
Moldova won their group in the previous Nations League cycle. They collected nine points from four matches against Malta and Andorra and earned promotion to the higher division. However, in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, they once again finished bottom of their group, picking up just one point. As for this year's Nations League campaign, Moldova first lost 0:2 to Slovakia, then drew 1:1 with the Faroe Islands and beat Kazakhstan 2:1 in their most recent game. They have four points after three rounds and a 3:4 goal difference.
Slovakia are currently producing very good results. The team won their first two matches against Moldova 2:0 and Kazakhstan, although they surprisingly dropped points against the Faroe Islands. Nevertheless, Slovakia remain top of the group and have seven points. Slovakia also played at Euro 2024, where they even reached the knockout stage, but then failed to qualify for the World Cup. They finished behind Germany in their qualifying group and, in the spring, surprisingly lost 3:4 to Kosovo in the World Cup qualifying semi-final.
Match facts and H2H
- Moldova have won just one of their last 10 matches.
- Slovakia are unbeaten in six consecutive matches.
- Slovakia have scored in seven consecutive matches.
- Moldova have failed to keep a clean sheet in 18 consecutive matches.
- Slovakia beat Moldova 2:0 in their most recent head-to-head meeting.
Probable lineups
- Moldova: Celeadnic; Cucos, Iovu, Gherasimencov; Forov, Fratea, David, Perciun, Reabciuk; Clescenco, Popescu
- Slovakia: Greif; Valjent, Skriniar, Vavro, Hancko; Suslov, Lobotka, Duda; Sauer, Strelec, Haraslin
Prediction
Slovakia are clear favourites for this match and, overall, for this group. The team are playing well, and I think they will win another game.
