Slovakia vs Luxembourg prediction: EUROPE: World Cup – Qualification betting tips on match 2025-10-12 18:45.
[p]Slovakia cannot afford to drop points against Group A outsiders Luxembourg after their World Cup qualification (WCQ) campaign suffered a setback on Friday night. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Slovakia were left to rue their own sloppy mistakes in Belfast, suffering a 2-0 defeat against Northern Ireland that leaves their WCQ campaign in a precarious position. They come into this fourth matchday level on points with Germany and Northern Ireland but behind them both on goal difference, so it’s imperative they don’t suffer another slip-up here. There could be a distinct advantage to be drawn from the Falcons playing two of their three remaining games at home, where they’ve been beaten just twice in their last 12 such matches (W7, D3).[/p]
[p]Having never even come close to qualifying for a World Cup finals, Luxembourg were not expected to challenge here, but there must be great disappointment that they haven’t been able to live up to their all-time best of three wins from eight games in the previous WCQ cycle. Not since the 2006 cycle have Luxembourg lost every single WCQ match, and with an aggregate score of 8-1 against them in their three WCQ defeats under new boss Jeff Strasser, they appear in danger of returning to such depths. They’re now on a six-game winless run (D1, L5), and with losses in six of their last seven games on opposition soil (D1), a trip to Slovakia doesn’t appear to be of any benefit to their lost cause. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Luxembourg’s 1-0 loss in the reverse H2H was their sixth from eight meetings with Slovakia (W1, D1). Their only win was in a 2011 friendly (2-1). [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Seven of Slovakia’s last eight matches produced under 2.5 goals. [/p]
[p]Slovakia kept a clean sheet in eight of their nine wins since the start of 2024. [/p]
[p]Luxembourg failed to score in 15 of their last 17 losses. [/p]
[p]Seven of Luxembourg’s last 11 losses were by a 2+ goal margin. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Slovakia will hope the sight of this opposition inspires Tomáš Rigo, whose last goal for any team was a 90th-minute winner against Luxembourg in September. Luxembourg’s only shot on target against Germany came from Aiman Dardari, who also scored the Red Lions’ last WCQ goal. [/p]
[p]Slovakia are without injured Napoli midfielder Stanislav Lobotka and defender Dávid Hancko. Luxembourg’s Dirk Carlson is suspended after being sent off on Friday night. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]The previous H2H continued a long and unwanted trend for Luxembourg and we’re expecting to see Slovakia win with a clean sheet again. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Aaron Murphy[/i][/p]