San Marino vs Cyprus prediction: EUROPE: World Cup – Qualification betting tips on match 2025-10-11 13:00.
[p]Group H’s bottom two sides, San Marino and Cyprus, are merely playing for pride when they meet in World Cup qualification (WCQ) on Sunday.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]San Marino were annihilated 10-0 by Austria on Thursday, succumbing to their 59th successive WCQ defeat, and will be hoping to salvage a degree of pride here in what has been yet another sobering qualification campaign. Expectations could not be much lower for FIFA’s lowest-ranked side in a chastening 2025 that has seen them lose all seven of their official matches this calendar year. Little comfort can be gained from a return home either, where La Serenissima have lost their three WCQ games in this cycle by a whopping 15-1 aggregate scoreline, so another heavy defeat would be no real surprise here.[/p]
[p]Cyprus showed their battling qualities after recovering from 2-0 down to share the points in a 2-2 draw away at Bosnia and Herzegovina last time out, as they ground out a second consecutive draw by the same scoreline and a third stalemate in their previous five outings. Akis Mantzios’ side have proven to be a tough nut to crack, and the boss should be confident that his team can end their six-match winless run (D3, L3) against inferior opposition. Travelling raises some doubts over their credentials though, as the Cypriots have lost five of their last six internationals on foreign soil (D1). [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]San Marino have lost all eight of their previous H2Hs against Cyprus, scoring just once and conceding 24 goals in the process.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]The half-time result has been replicated at full-time in five of San Marino’s last six full internationals.[/p]
[p]San Marino have conceded before the 25th minute in all three home WCQ matches this cycle. [/p]
[p]Nine of Cyprus’ last 12 games saw over 2.5 goals.[/p]
[p]Six of Cyprus’ last nine matches saw both teams score.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Edoardo Colombo has made a whopping 28 saves so far in WCQ, nine of which came in the reverse fixture! Konstantinos Laifis kickstarted Cyprus’ comeback against Bosnia, and he netted the last goal of the game in a 5-0 H2H win back in 2019. [/p]
[p]Neither side appear to have any fresh injury concerns since their previous matches. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]The visitors will be expected to inflict more misery on San Marino here, so backing Cyprus to win with a -2 goal handicap seems like a good shout.[/p]
[p][i]Author: James Hilsum[/i][/p]