San Marino vs Estonia prediction: EUROPE: UEFA Nations League – League D betting tips on match 2022-09-25 18:45.
Another UEFA qualification campaign, another bottom-placed finish for San Marino, who have continued their unwanted consistency with a winless UEFA Nations League (UNL) campaign so far (L3) that has already guaranteed FIFA’s lowest-ranked nation last spot in Group D2. San Marino can still make this a memorable occasion if they can at least replicate a goalless draw against Seychelles in a friendly this week, as the smallest populated UEFA member have never avoided defeat in consecutive matches!
Facing Estonia could in fact be a good omen for the hosts in search of that piece of history, with their goalless H2H draw in 2014 resulting in San Marino moving off the bottom of FIFA rankings for the first time. A repeat result would secure that historical landmark for San Marino, but considering they are yet to score a H2H goal, a 0-0 could be as good as it gets if the last four H2Hs are anything to go by (D1, L3).
Estonia are unlikely to be generous though, and travel on the back of a 2-1 away win over ten-man Malta which secured an immediate return to UNL League C. It’s hard to see Estonia lowering their guard on this trip, with the incentive of staying unbeaten in an international or UEFA qualification campaign (W3 so far) currently a very real possibility for FIFA’s 110th ranked side.
The visitors are likely to attack with confidence as Estonia have already scored six goals in this UNL campaign, the same number they netted in their ten previous UNL games combined! Buoyed by securing their promotion, Estonia should have no issues in confirming their warm odds for this game and at the same time secure consecutive away wins in this competition for the first time ever.
Key battle: Mirko Palazzi has helped San Marino to four clean sheets in his career, one coming against Estonia in 2014. His task could be to stop Henri Anier, who may be plotting another late arrival as his last nine goal scoring outings for Estonia have been as their last scorer.
Hot stat: Nine of Estonia’s last ten matches have seen the half-time result replicated at full-time.