Slovenia vs Switzerland prediction: EUROPE: World Cup – Qualification betting tips on match 2025-10-12 18:45.
[p]Switzerland will look to maintain their 100% record during this cycle of World Cup qualifying (WCQ) as they travel to face winless Slovenia. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Winless across their opening three WCQ matches (D2, L1), Slovenia missed their chance to pick up their first three-point haul on Friday as they were held 0-0 by Kosovo. That leaves their World Cup ambitions hanging in the balance and simply put, if they want to reach the showpiece event for just the third time after 2002 and 2010, Matjaž Kek’s side need to make a move quickly. What should inspire them here is their return of just one loss across their last 12 competitive home fixtures (W7, D4), a run which has seen them score in every match and 24 times in total.[/p]
[p]Switzerland come into this clash after producing a perfect start, winning each of their first three WCQ matches while also keeping a clean sheet in all as their defence remains rock solid. That run also means that the visitors have now won six matches in succession for the first time since 2017, and after defeating Sweden in style on Friday, they now have the chance to win four consecutive matches on foreign soil for the first time since September 2017 as they remain on track to reach a sixth World Cup finals in a row![/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Switzerland have won six of their last seven games against Slovenia (L1), including a 3-0 victory in the reverse fixture. Each of Slovenia’s two victories in this fixture’s history have come in qualifying matches.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Slovenia have lost just one of their last 17 home games (W11, D5), keeping ten clean sheets therein.[/p]
[p]Just two of Slovenia’s last seven matches saw both sides score. [/p]
[p]Switzerland have lost just one of their last 21 away WCQ matches (W15, D5), scoring 2+ goals in 16 of those fixtures.[/p]
[p]Seven of Switzerland’s nine WCQ goals have come before half-time. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Captain Jan Oblak could become the joint-most capped goalkeeper in Slovenia’s history here. He’s kept three clean sheets across his last six caps after Friday’s goalless draw with Kosovo. Switzerland captain Granit Xhaka remains in fine form, recording direct three goal contributions across his last four games for club and country (G1, A2), opening the scoring on Friday against Sweden.  [/p]
[p]Jan Mlakar remains Slovenia’s only notable absentee, while Switzerland are missing a number of players including Denis Zakaria, Michel Aebischer and Ardon Jashari. [/p]
[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Given the visitors’ strong WCQ and H2H form, and Slovenia’s fantastic scoring streak on home soil, backing Switzerland to win and both teams to score looks tempting.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Nathan Evans[/i][/p]