Cyprus hosts Slovenia in round 3 of the World Cup Qualification. The match will be played on Tuesday, March 30th at Neo GSP Stadium (Nicosia)
Cyprus is not without ambitions. But the Islanders cannot confirm them with their results, remaining only weaker clones of ethnically close Greeks. The Cypriots are more or less stable in defense, but they are not particularly strong on the opponents’ side of the field. In the current qualification, they haven’t scored goals yet. But they managed to keep a clean sheet in the match versus the Slovaks and gained a goalless draw - the case when any of the opponents is unlikely to be happy. Then there was a voyage to Rijeka, where the Croats, who lost to Slovenia in the first round, were simply obliged to earn three points. Mario Pasalic opened the scoring in the 40th minute. As a result, that was enough because the charges of Kostenoglou delivered only one shot in each half.
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Slovenia is trying to regain the status of a strong team and a real contender for the promotion to the World Cup. Matjaz Kek's charges were able to start successfully this time. On Wednesday, they managed to gain a victory over their neighbors, the Croats. In many ways, the key to that success was a good start of the home match, with Lovric's goal scored already in the 15th minute. But on Saturday, Slovenia didn’t manage to replenish its piggy bank. For some reason, Mevlja and the company could not hold back Dzyuba, allowing him to shoot twice from the penalty area in the middle of the first half. Yes, then there was a good attack, crowned with a goal by Ilicic, and the Slovenes created other chances. But they lost 1-2 and immediately lagged behind the competitors.
Slovenia won four of the first five matches against Cyprus, and one game ended in a draw. But in the 2018 Nations League, the Islanders were more successful. They managed to win at home and gained a 1-1 draw in Ljubljana. The match was remembered by the fact that there were three red cards and two goals scored. Now Cyprus is completely unimpressive. But Slovenia also showed little in Sochi. We think that the upcoming match won’t please the fans with a large number of goals scored.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 goals scored
