Azerbaijan vs Slovakia Prediction & Betting Tips (14 October)

After two defeats in two matches in September against Sweden 1-3 and without scoring in Slovakia 2-0, Azerbaijan traveled to Estonia last Thursday as part of a duel between "looser" to follow. A crucial match since in the event of a defeat, the Azerbaijanis would be practically out of the race for promotion to League B. It should be noted that since the start of 2024, the evening locals have participated in six matches including four friendly matches for a record of two victories against Mongolia 1-0 and Kazakhstan 3-2, three defeats the first two mentioned in the paragraph and against Albania 3-1 and a draw against Bulgaria 1-1. Slovakia did not have to all the same problems at the start of the campaign in League B having won their first two matches in Estonia 0-1 and for the coming of the Azerbaijanis 2-0. Clearly, last Thursday, the Slovaks played a crucial match in the context of 1st place against Sweden to follow.

We will never point out enough that we are talking about a 1/8 selection of finalists from the last Euro and who really thought they would bring down the future finalist, England, but about a chisel of darkness from Jude Bellingham at the dawn of the added time to send the two nations into overtime before finally... losing.

Two major absences to report from Azerbaijan who must do without their executives Shakhruddin Magomedaliyev (goalkeeper) and Behlul Mustafadze (defender). On the other hand, the selection will be able to count on its other main strengths. This is the case for Guseynov (71 caps), Mustafazade (30 caps), Bayramov (23 caps), Carfarguliyev (21 caps), Hüseynov (21 caps), and midfielder Isayev (22 caps). What do all the days mentioned have in common? They all play together throughout the year with Qarabag, who is playing in the Europa League this season.

Before talking about the players recognized within this selection, let's talk about three major absences among the Slovaks with the important midfielder Kucka ( Slovan Bratislava), the striker who scored 3 goals at the Euro Schranz (Slavia Prage), and the starting goalkeeper Martin Dubravka (Newcastle) too often bothered by injuries. On the other hand, Skriniar (PSG), Dubravka (Newcastle), Hancko (Feyenoord), Vavro (Wolfsburg), Obert (Cagliari), Duda (Hellas Verona), Lobotka (Naples), Bero (Bochum), Benes (Union Berlin) Bozenik (Boavista, 7 national goals), Haraslin (Sparta Prague, 6 international goals), Suslov (Hellas Hellas Verona) and Strelec (Slovan Bratislava) are all operational.