Albania vs Italy Prediction & Betting Tips - International Friendlies

Prediction published on 13/11/2022, 23:11  by Indran | Modified on 13/11/2022 at 23:11 in Football Predictions

Albania welcomes Italy to the Air Albania Stadium for this friendly international. The home team are coming of a 1-0 defeat to World Cup hosts Qatar in their last match while the visitors beat Hungary 2-0 in their last match. Albania had a poor Nations League campaign where they finished third in the group but managed to avoid being relegated despite failing to win any their group matches. They can consider themselves very lucky after Russia were expelled from the competition or they could well have finished in bottom spot. Albania have failed to win in their last nine matches with five draws and four losses. They will be desperate to end their win drought but that won’t be easy against a strong Italian side. Albania have only won one of their last 12 matches with the lone win coming against minnows Andorra.

Italy salvaged some of their national pride when they topped their group in the Nations League. They will still be hurting after they failed to qualify for their second consecutive World Cup tournament. Italy have been one of the most successful teams in the World Cup, winning four titles with only Brazil winning more titles. In one of the biggest upsets in international football in recent years, the Italians lost their qualifying playoff match to North Macedonia. To add insult to injury they lost that match on their home turf. Italy have bounced back from that defeat with just one loss in their last six matches.