H2H: Slovakia v Scotland - Comparison. Marek Hamšík scored the opener in Slovakia’s last home game, and netted his nation’s final goal in their previous home win (90 minutes only). Ryan Christie has scored in Scotland’s last three away fixtures, twice netting the opening goal. The away side on the day has been ...
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H2H: Northern Ireland v Slovakia - Comparison. Liam Boyce (NIR) and Ján Greguš (SLK) scored their respective sides’ final penalties in the previous ECQ round’s shootouts. The latter man’s only prior competitive goal proved decisive. Going back to 1995, less than half (41.86%) of the previous 43 individual ECQ ...
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Preview and Teams Comparison. Marek Hamšík both scored and assisted in Slovakia’s last home victory, but the feisty midfielder has been booked in his last two appearances. Israel’s Eran Zahavi has scored seven goals across his last 11 career appearances. He was also on the scoresheet in six of Israel’s last ten games ...
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Preview and Teams Comparison. Beşiktaş have won both of their previous home meetings with Slovakian sides, beating MFK Kosice 2-0 in September 1993 and Spartak Trnava 3-0 in September 1998 (both in the Cup Winners’ Cup). UEFA Europa League (UEL) quarter-finalists in 2016/17, Beşiktaş enter matchday five without ...
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Preview and Teams Comparison. Slovakia are guaranteed a place in the Euro 2020 qualification play-offs, but can still qualify directly if they win this European Championship qualification (ECQ) fixture and Wales vs Hungary is drawn. Encouragingly, they have won all five ECQ H2Hs (GF 14, GA 2), although their recent ...
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Preview and Teams Comparison. Requiring just a point to qualify for Euro 2020, Croatia should be confident here considering that they’ve never lost at home in European Championship qualifying (ECQ) in 34 such matches (W26, D8). What’s more, they are unbeaten in 13 internationals (W10, D3) in Rijeka and in the last ...
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Preview and Teams Comparison. Wolves won the reverse fixture against Slovan Bratislava 2-1 in Slovakia, coming from behind to win a game in major European competition for the first time since September 1973 (2-1 vs Belenenses). Wolverhampton Wanderers are back on track in UEFA Europa League (UEL) Group K after ...
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Preview and Teams Comparison. Slovan Bratislava are facing English opposition for the first time since the 1997-98 Cup Winners Cup first round, when they lost both legs 0-2 against Chelsea. Wolves are facing Slovakian opposition for the first time ever in all European competitions. Each of Slovan Bratislava’s two ...
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Preview and players comparison. Jozef Kovalik, playing to the best of his ability, can offer some resistance but Ugo Humbert is easily the better player in these conditions and he should be able to negotiate the win here. Ugo Humbert is making his debut in Antwerp this week after three disappointing campaigns on ...
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Preview and players comparison. Both players are making their second campaign in Moscow, and first in its main draw. The pair met for the first time in the first round of Nuremberg in May. Alexandrova needed 68 minutes to beat Cepelova, then also participating as a qualifier, 6-4, 6-2. It was one of her just three ...
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