Match Preview - 17:00 Kick-Off at Loro Borici Stadium, Shkoder

Albania’s 2-0 loss to Italy in Friday’s World Cup Qualifier made it 3 defeats on the trot for Gianni Di Biasi. It was also the 3rd game in succession where Albania failed to score. The Albanians are finding it a real struggle to produce any sort of regular attacking consistency. Armando Sadiku is the leading scorer in their squad with just 7 goals and that really says it all.

Bosnia-Herzegovina enjoyed a comfortable 5-0 win over minnows Gibraltar in their qualifying game. As always Miralem Pjanic, Edin Dzeko and Vedad Ibisevic are key components in Mehmed Bazdarevic’s squad, but it isn’t clear whether he will risk the wrath of his star players clubs by deploying them in a fixture with little riding on the result.

The sides have met on only two previous occasions, when they shared a European Championship qualifying group back in 2010. The first game in Albania finished 1-1 and Bosnia-Herzegovina managed to win the return fixture 2-0 at home.

Albania’s recent results

Mar 24th 2017 taly 2:0 Albania - WC Qualifying Group

Nov 12th 2016 Albania 0:3 Israel -  WC Qualifying Group

Oct 9th 2016   Spain 2:0 Albania - WC Qualifying Group

Oct 6th 2016   Liechtenstein 0:2 Albania -  WC Qualifying Group

Bosnia-Herzegovina’s recent results

Mar 25th 2017 Bosnia-Herzegovina 5:0 Gibraltar -  WC Qualifying Group

Nov 13th 2016 Greece 1:1 Bosnia-Herzegovina -  WC Qualifying Group

Oct 10th 2016  Bosnia-Herzegovina 2:0 Cyprus -  WC Qualifying Group

Oct 7th 2016   Belgium 4:0 Bosnia-Herzegovina -  WC Qualifying Group

Albania v Bosnia-Herzegovina Odds

Albania 2/1

Bosnia-Herzegovina 8/5

Draw 19/10

(Odds taken from William Hill)

Predictions

As always with international friendlies, much is dependent on the starting XI’s the respective managers go with. While both nation’s squads are largely run of the mill, Bosnia-Herzegovina’s has a light sprinkling of star dust in certain areas. That should give them enough of a spark to clinch a victory in this friendly in Albania.

The smart money goes on an away win here, and with odds of 8/5 with William Hill for that to happen, you shouldn’t really hesitate. With Albania’s goal scoring troubles, odds of 5/2 for Bosnia to be the only team to score look very enticing. Those odds can be found again with William Hill.

Our Tips

Bosnia-Herzegovina to win     8/5 William Hill

Bosnia-Herzegovina only team to score 5/2 William Hill