Belarus vs Albania Preview & Prediction | 2026-27 UEFA Nations League | League C
by Alex Lawes ·
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Competing for top spot and automatic promotion to League B of the UEFA Nations League, Belarus face Albania in League C Group 1 on Sunday.
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Key stats
- Top spot in Group C1 is decided here: Albania (12 points) will finish first with a win or a draw, while Belarus (ten points) need a win to overtake them.
- Both teams are already sure of a top-two finish coming into Matchday 6: Finland can reach only ten points and would lose a tie with Belarus on head-to-head.
- Albania have won all three Nations League meetings with Belarus, by an aggregate of 7-2: 2-0 in Minsk and 3-2 in Tirana in 2020/21, then 2-0 in Tirana on Matchday 1 of this edition.
- That 2-0 defeat in Tirana accounts for the only goals Belarus have conceded in this edition; they have kept four successive clean sheets since.
- Belarus have won their last three Nations League matches, their longest winning run in 29 Nations League matches.
- Belarus are unbeaten in seven Nations League home matches (W2 D5) and have lost only two of their 14 Nations League home games (W6 D6).
- Albania's 12 points are already their best Nations League league-phase tally across five editions; their previous best was 11 in 2020/21, when they topped Group C4 one point ahead of Belarus.
- Albania have won their last two Nations League matches and have scored in each of their last six.
- Albania lost their most recent away match, 2-1 in Helsinki on 3 October; their Nations League away record is W4 D3 L5 from 12 matches.
- Belarus have kept 16 clean sheets in 29 Nations League matches, and in 2018/19 topped Group D2 with 14 points without conceding in six matches.
- These two met on Matchday 6 in 2020/21, Albania winning 3-2 in Tirana; on Matchday 6 overall, Belarus are W1 D2 L1 in the Nations League and Albania W1 D1 L1.
- Stanislav Dragun has scored five goals in eight Nations League appearances, the most for Belarus in the competition.
Belarus vs Albania prediction
Belarus have been improved in the last 12 to 18 months or so. The Belarusians most recently eased themselves to a comfortable 2-0 defeat of San Marino the other day with first half goals scored by Kirill Gomanov and Artem Kontsevoy.
Albania, under the management of Rolando Maran, got themselves an impressive 2-0 defeat of Finland in Tirana the other day to mean that they sit top on 12 points with the Belarusians in behind on ten points with a game to go.
Belarus will have to take the game to Albania to try and get a win and so both teams scoring may well be a decent value bet for this one at the neutral venue of the Illovszky Rudolf Stadium in Budapest, Hungary.
Belarus vs Albania tip: Both teams to score
