Slovenia vs Russia Prediction & Betting Tips - World Cup

Prediction published on 10/10/2021, 05:10  by Nella Wagah | Modified on 10/10/2021 at 05:13 in World Cup Predictions

Slovenia kept their 2022 World Cup qualification hopes alive with a 4-0 win over Malta in the last round of matches and will on Monday h0ope to go a further step when they welcome Russia. Slovenia are third in Group H with 10 points and Russia joint top with 16. The home team has a slim chance of making it into the top two of this group. That chance is all in this game; it will be lost if they drop points here, so this is a crucial game for them. They have one loss in the last five matches, a 3-0 reverse at the hands of group leaders Croatia, while in the first meeting with Russia, they lost 2-1. However, they go into this game on a very good home run, undefeated in the last 10 matches, with seven wins and eight clean sheets. In the last 10 World Cup qualification matches at home, they are undefeated, with seven wins and eight clean sheets as well. Russia have visited Slovenia twice before and Slovenia have run out winners on both occasions.

For Russia, this is a very tricky game; though they go into it with three straight wins, they will be wary of their form against Slovenia in away matches. This is a game the away team hasn’t managed a win in the five competitive meetings, and Russia will want to change this script. They are coming from a 1-0 home win over Slovakia, which handed them a fourth straight clean sheet, while they’ve only failed to score in one of their last five matches. All their five competitive meetings with Slovenia have been very close; the last four have been won by one goal margins, and the other ending in a 1-1 draw. The visitors take to this game a run of three wins in five away matches in World Cup qualifiers – against lowly ranked Malta, Luxembourg and Cyprus.