The two bottom sides from Group F meet as Faroe Islands take on Moldova in the World Cup 2022 qualifiers on Tuesday September 7th at the Torsvollur. However, Faroe Islands are better of the two, and also are at home.
After claiming their biggest ever international victory in a friendly against Lichtenstein, winning 5-1 in June, the Faroe Islands were brought back down to earth with a 4-0 defeat at home against Israel on Wednesday.
Faroe Islands, defeat against Denmark was a tight match which almost ended in a draw before Jonas header in the 85th minute. This wasn’t a poor result for a team that is positioned 114th in the world. Denmark boss Kasper Hjulmand made nine changes from the team that beat Scotland and the youngsters were expected to get an early lead but the Faroes put on a tremendous defense.
Moldova on the other hand are ranked 175th in the world, 61 spots below their counterparts, and they have conceded the most goals in the group, as well as have scored the least having scored only 2 goals and conceded 16 goals in the total five games.
Moldova also has never qualified for a major international tournament in their 27 year history and have won just five of their 62 World Cup qualifiers. They have also won just one of their last 23 games losing 19 of them across all competitions.
Italian Roberto Bordin took charge of the Moldovan national team in February, replacing Engin Firat, who failed to win a single game in charge. Roberto Bordin can boast of progress though after a recent win in a friendly at home to Azerbaijan back in June.
Both teams come to this match with only a point by far in the group standings and they will both see this game as an opportunity for a first win.
Faroe Islands vs Moldova head to head
Only once have these two sides locked horns on the pitch and the points were shared with a 1-1 scorecard. Moldova have lost 11 away matches in a row. Faroe Islands have a losing streak of 4 matches in UEFA Group F World Cup Qualification as well as the opponents.
- Moldova 1-1 Faroe Islands 25/03/21
Home team
- Faroe Islands 0-1 Denmark
- Faroe Islands 0-4 Israel
- Faroe Islands 5-1 Liechtenstein
- Faroe Islands 0-1 Iceland
- Scotland 4-0 Faroe Islands
Away team
- Scotland 1-0 Moldova
- Moldova 0-2 Austria
- Moldova 1-0 Azerbaijan
- Turkey 2-0 Moldova
- Moldova 1-4 Israel
Faroe Islands team news
No reported injuries and suspensions in this camp. Ericson has been using the 4-5-1 formation which saw him claim contrasting results against Israel and Liechtenstein and is expected to stick with the formation.
Moldova team news
No reported injuries. Defender Igor Armas and midfielder Vadim Rata are back from suspension and will be in contention to start.
Prediction and odds
- Faroe Islands to win
- Scores under 2.5
