San Marino vs Slovenia Match Analysis & Prediction
10/09/2023 9:45 pm
Sitting at the bottom of FIFA’s world rankings, San Marino will be hoping to avoid another disappointing defeat when Slovenia visit Serravalle in Euro 2024 qualifying on Sunday.
Unsurprisingly, San Marino also find themselves rock bottom of Group H without a single point to their name, while third-placed Slovenia sit two points behind group leaders Finland.
San Marino endured yet another defeat to Denmark on Thursday, seeing just 14% of possession while facing a barrage of 32 shots in Copenhagen, so Fabrizio Costantini’s side can count themselves furtunate to have only lost 4-0.
After suffering 2-0 defeats to Northern Ireland and Slovenia in their opening Euro 2024 qualifying, San Marino were beaten 3-0 by Kazakhstan before enduring a 6-0 thrashing against Finland, with Daniel Hakans scored a hat-trick in Helsinki.
Following Thursday’s defeat, La Serenissima have conceded 17 goals without reply across five losses in Group H, meaning that FIFA’s lowest-ranked team possess the worst record in Euro 2024 qualifying.
In fact, San Marino have lost 80 of their 81 European Championship qualifiers over the years, picking up a single draw in the process, with a whopping 357 goals conceded and just eight scored in that time.
After taking one point from a possible six during the previous international break, Slovenia would have been eager to reignite their qualifying campaign as quickly as possible, and the revival began with a 4-2 victory over Northern Ireland on Thursday.
Slovenia kicked off their qualification campaign with victories over Kazakhstan and San Marino, but they hit a bump in the road back in June, suffering a 2-0 defeat to Finland before drawing 1-1 with Denmark.
However, following Thursday’s victory over Northern Ireland, Matjaz Kek’s side find themselves level with second-placed Denmark on 10 points in Group H, with Finland sitting just two points clear of the chasing pack at the summit.
San Marino vs. Slovenia Head to head
Slovenia have won each of the six previous meetings between these two teams, scoring 22 goals without conceding.
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14/10/2009San Marino0Slovenia3UEFA World Cup Qualifiers
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27/03/2015Slovenia6San Marino0Euros Qualifiers
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12/10/2015San Marino0Slovenia2Euros Qualifiers
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07/10/2020Slovenia4San Marino0Friendlies
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26/03/2023Slovenia2San Marino0Euros Qualifiers
San Marino Team News
Fabrizio Costantini utilised a 3-5-2 formation against Denmark on Thursday, with Simone Franciosi, Roberto Di Maio and Dante Rossi occupying the centre-back spots.
Alessandro Tosi and Manuel Battistini operated as wing-backs, attempting to offer attacking support to Fabio Tomassini and Luca Ceccaroli.
San Marino's Last 5 Matches
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23/03/2023San Marino0Northern Ireland2Euros Qualification
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26/03/2023Slovenia2San Marino0Euros Qualifiers
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16/06/2023San Marino0Kazakhstan3Euros Qualifiers
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19/06/2023Finland6San Marino0Euros Qualifiers
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07/09/2023Denmark4San Marino0Euros Qualifiers
Slovenia Team News
Slovenia can call upon several big-name players, including Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak and RB Leipzig forward Benjamin Sesko, who bagged a brace against Union Berlin last weekend.
Sesko will partner Panathinaikos striker Andraz Sporor in attack on Sunday, while Petar Stojanovic, Adam Gnezda Cerin, Timi Max Elsnik and Jan Mlakar are expected to operate in midfield in a 4-4-2 formation.
Slovenia's Last 5 Matches
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23/03/2023Kazakhstan1Slovenia2Euros Qualifiers
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26/03/2023Slovenia2San Marino0Euros Qualifiers
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16/06/2023Finland2Slovenia0Euros Qualifiers
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19/06/2023Slovenia1Denmark1Euros Qualifiers
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07/09/2023Slovenia4Northern Ireland2Euros Qualifiers
San Marino vs. Slovenia: Odds and Predictions
Main Prediction
Handicap San Marino (+3.5): Yes
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