Czech Republic vs Albania Predictions

• The Czech Republic have won six of their last nine home games.
• Albania have not conceded a goal in their last seven away contests.
• Albania have not conceded more than once in any of their last 11 games.

Tournament dark horses must recover from stumble

The Czech Republic have one last chance to regain some pre-Euro 2020 momentum when they take on Albania in Prague on Tuesday.

Jaroslav Šilhavý’s side saw their status as potential dark horses for the tournament take a battering at the hands of a rampant Italy last Friday – and the scoreline could have been much worse than 4-0.

Their next warm-up opponents may not have the quality of the Azzurri, but they have shown themselves to be no pushovers at international level for a while.

Albania have won five of their last seven international matches, although the majority of those victories have come against lowly opposition – Edoardo Reja’s side beat Andorra and San Marino in between a defeat to England in March’s World Cup qualifiers.

The Eagles arrive on the back of a friendly draw with Euro 2020 finalists Wales in which they kept another clean sheet – the seventh straight away game in which they haven’t conceded.

And another blank could be on the cards in Prague against a team that haven’t scored in their last two.

The hosts have usually found the mark when on home soil, however, which is why we will take the Czech Republic to score Under 1.5 goals in the game.

Albania, who showed they could cope without first-choice goalkeeper Etrit Berisha and top defender Elseid Hysaj against Wales in Cardiff, have not conceded multiple goals on their travels since a 2-0 loss to Israel 11 games ago.

Therefore, we think the hosts might have to settle for a 1-0 win at best on Tuesday night.