Albania vs Serbia: 2026 World Cup Qualifier Prediction (08.06.2025)

On June 8, 2025, at 01:45 WIB, a World Cup qualifying match between the national teams of Albania and Serbia will take place in Tirana. Bookmakers give only a slight advantage to the visiting team. Let’s examine the current form of both teams and provide a prediction for the match.

Albania

The Albanian national team has recently shown quite inconsistent results. In the Nations League, the team competed in the second division last season. However, in a very tight race and with 7 points earned, Sylvinho’s squad ended up at the bottom of the group and were relegated to League C. In World Cup qualifying, Albania started with a defeat against England (0–2). They failed to challenge the higher-ranked opponent. Throughout the match, Albania only managed three shots towards goal and none on target. However, in the following match, Albania earned three points by crushing Andorra 3–0. Still, these results remain unstable, as the main competitors for a World Cup spot are Serbia and England.

Serbia

Serbia, on the other hand, has shown a solid level of football recently. In the last Nations League season, they competed in the elite division. While they couldn’t challenge Spain, they looked good compared to Switzerland and Denmark. At present, Serbia can be considered a strong mid-tier European side. The team defended its right to remain in the elite Nations League division by beating Austria in a playoff. As for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, the Serbian team is just beginning its journey.

Head-to-Head Statistics

These teams have only met once before in the Euro 2016 qualifiers. They exchanged away wins and haven’t faced each other for nearly ten years since then.

Prediction

For the match between Albania and Serbia, we predict a high-scoring game. Recently, both teams have played interesting football. Despite Albania often playing defensively in front of their home crowd, there’s reason to expect goals from the visitors, which will force the hosts to play more openly. Therefore, we recommend betting on total goals over 2 at odds of 1.79.