The home team opened the qualifiers with a draw with the Faroe Islands. With Mikkelsen's goal in the 27th minute, guests led until 3 minutes before the end, when Nicolaesku scored the point for the Moldovans from the penalty spot. The Czech Republic defeated Poland 3-1 in the first round of the group derby. The match played at the Slavia Stadium in Prague was decided by the players of the city rival Sparta, Krejci, Tomas Cvancara and Kuhta. This is a great strength of the Czech Republic, considering that the players know each other very well because they play in the same club. The Czechs were left without a place in the World Cup by elimination in the play-off, where they were placed in the penultimate edition of the League of Nations. Then they were relegated from the "A" division of the League of Nations in the last cycle of this competition. Before the victory over the Poles, they had a streak of five competitive games without a win, four consecutive defeats in which they scored only one goal.

Moldova is in a series of four games without defeat in competitive matches, but it should be borne in mind that before rescuing a point against the Faroe Islands, this selection achieved 3 victories in the lowest class of the League of Nations, division "D", from which it did not even make it to fight for the playoffs to enter the "C" division because Latvia won the first place thanks to a better score in the matches between them. The fact that this national team is in a series of 20 defeats against teams ranked in the Top 100 in the FIFA ranking shows the difference in the quality of the teams that Moldova used to beat and today's rival. The Czech Republic is currently 38th on that list. Moldova and the Czech Republic have met twice in history, both times in the qualifiers for EURO 2004. The Czechs won 5-0 in Prague and 2-0 in Chisinau. In the previous two cycles of qualification for the European Championships, the home team won the last place in the group and recorded only one victory and two draws in those matches. On the other hand, the Czech Republic has qualified for every Euro since becoming independent, with the one-second place, one semi-final, and two quarter-finals. There is a big difference in the quality of these two teams and I expect a win for the guests with at least 2 goals margin.