Albania and Moldova return to action in the 2024 European Championship qualifiers as Albania welcome Moldova to the Air Albania Stadium on Saturday night. Both sides are yet to pick up a win in the qualifiers and will head into the weekend looking to get their campaign up and running. The teams meet with the home side bottom of the table after narrowly losing out to Poland in their opening game. Albania were left empty-handed in last March’s group opener as they fell to a 1-0 loss against Poland at the National Stadium Warsaw. Meanwhile, the visitors managed to defy expectation and navigate their first two fixtures unbeaten. Their last game was a 0-0 draw they earned against Czech Republic in March. Albania are currently rooted to the bottom of Group E, two places below Saturday’s visitors, albeit with one game in hand. I am expecting the home side to win this encounter by some goal margin for the following reasons:

Firstly. Looking to bounce back from their narrow loss in Poland, Albania will be desperate to take all three points. Despite much talk of exciting new era under new coach Sylvinho, the Brazilian's reign as Albania boss began with a 1-0 defeat in Warsaw during the last international period. While the country have also failed to reach Qatar 2022 and won just one of their last 12 matches, a friendly against Armenia last autumn, the new management is now expected to get the best out of a talented crop featuring Chelsea's Armando Broja and Inter Milan midfielder Kristjan Asllani.

Secondly. While Albania are currently on a poor run, we expect them to have too much quality for a Moldova side who are currently ranked 171st in the latest FIFA World Rankings. Albania, currently ranked 68th in the FIFA rankings, did qualify for Euro 2016, Moldova have never qualified for a major finals. Separated by over 100 places in the FIFA rankings and having dominated previous meetings between these nations, Albania are expected to pick up their first win of the campaign.

The Red and Blacks have been imperious in the history of this fixture and we are backing them to pick up a comfortable victory in front of their home supporters this weekend. I am expecting them to win this encounter by at least two-goals margin.

阿尔巴尼亚和摩尔多瓦重返2024年欧洲杯预选赛，阿尔巴尼亚将在周六晚上在阿尔巴尼亚航空体育场欢迎摩尔多瓦。两支球队都还没有在预选赛中取得一场胜利，并将在周末开始他们的比赛。这两支球队在首场比赛中以微弱劣势输给波兰队，在积分榜上排名垫底。去年3月的小组赛首战，阿尔巴尼亚在华沙国家体育场0 - 1负于波兰，空手而归。与此同时，客队出人意料地在前两场比赛中保持不败。他们的上一场比赛是3月份0-0战平捷克。阿尔巴尼亚目前在E组垫底，比周六的客队低两名，尽管他们少赛一场。我预计主队将以一定的进球优势赢得这场比赛，原因如下:

首先。阿尔巴尼亚希望能从与波兰的小比分失利中恢复过来，他们将不顾一切地拿到全部三分。尽管很多人都在谈论新教练西尔维尼奥的新时代，但巴西人作为阿尔巴尼亚主帅的统治始于上一届国际比赛日在华沙0 - 1惨败。虽然国家队也未能进入2022年卡塔尔世界杯，而且在过去的12场比赛中只赢了一场，即去年秋天对阵亚美尼亚的友谊赛，但新的管理层现在预计将充分利用切尔西的阿曼多·布罗亚和国际米兰中场克里斯蒂安·阿斯拉尼等天才球员。

其次。虽然阿尔巴尼亚目前的表现不佳，但我们认为，对于目前在国际足联最新世界排名中排名第171位的摩尔多瓦来说，他们的实力太强大了。阿尔巴尼亚，目前在国际足联排名第68位，确实晋级了2016年欧洲杯，摩尔多瓦从未进入过重大决赛。在国际足联的排名中，阿尔巴尼亚队的排名相差100多名，在这两个国家之前的比赛中，阿尔巴尼亚队占据了主导地位，他们有望获得本届世界杯的首场胜利。

红黑军团在这场比赛的历史上一直是专横的，我们支持他们在本周末主场的球迷面前轻松取胜。我希望他们能以至少两球的优势赢得这场比赛。