On Saturday, starting with 17:00, the Cyprus – Montenegro match will be played, within the 1st round of the League of Nations, League C. All the 3 previous direct meetings ended in a draw. It was 2-2 and 1-1 in 2009, and the most recent duel, 0-0 in 2018. If Montenegro lost 7-0 in England in November 2019, Cyprus was defeated 6-1 by Belgium in the same period.
Cyprus played in Group 3 of League C at the previous edition of the League of Nations, where it finished in 3rd place, behind Norway and Bulgaria, but over Slovenia. The Cypriots got a single victory, 2-1 with the tail of Slovenia. In the preliminaries for Euro 2020, the team coached by Loukas Hadjiloukas failed to check the qualification, being overtaken by Belgium, Russia and Scotland. At the current edition of the League of Nations, Cyprus will try to make a beautiful figure, having as opponents Montenegro, Luxembourg and Azerbaijan.
Montenegro was in Romania’s group in the last edition of the League of Nations, finishing behind the “tricolors” and Serbia. In that group, Lithuania was the only representative without a point won. Montenegro, selected by Faruk Hadžibegić, was severely disappointed in the Euro 2020 preliminaries, where it ticked only 3 points (3 draws) in the group with England, the Czech Republic, Kosovo and Bulgaria, with a very modest goal difference, 3-22.
-Cyprus finished the first edition of the League of Nations in 36th place;
-The Cypriots rank 95th in the FIFA rankings;
-Montenegro finished the first edition of the League of Nations in 35th place;
-Montenegrins rank 64th in the FIFA rankings;
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / NO @ 1,68
