UEFA Nations League Azerbaijan vs Kosovo 7/09/2018

UEFA Nations League Azerbaijan vs Kosovo

Both teams want to start the competition on the right foot.

State of form

Penultimate of his qualifying hen for the world championship in Russia, ahead of San Marino, Azerbaijan has only finished 3 lengths of teams like the Czech Republic or Norway ahead. Since then, the Azeris have lined up 6 friendly matches, resulting in 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. For their final outing in early June, they overthrew Latvia outside (1-3).
With a record of 9 defeats and 1 draw in 10 games, Kosovo has logically finished last in their qualifying group for the 2018 World Cup, far behind Finland. However, the Kosovars are on a good dynamic now, since they have just made four consecutive successes in friendly, against Latvia (4-3), Madagascar (1-0), Burkina Faso (2-0) and Albania (0-3).

The staff for Azerbaijan vs Kosovo

Azerbaijan presents a group of players unknown to the general public, most of whom play in the national championship. The cadres are called Aghayev (Kesla), Medvedev, Huseynov, Garayev (Qarabag), Amirguliyev (Sabail), Aliyev (Qabala) or Nazarov (Erzgebirge Aue). Note the absences of the important Abisov (Neftçi), Gurbanov (Qabala) and Abdullayev (Qarabag).
Opposite, Kosovo arrives with a manpower composed of men playing everywhere in Europe, in championships of second zone (Switzerland, the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Turkey, Belgium, Croatia). There is no known head of the general public. Goalkeeper Ujkani (Rizespor), defenders Rrahmani (Dinamo Zagreb) and Paqarada (Sandhausen), midfielder Rashica (Werder Bremen) and Berisha (Grozny), as well as strikers Muriqi (Rizespor) and Nuhiu (Sheffield Wednesday) are the leaders of the group.