Spain v Albania Betting Tips [26 March 2022]

Spain recovered from their loss in the Nations League final to book their 2022 World Cup ticket and they seem solid as they prepare for the showpiece in Qatar later this year. The former world and European champions are set to host Albania in a friendly match on Saturday, coming from two straight wins. They registered 1-0 wins over Greece and Sweden after their loss in the Nations League and will go into this game as favourites. We expect that coach Luis Enrique will try to rotate the squad as he firms up the team ahead of the 2022 World Cup. For this game a notable absentee is David De Gea who despite his team Manchester United doing badly, has been outstanding. Spain have three clean sheets in their last five matches and three of those five matches have produced under 2.5 goals. They haven’t managed more than a goal in their last three matches but they’ve scored in each of the last 12 matches. In the last six meetings with Albania, Spain have managed five clean sheets. 

Albania have a poor run against Spain; in their seven meetings in history, they’ve lost all and conceded cumulatively 29 goals while scoring just two. They go into this game with three wins and three clean sheets in the last five matches but all these have come against much weaker opposition. Albania will not be heading to the World Cup but here they start their preparations for the Nations League, which comes in June. In their last game they registered a 1-0 win over Andorra, but had earlier suffered losses to England and Poland. Three of their last five matches have produced under 2.5 goals and they’ve conceded more than a goal in just one of their last five matches. In their last four matches, Albania haven’t scored more than a goal in any and their away run isn’t very impressive either. They have three losses, a win and a draw in their last five away matches. They’ve failed to score nine two of the last five away matches.

Albania are clear underdogs going to this game; they have no win in seven meetings with Spain and they haven’t really prevailed against established opposition. Spain are doing well ahead of this game, they aren’t scoring a lot. We don’t expect them to struggle against Albania but we also don’t expect a huge score line. Back Spain to win with the game ending in under 2.5 goals.