Finland host Albania at the Olympic Stadium

Recent form

Finland have won two, drawn one and lost two of their last five recent matches. The run includes a 4-0 victory and a 2-0 win, though it closes with back-to-back defeats, 0-4 and then 1-2. Albania arrive with five straight losses, none of them by more than two goals but none of them offering a point either. The sequence reads 0-2, 1-2, 0-1, 0-1, 0-1, a team that has stayed in games and lost them all.

What it sets up

The contrast is narrow enough to matter. Finland have scored in three of their last five and kept two clean sheets; Albania have failed to score in four of five and conceded in every one. This is a fixture between a side that has shown it can win recently and one that has not, part of a calendar that has kept them in Helsinki through the autumn window.

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