On Thursday night, Israel and Slovenia go head-to-head in their Euro 2020 qualifier. The teams are in a relatively competitive group, so it may be their best chance of qualifying for a major tournament in years.
Israel have enjoyed mixed fortunes of late, as a 3-2 defeat in Scotland, last time out ended a three-game winning run. The home side has claimed just three wins in their last eight international outings.
The aforementioned match in Scotland followed a familiar high scoring trend for the home side, as four of their last five games have produced over 2.5 goals.
Israel have recorded three-straight home wins. The run of good home form ended a six-match run of winless home games for the home side. Andres Herzog’s team have been prolific in front of goal on home soil, scoring at least two goals in their last three home matches.
Slovenia have failed to win in their last six international matches, while also winning just one of their last 11 outings. However, the visitors have now drawn their last three matches, including last time out when they drew 1-1 with Bulgaria.
Slovenia’s recent international matches have been low-scoring, with under 2.5 goals scored in their last four games. In fact, there has been under 2.5 goals scored in six of their last eight matches.
The visitors have a poor recent away record, winning just one of their last ten away games while losing six of their last eight matches on their travels. Slovenia’s recent away record has not been helped by the fact they have failed to score in six of their last nine outings on their travels.
Slovenia’s struggles in front of goal have contributed to there being under 2.5 goals scored in three of their last four matches.
Forebet predicts that this clash will be a close encounter ending in a low-scoring draw.