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- Competition: Nations League
- Date: 9th September 2024
- Kick-off: 19:45 UTC +1 / 20:45 CEST
- Venue: Gradski Stadion Niksic
Matches in Group H of the UEFA Nations League continue next week, with Montenegro and Wales set to meet for the first time in more than 13 years.
Montenegro have been on the rise in recent years in terms of football. The Brave Falcons lost just two of their eight matches in the 2024 EURO qualifiers and avoided defeat in three of their six matches in the last Nations League.
Wales meanwhile have been in decline. The Dragons also didn't qualify for Euro 2024 and took just one point from their three games at the World Cup in Qatar. Before that, Craig Bellamy's side had their worst Nations League campaign in 2022-24, taking just one point from six games.
Montenegro vs Wales Betting Tips: Under 2.5 goals
The defeat to Iceland in Montenegro’s first game just went further to highlight how scoring goals have been difficult for them in recent months. Robert Prosine?ki’s side have now found the back of the net just twice in their last four matches. All but one of those encounters ended with under 2.5 goals.
Wales have not also had much joy when it comes to scoring goals lately. Indeed, the visitors failed to score in all their last four matches, including friendlies. Three of those games didn’t produce a goal and I think we could be in for a similar outcome on Monday.
- Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals
- Montenegro vs Wales prediction: 0-1
Montenegro vs Wales Head to Head (H2H) stats
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Wales
2 : 1
Montenegro
Euro Qualification
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Montenegro
1 : 0
Wales
Euro Qualification
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Montenegro
2 : 1
Wales
Friendly International
Montenegro team news
Montenegro didn’t register any injuries in the defeat to Iceland last time out, but head coach Robert Prosine?ki is expected to make changes to make changes to his XI.
Having all featured as substitutes in that encounter, Stefan Mugo?a and Stevan Joveti? will hope to benefit from this reshuffle.
Last matches of Montenegro
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Iceland
2 : 0
Montenegro
UEFA Nations League
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Montenegro
1 : 3
Georgia
Friendly International
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Belgium
2 : 0
Montenegro
Friendly International
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Montenegro
1 : 0
North Macedonia
Friendly International
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Belarus
0 : 2
Montenegro
Friendly International
Montenegro lineup
Goalkeeper
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1
Milan Mijatovi?
Defenders
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3
Risto Radunovi?
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19
Slobodan Rube?i?
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6
Marko Tu?i
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4
Marko Vuk?evi?
Midfielders
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16
Vladimir Jovovi?
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8
Milo? Brnovi?
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22
Novica Erakovic
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23
Adam Maru?i?
Forwards
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10
Stevan Joveti?
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9
Stefan Mugo?a
Wales team news
Wales will again be without the services of Wayne Hennessey due to injury.
The Nottingham Forest Goalkeeper is recovering after undergoing knee surgery back in August.
Dan James and Wes Burns who are both dealing with hamstring injuries are also on the visitors’ list of absentees for Monday’s encounter.
Last matches of Wales
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Wales
0 : 0
Turkey
UEFA Nations League
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Slovakia
4 : 0
Wales
Friendly International
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Gibraltar
0 : 0
Wales
Friendly International
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Wales
4 : 5
Poland
Euro Qualification
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Wales
4 : 1
Finland
Euro Qualification
Wales lineup
Goalkeeper
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12
Danny Ward
Defenders
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14
Connor Roberts
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6
Joe Rodon
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4
Ben Davies
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3
Neco Williams
Midfielders
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8
Harry Wilson
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5
Ethan Ampadu
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17
Jordan James
Forwards
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11
Brennan Johnson
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10
Aaron Ramsey
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19
Sorba Thomas
Three reasons we expect under 2.5 goals in this game
- Five of the last seven games of Wales ended with under 2.5 goals.
- Just one of the last five games of Montenegro produced more than two goals.
- Bets on under 2.5 goals were won in six of Montenegro’s last seven home matches.
Main prediction Montenegro - Wales
Under 2.5 goals
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Montenegro & Wales current standing in UEFA Nations League
Group 4 | P | W | D | L |
G - A
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GD | Pts | |
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1 | Iceland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 - 0 | +2 | 3 |
2 | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Wales | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Montenegro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 - 2 | -2 | 0 |