Finland vs Albania — match summary
Europe · UEFA Nations League · kick-off 3 Oct 2026 20:00
Full time · score 2-1
pPS pre-match readiness (0-100): Finland 35 · Albania 51
mPS in-play performance (0-100): Finland 41 · Albania 34
Shots on target 3-5 · corners 7-6 · possession 60-40
NextGOAL tip: Albania +0.25 · 2 stars
In this UEFA Nations League fixture, Finland host Albania, and the two sides' most recent matches ended very differently: Finland drew 0-0, while Albania won 3-0 after opening the tournament with a 2-0 win. Finland came through a friendly spell in which they lost two in a row before recovering results in this competition, but their attack still lacks sharpness - they failed to score at all last time out. Albania, meanwhile, arrive in clearly better rhythm, on a winning run without conceding, and they have had more of the ball overall across their last 10 matches (57.5% compared with Finland's 51.8%). If Albania score first from a situation that suits them, Finland will have to open up and chase the game, which risks being caught on the counter. But if the hosts take the lead first, the game becomes one where they must control the tempo as the team defending, and that is the period in which Albania must prove whether the attack that went quiet in the first half can come back.