WC Qualification Europe: Group Stage: Gibraltar travels to Montenegro for this exciting encounter
It's no vacation for neither Montenegro nor Gibraltar as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's quite the trip for Gibraltar when visiting Montenegro as the cities are 3200 kilometers apart.
Montenegro form and stats
Last season their WC Qualification Europe adventure ended in the 1st round.Everyone expects Montenegro to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 31 games: eleven home wins, eight draws and twelve defeats. Montenegro have won with at least two goals margin seven times in similar situations.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Montenegro, as the WC Qualification Europe home game vs Norway is only three days away.
Gibraltar form and stats
Gibraltar was sent out of WC Qualification Europe in the 1st round last season.Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Liechtenstein.
Gibraltar goalkeeper Dayle Coleing had a great day against Norway, but despite making twelve saves the loss could not be avoided.
Nobody expects Gibraltar to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 17 times before, with the overall statistics of won one, draw zero and lost 16. When defeated, 16 matches have been lost by two or more goals.
A new game in only three days for Gibraltar, the WC Qualification Europe home match versus Netherlands. Busy days.
Head 2 Head
Montenegro missing players
Gibraltar missing players
| Montenegro | Gibraltar | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 10 | 18 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Conceded | C | 31 | 61 | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 36% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 85% | 64% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.6 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 1.9 | ||
| 28% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 25% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Norway | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Turkey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Montenegro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Latvia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
| 6 | Gibraltar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |