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Albania vs Belarus: match report

Albania hosted Belarus at Air Albania Stadium on Saturday 26 September 2026, in the Nations League (round 1). Albania are without 2 players (Klisman Cake, Qazim Laçi); Belarus have no reported absences. Samuel Barrott is the referee, averaging 3.9 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.9.

Result and scorers

Albania 2-0 Belarus. Goals: Kristjan Asllani 34' (pen) for Albania; Ernest Muçi 45'+2' for Albania. Attendance: 18,150.

Key moments (contains the result)
  • 21' Yellow card: Ivan Tikhomirov (Belarus)
  • 33' Yellow card: Artem Kontsevoy (Belarus)
  • 34' Penalty: Kristjan Asllani (Albania) 1-0
  • 45'+1' Yellow card: Evgeni Malashevich (Belarus)
  • 45'+2' Goal: Ernest Muçi (Albania) 2-0
  • 45'+4' Yellow card: Ylber Ramadani (Albania)
  • 85' Yellow card: Stavros Pilios (Albania)
  • 90'+2' Yellow card: Zakhar Volkov (Belarus)
Match stats (contains the result)
54%Possession46%
20Shots8
3Shots on target2
5Corners2
9Fouls23
0Offsides0
3Saves1
2Yellow cards4
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Albania 4-3-3

Coach: Rolando Maran

  1. 1 Etrit Berisha GK
  2. 4 Elseid Hysaj DEF
  3. 18 Ardian Ismajli DEF
  4. 6 Berat Djimsiti DEF
  5. 22 Stavros Pilios DEF
  6. 17 Taulant Seferi FWD
  7. 8 Kristjan Asllani MID
  8. 20 Ylber Ramadani MID
  9. 10 Ernest Muçi MID
  10. 7 Rey Manaj FWD
  11. 21 Arbër Hoxha FWD

Bench

  • 11 Myrto Uzuni FWD
  • 19 Mirlind Daku FWD
  • 9 Anis Mehmeti MID
  • 16 Juljan Shehu MID
  • 3 Mario Mitaj DEF
  • 12 Alen Sherri GK
  • 23 Mario Dajsinani GK
  • 15 Marash Kumbulla DEF
  • 13 Naser Aliji DEF
  • 2 Samuele Sina DEF
  • 5 Klevi Qefalija MID
  • 14 Cristian Shpendi FWD

Belarus 4-3-3

Coach: Viktor Goncharenko

  1. 21 Fedor Lapoukhov GK
  2. 5 Vladislav Kalinin DEF
  3. 20 Zakhar Volkov DEF
  4. 3 Ivan Tsikhamiraou DEF
  5. 2 Kiril Pechenin DEF
  6. 9 Max Ebong MID
  7. 8 Aleksandr Selyava MID
  8. 10 Valeri Gromyko MID
  9. 22 Artem Kontsevoy FWD
  10. 11 German Barkovsky FWD
  11. 18 Evgeni Malashevich FWD

Bench

  • 13 Kirill Gomanov DEF
  • 16 Anton Kovalev MID
  • 14 Aleksandr Svirepa DEF
  • 17 Vitali Lisakovich MID
  • 23 Timofey Simanenka FWD
  • 12 Andrey Kudravets GK
  • 1 Pavel Pavlyuchenko GK
  • 19 Anton Lukashov DEF
  • 15 Egor Parkhomenko DEF
  • 6 Roman Begunov DEF
  • 4 Valeri Bocherov MID
  • 7 Artem Shumanskiy FWD

Injuries and suspensions

Albania

  • Klisman Cake injury, back A few weeks
  • Qazim Laçi injury, back Doubtful

Belarus

No reported absences.

Previous meetings
  • Wednesday 18 November 2020: Albania 3-2 Belarus
  • Friday 4 September 2020: Belarus 0-2 Albania
  • Friday 15 November 2013: Belarus 0-0 Albania
  • Saturday 26 March 2011: Albania 1-0 Belarus
  • Tuesday 12 October 2010: Belarus 2-0 Albania