Predictions Nations League - Azerbaijan vs Sweden | September 5, 2024

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After failing to qualifying for this summer's European Championships in Germany, Azerbaijan enjoyed four friendly clashes spread across the March and June international windows so far in 2024, only losing one of that particular quartet of contests, being defeated in Albania 3-1 on June 7.

Milli Komanda's most recent fixture arrived in the form of a friendly meeting with Kazakhstan on June 11, when goals from Mahir Emreli, Emin Makhmudov and Tural Bayramov secured a positive result for their nation at Haladas Stadion in Hungary.

Azerbaijan suffered one of their heaviest defeats in recent times during their latest competitive match in November 2023, when four goals from Napoli striker Romelu Lukaku fired Belgium to a five-goal victory in Euro 2024 qualifying.

Finishing second in League C during the 2022-23 edition of the UEFA Nations League, Milli Komanda find themselves back in the third tier of the competition this time around, aiming to finish inside the top two of their section to have a chance of achieving promotion to League B.

Heading into Thursday night's Nations League opener, Sweden will be looking for a vast improvement on their most recent trip to Baku back in November 2023, when a three-goal defeat in Euro qualifying dealt the Scandinavian country's hopes of reaching Germany a major blow.

Following an eight-game qualification campaign, the Blue and White finished in third position in their section with 10 points, nine points behind second-placed Austria, who would go on to be a dark horse at the European Championships under the stewardship of Ralf Rangnick.

Boasting some of the finest names in League C of this year's Nations League, Sweden will be heavy favourites to top a section containing Thursday's hosts Azerbaijan, Slovakia and Estonia, with the latter most recently playing San Marino and Malta in the last edition of this competition.

Following his failure to take Blackburn Rovers back to the Premier League in England from the Championship, Jon Dahl Tomasson is now tasked with guiding the Blue and Yellow to Nations League glory and World Cup qualification next year.

Prediction: Azerbaijan 1-2 Sweden