Our prediction for this World Cup 2026 match:
Montenegro
Match Time & Date:
5 September 2025
19:45
Prediction: 2-2
Czech Republic
Following a 2-2 draw with Armenia in a friendly, Montenegro will look to return to winning ways when they face Czech Republic in a highly-anticipated World Cup qualifier. The Montenegrins are eyeing their third win of the process and a triumph over Czech Republic could see them climb to top two in Group L. A man to keep an eye on in the home team will be new Atalanta signing Nikola Krstovic, while wing-back Marko Vesovic misses out through suspension.
The Czechs, on the other hand, experienced all sorts of problems at the back in a 5-1 loss to Croatia. As both Czech Republic and Montenegro are determined to return to winning ways in the World Cup qualifiers, we are tempted to place our bets on both teams to score. Hoffenheim defender Vladimir Coufal is banned for the visiting team due to the accumulation of yellow cards.
Highlighted Team (Czech Republic):
Czech Republic national team is the natural successor of the Czechoslovakia side that dominated world football during the 20th century, winning one European Championship trophy and coming second at 1934 and 1962 World Cups. After the separation of the country in 1992, Czech Republic continued the proud tradition by qualifying for each of the next six European Championship finals, losing to Germany in the final of the 1996 tournament.
The Czechs also reached the last eight at the 2012 finals, but their World Cup record of late is pretty disappointing. Since separating from Slovakia, Czech Republic only qualified for one of five World Cup finals. The 1996 generation, featuring players like Pavel Nedved, Karel Poborsky and Patrik Berger, will forever remained etched in the fans’ memory, while the likes of Milan Baros, Jan Koller, Petr Cech and Tomas Rosicky are some of the other notable footballers.
Highly rated goalkeeper Petr Cech is the team’s most capped player, whereas towering forward Jan Koller tops the goalscoring charts with 55 strikes in 91 games.
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