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Cyprus v Bosnia and Herzegovina : World Cup Qualifying Europe match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 9th Oct, 19:45 BST, AEK Arena - George Karapatakis, Larnaca

Sergej Barbarez is aiming for a crucial away win in the World Cup Qualifying Europe on Thursday evening, as he takes his Bosnia and Herzegovina side to the AEK Arena - George Karapatakis to visit Cyprus and Savvas Poursaitidis. The predictions for all the markets are based on the past 20 games each side has played (home, away and overall) with additional weight applied to top teams. All the stats and graphics are tailored for the selected market. Head-to-head stats between the team are also given if there are are enough previous meetings. Odds are provided straight from from the UK's biggest bookmakers.

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We're ruling out a bore-draw or a slim 1-0 win here, and instead we're tipping over 1.5 goals. That means that Cyprus and Bosnia will score at least two between them during the standard 90 mins. It's a prediction based on form stats for each side, as well as their historic head-to-heads. We give it a probability of 77%. The bookies have it priced at 1.36.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 52% chance of Bosnia coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Cyprus 24%	-	3/1 17%
Draw 24%	-	5/2 7%
Bosnia 52%	-	10/11 10%
Draw 1-1 11%	-	11/2
Bosnia 1-0 10%	-	5/1 9%
Bosnia 2-1 10%	-	7/1
Bosnia 2-0 9%	-	13/2 7%
Cyprus 1-0 6%	-	8/1 5%
Cyprus 2-1 6%	-	11/1 8%
Draw 0-0 6%	-	7/1
Bosnia 3-1 6%	-	12/1
Draw 2-2 5%	-	14/1
Bosnia 3-0 5%	-	12/1 18%
Cyprus 2-0 4%	-	14/1 12%
Bosnia 3-2 3%	-	22/1
Bosnia 4-1 2%	-	25/1 13%
Cyprus 3-1 2%	-	25/1 10%
Bosnia 4-0 2%	-	22/1 10%
Over 2.5 Goals 54%	-	11/10
Under 2.5 Goals 46%	-	4/6
Home 1st Goal 43%	-	8/5 10%
Away 1st Goal 54%	-	4/6 6%
No 1st Goal 3%	-	7/1
BTTS - Yes 55%	-	1/1 5%
BTTS - No 45%	-	3/4 5%
BTTS - Home Win 12%	-	13/2 17%
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	19/5 9%
BTTS - Away Win 25%	-	16/5 5%
Home/draw 48%	-	17/20 10%
Away/draw 76%	-	2/9 3%
Home/away 76%	-	2/7 3%
Over 1.5 Goals 78%	-	4/11
Under 1.5 Goals 22%	-	19/10 1%
Over 3.5 Goals 32%	-	11/4 1%
Under 3.5 Goals 68%	-	1/4 2%
Over 4.5 Goals 16%	-	13/2
Under 4.5 Goals 84%	-	1/14
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	-	14/1
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	-	1/80
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	-	1/16
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	-	7/1
Home DNB 41%	-	15/8 15%
Away DNB 69%	-	4/11 5%
Cyprus win to nil 12%	-	-
Bosnia win to nil 27%	-	-
Cyprus / Cyprus 13%	-	5/1 14%
Cyprus / Bosnia 4%	-	20/1 11%
Cyprus / Draw 6%	-	12/1 13%
Draw / Cyprus 10%	-	7/1 11%
Draw / Bosnia 17%	-	18/5 6%
Draw / Draw 16%	-	19/5 4%
Bosnia / Cyprus 3%	-	28/1 15%
Bosnia / Bosnia 27%	-	19/10 11%
Bosnia / Draw 6%	-	12/1

Group H table

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Cyprus Bosnia
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	Date	Date
1	Bosnia	5	4	0	1	8	12	Oct 9	-
2	Austria	4	4	0	0	7	12	Nov 15	l 1-2A
3	Romania	5	2	1	2	4	7	d 2-2A	Nov 15
4	Cyprus	5	1	1	3	-2	4	-	w 2-1F
5	San Marino	5	0	0	5	-17	0	w 2-0F	w 1-0F

Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

4 / 7

Conceded

4 / 7

Clean sheets

3 / 7

Failed to score

3 / 7

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Cyprus	2 - 2	Romania
Cyprus	2 - 0	San Marino
Cyprus	2 - 2	Malta
Cyprus	0 - 3	Croatia
Cyprus	0 - 2	Russia
Cyprus	1 - 0	Slovenia
Cyprus	0 - 0	Slovakia

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

6 / 15

Conceded

12 / 15

Clean sheets

3 / 15

Failed to score

9 / 15

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Cyprus	2 - 2	Romania
A	Cyprus	0 - 1	Austria
A	Cyprus	0 - 2	Romania
A	Cyprus	1 - 2	Bosnia
H	Cyprus	2 - 0	San Marino
A	Cyprus	1 - 2	Slovenia
A	Cyprus	0 - 6	Russia
H	Cyprus	2 - 2	Malta
H	Cyprus	0 - 3	Croatia
A	Cyprus	0 - 2	Slovakia
H	Cyprus	0 - 2	Russia
A	Cyprus	0 - 3	Malta
H	Cyprus	1 - 0	Slovenia
A	Cyprus	0 - 1	Croatia
H	Cyprus	0 - 0	Slovakia

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

6 / 6

Conceded

3 / 6

Clean sheets

3 / 6

Failed to score

0 / 6

Won

Draw

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
San Marino	0 - 6	Bosnia
Romania	0 - 1	Bosnia
Ukraine	1 - 1	Bosnia
Kazakhstan	0 - 2	Bosnia
France	1 - 1	Bosnia
Finland	2 - 2	Bosnia

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 13

Conceded

9 / 13

Clean sheets

4 / 13

Failed to score

2 / 13

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Bosnia	1 - 2	Austria
A	Bosnia	6 - 0	San Marino
H	Bosnia	1 - 0	San Marino
H	Bosnia	2 - 1	Cyprus
A	Bosnia	1 - 0	Romania
H	Bosnia	0 - 2	Ukraine
H	Bosnia	1 - 3	Finland
A	Bosnia	1 - 1	Ukraine
A	Bosnia	2 - 0	Kazakhstan
H	Bosnia	2 - 2	Kazakhstan
A	Bosnia	1 - 1	France
H	Bosnia	0 - 1	France
A	Bosnia	2 - 2	Finland

Goal Statistics

Bosnia and Herzegovina have been consistent in front of goal of late, finding the net in 6 consecutive World Cup Qualifying Europe games. Their PG of 1.7 against Cyprus on Thursday suggests that run is likely to continue.

	Cyprus	Bosnia
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.1 goals	1.7 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 33% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 70% probability that Cyprus will score no more than 1 goal	0 18% 1 31% 2 27% 3 15% 4+ 10% There is a 82% probability that Bosnia will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
7 home / away league games	=0 Cyprus’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	=0 Bosnia’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.0 average goals scored	2.2 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	0.7 conceded

Attack defence ratings past 20 games

CYP

BIH

18%

better

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Games scored	11		13
Failed to score	9		7
Scored first	6		8
Goals scored	18		22
Avg. goals scored	0.9		1.1
Avg. shots per game	8		8
Avg. shots per goal	9		7
Conversion rate for	11		14
Avg. XG for	1.3		1.3
KickOff rating		+18%

CYP

BIH

14%

better

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Games conceded	17		15
Clean sheets	3		5
Conceded first	14		11
Goals conceded	45		39
Avg. goals conceded	2.3		2
Avg. shots/game conceded	11		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		5
Conversion rate against	21%		22%
Avg. XG against	1.5		1.8
KickOff rating		+14%

The line-ups for the World Cup Qualifying Europe match between Cyprus v Bosnia will show here when available.

Cyprus World Cup Qualifying Europe squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
5	2	1	3
C Sielis	I Pittas	G Kastanos	I Pittas

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Sielis DEF	5			1 -
C Kyriakou MID	5			-
G Kastanos MID	5		1	1 -
I Kosti MID	5		1	1 -
A Kakoullis FWD	5	1	1	-
M Tzionis FWD	5			-
L Loizou FWD	5	1		1 -
K Laifis DEF	4		1	1 -
A Correia DEF	4			-
C Charalampous MID	4	1		1 -
I Kousoulos MID	4			1 -
I Pittas FWD	4	2		2 1
J Mall GLK	3			-
G Malekkidis DEF	3			-
G Satsias MID	3			1 -
P Sotiriou FWD	3			-
Fabiano GLK	2			-
A. Shikkis DEF	2			-
K Pileas DEF	2			1 -
K Artymatas MID	2			-
N Koutsakos FWD	2			-
N Panagiotou DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	10	1	2
I Pittas	I Pittas	G Kastanos	I Kosti

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
I Pittas FWD	2	10		1
A Kakoullis FWD	1	3	1	1
L Loizou FWD	1	2		1
C Charalampous MID	1	1		1
C Sielis DEF		2
G Kastanos MID		1	1	1
I Kosti MID			1	2
M Tzionis FWD		3
K Laifis DEF		2	1
A Correia DEF		1
I Kousoulos MID				1
G Malekkidis DEF		1
G Satsias MID				1
P Sotiriou FWD		2
K Pileas DEF		1
N Panagiotou DEF				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
299	12	39
G Kastanos	G Satsias	G Kastanos

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
G Kastanos MID	299	10	39
C Sielis DEF	277	4	12
K Laifis DEF	184	3	10
I Kousoulos MID	121	4	16
G Satsias MID	120	12	19
L Loizou FWD	99	4	19
N Panagiotou DEF	92	1	5
I Kosti MID	90	7	19
A Correia DEF	77	6	12
C Kyriakou MID	73	3	11
J Mall GLK	72	1	4
M Tzionis FWD	66	6	16
I Pittas FWD	62	4	16
C Charalampous MID	56	5	13
G Malekkidis DEF	55	6	14
Fabiano GLK	53		2
A. Shikkis DEF	46	2	8
K Pileas DEF	42	4	8
K Artymatas MID	34	1	3
A Kakoullis FWD	33		8
P Sotiriou FWD	18	2	9
N Koutsakos FWD	8	1	4

Bosnia World Cup Qualifying Europe squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
5	4	1	1
N Vasilj	E Dzeko	E Demirovic	N Vasilj

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
N Vasilj GLK	5			1 -
B Tahirovic MID	5	1		-
S Bazdar FWD	5	1		-
E Demirovic FWD	5	1	1	-
A Barisic DEF	4			1 -
A Dedic DEF	4		1	1 -
A Gigovic MID	4	1		1 -
D Burnic MID	4			1 -
I Sunjic MID	4			1 -
A. Memić MID	4		1	-
E Dzeko FWD	4	4		-
N Katic DEF	3			1 -
I Bašić MID	3			-
N Mujakic DEF	2	1		1 -
T Muharemović DEF	2			-
K. Alajbegović FWD	2	1	1	-
E Bajraktarevic FWD	2		1	-
E. Košpo DEF	1		1	-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	6	1	3
E Dzeko	S Bazdar	E Demirovic	E Demirovic

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
E Dzeko FWD	4	6
B Tahirovic MID	1	2		1
S Bazdar FWD	1	6
E Demirovic FWD	1	2	1	3
A Gigovic MID	1	1
N Mujakic DEF	1	1
K. Alajbegović FWD	1	3	1
A Barisic DEF		1
A Dedic DEF			1	1
D Burnic MID				1
A. Memić MID			1	1
N Katic DEF		2
T Muharemović DEF		1		1
E Bajraktarevic FWD			1
E. Košpo DEF			1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
216	12	26
B Tahirovic	I Sunjic	I Sunjic

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Tahirovic MID	216	6	13
A Barisic DEF	213	2	12
N Vasilj GLK	168		1
I Sunjic MID	142	12	26
I Bašić MID	109	3	8
N Katic DEF	95	4	20
D Burnic MID	91	7	15
E Dzeko FWD	83	1	20
A Dedic DEF	76	2	21
E Demirovic FWD	68		14
T Muharemović DEF	61	1	11
A Gigovic MID	60	2	11
A. Memić MID	56	3	11
S Bazdar FWD	49	3	13
K. Alajbegović FWD	26	1	10
N Mujakic DEF	24		2
E Bajraktarevic FWD	20	2	6
E. Košpo DEF	20		1