San Marino vs 29.09.26 18:450 – 3Full Time
Albania — UEFA Nations League: stats, lineups & analysis
Match report
Albania cruise past San Marino with three unanswered goals
Albania beat San Marino 3-0 at San Marino Stadium in a UEFA Nations League League C - 2 fixture, moving to the top of League C, Group 1 with the win. The visitors led 2-0 at half-time and never looked troubled thereafter.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Anis Mehmeti opened the scoring in the 21st minute, converting an assist from Rey Manaj, before Myrto Uzuni doubled the lead six minutes later. Manaj added a third goal himself in the 65th minute, turning provider into scorer to complete the rout.
Albania dominated territorially, holding 72 percent of possession and outshooting San Marino 14 to 6, with eight of those efforts on target compared to just one for the hosts. San Marino remain without a win, sitting fourth in the group table having taken no points from two matches.
Rey Manaj scored one goal and set up another for Mehmeti, finishing with the highest rating among the listed performers at 8.48.
Albania's control was evident in the shots on target count, landing eight to San Marino's solitary effort.
Albania won 3–0 away against San Marino (half-time 0–2).
San Marino met Albania in the UEFA Nations League (League C - 2). Kick-off was Tuesday, 29 September 2026, 18:45 UTC at San Marino Stadium. Referee: Mihaly Kapraly.
Team pages: San Marino · Albania · UEFA Nations League
Key moments
- 21' Goal: Anis Mehmeti (assist: Rey Manaj) — 0–1 · Watch Anis Mehmeti's goal video (21')
- 27' Goal: Myrto Uzuni — 0–2 · Watch Myrto Uzuni's goal video (27')
- 65' Goal: Rey Manaj — 0–3 · Watch Rey Manaj's goal video (65')
Starting line-ups
San Marino (4-3-2-1)
- 1 Edoardo Colombo
- 3 Simone Giocondi
- 6 D. Rossi
- 5 Michele Cevoli
- 2 G. Benvenuti
- 8 L. Capicchioni
- 22 Marcello Mularoni (c)
- 7 G. Capicchioni
- 19 Samuel Pancotti
- 21 L. Lazzari
- 9 Nicola Nanni
Albania (4-3-3)
- 12 Alen Sherri
- 3 Mario Mitaj
- 6 Berat Djimsiti (c)
- 18 Ardian Ismajli
- 2 Samuele Sina
- 8 Kristjan Asllani
- 16 J. Shehu
- 9 Anis Mehmeti
- 10 Ernest Muçi
- 7 Rey Manaj
- 11 Myrto Uzuni
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave San Marino 9%, the draw 14%, Albania 77%. It finished San Marino 0–3 Albania.
Albania's rating gap outweighs San Marino's home ground — Albania are clearly the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of Albania's 77%. The draw at 14% is about what a gap this size usually leaves.
Why Albania at 77%?
Albania sit 872 points higher on our strength rating — 768 to 1641. Sides with a more than 240-point rating edge on the road won 65.7% of 5,899 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 7–14–79.
Why not higher?
No scored evidence points the other way. 77% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 14% and San Marino at 9%.
Why is the draw only 14%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 15.1%. These teams' recent games average 3.5 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 23.0% of 16,964. The goals environment takes 1.3 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Albania have averaged 24 percentage points more possession than San Marino in recent games. That doesn’t change our forecast here. Albania are 1 game into a new manager (R. Maran), appointed 28 days ago. The famous new-manager bounce doesn't survive its receipt: sides with a new manager beat their rating by 0.9 points over 33,420 games — but sides on an equally bad run who kept their manager beat it by 2.4 over 31,777. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the San Marino vs Albania final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this UEFA Nations League fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Anis Mehmeti's goal against San Marino (21').
- Watch Myrto Uzuni's goal against San Marino (27').
- Watch Rey Manaj's goal against San Marino (65').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from San Marino 0–3 Albania. Explore more on the San Marino and Albania team pages or the UEFA Nations League page.