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Slovenia vs Cyprus — World Cup 2026

FILE No. M-861CLASS: MATCHSTATUS: FRIENDLYInternational Friendlies
VS
FT
Slovenia
1–1
Cyprus
Match events
  • T. SvetlinOn: S. Lovric46'
  • S. SeslarOn: T. Begic46'
  • D. BrekaloOn: V. Drkusic63'
  • S. KuzmicOn: Z. Karnicnik63'
  • B. VerbicOn: A. Sporar64'
  • V. Drkusic65'1–1
  • Z. VipotnikOn: E. Sokler85'
  • A. Gnezda CerinOn: A. Zeljkovic85'
  • D. SturmOn: T. N. Koren88'
  • 0–17'M. Tzionisassist S. Georgiou
  • 52'P. Andreou
  • 57'C. CharalampousOn: I. Kosti
  • 58'M. TzionisOn: A. Kakoullis
  • 61'P. Andreou
  • 61'P. Andreou
  • 62'A. Kakoullis
  • 66'C. Sielis
  • 72'I. PittasOn: C. Kyriakou
  • 72'S. GeorgiouOn: A. Christou
  • 85'G. KastanosOn: G. Satsias
  • 85'A. ShikkisOn: G. Naoum
  • 90+1'K. Laifis
SLOMatch statsCYP
0Yellow cards5
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0Red cards1
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5
All-time meetings
1
Slovenia wins
2
Draws
2
Cyprus wins

Slovenia — starting XI

4-4-2
1Jan Oblak5S. Kuzmić6Jaka Bijol23D. Brekalo13Erik Janža10S. Sešlar22A. Čerin14T. Svetlin7B. Verbič18Ž. Vipotnik15D. Šturm
Bench
  • 8Sandi Lovrić
  • 11Tjaš Begić
  • 2Žan Karničnik
  • 21Vanja Drkušić
  • 9Andraž Šporar
  • 26Adrian Zeljković
  • 25Ester Sokler
  • 24Tian Nai Koren
  • 12Matevž Vidovšek
  • 16Žan-Luk Leban
  • 3Jošt Urbančič
  • 4Marcel Ratnik
  • 17David Zec
  • 19Aljoša Matko

Cyprus — starting XI

4-3-3
1Fabiano26A. Shikkis15C. Sielis19K. Laifis14G. Malekkidis20G. Kastanos16P. Andreou5C. Charalampous24S. Georgiou9I. Pittas21M. Tzionis
Bench
  • 13Giannis Kosti
  • 11Andronikos Kakoullis
  • 8Chambos Kyriakou
  • 18Andreas Christou
  • 6Giannis Satsias
  • 25Giorgos Naoum
  • 12Andreas Paraskevas
  • 22Neofytos Michail
  • 2Konstantinos Sergiou
  • 3Constantinos Sotiriou
  • 4Stelios Andreou
  • 7Anderson Correia
  • 17Evagoras Antoniou
  • 10Loizos Loizou
  • 23Angelos Neophytou
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Tale of the tape.

The auto-generated comparison for Slovenia vs Cyprus. Editorial detail lands closer to kickoff.

#58
FIFA Rank
#126
FRIENDLY
Stage
FRIENDLY
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Win probability.

A first-pass split off the FIFA rankings — replace with the live model once the form data lands.

68Slovenia
24DRAW
8Cyprus
68%
24%
8%
03 · The Form Guide

Last five walks into the room.

Who's hotter going in? Latest competitive results, newest first.

Slovenia

D
W
L
D
L
Jun 4
vs Cyprus
Friendlies · Friendly International · Stozice Stadium
1–1
Mar 31
at Montenegro
Friendlies · Friendly International · Podgorica City Stadium
3–2
Mar 28
at Hungary
Friendlies · Friendly International · Puskás Aréna
0–1
Nov 18
at Sweden
World Cup - Qualification Europe · Group Stage - 10 · Strawberry Arena
1–1
Nov 15
vs Kosovo
World Cup - Qualification Europe · Group Stage - 9 · Stadion Stozice
0–2

Cyprus

D
W
L
L
L
Jun 4
at Slovenia
Friendlies · Friendly International · Stozice Stadium
1–1
Mar 30
vs Moldova
Friendlies · Friendly International · GSP Stadium
3–2
Mar 26
vs Belarus
Friendlies · Friendly International · GSP Stadium
0–1
Nov 18
vs Estonia
Friendlies · Friendlies 1 · Alphamega Stadium
2–4
Nov 15
vs Austria
World Cup - Qualification Europe · Group Stage - 9 · Alphamega Stadium
0–2

// the wire

Slovenia v Cyprus · the wire

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