Albania’s national return tonight ( Thursday) to the field of play, where Finland is hosting Finland from 20:45 to a significant match for the fifth lap of the C1 Group in the League of Nations in Tirana.

The Reds aim to exploit the local factor to score three points and strengthen their position at the helm of the group. After four fought matches, Albania leads nine points, collected by three victories and one defeat. The team has achieved eight goals and has suffered only three.

The team led by Rolando Maran comes after a 2-1 victory over San Marino, while in this edition of the League of Nations has also recorded victories over Belarus (2-0) and San Marinos (3-0). The only loss in the group was toward Finland.

On the other hand, Finnishs rank third with seven points, as well as Belarus in second place. They have scored nine goals and suffered only two, having the best balance of goals in the group.

Finland comes to Tirana after the 1-0 loss from Belarus, but had earlier triumphed 2-1 over Albania in the match held on 3 October.

At that meeting, Leo Walta scored both goals for the Finnish, while Rey Manaj realised about the redspots.

This makes the approach even more important for Albania, which seeks to get back for defeat at its first meeting.

A victory would produce 12 points, and it would draw even closer to the objective of closing the group in its first place.

The interest in the match is great, as all tickets have been sold and Air Albania is expected to be packed for this duel. /Telegraph/