Moldova v Ireland Betting Preview – World Cup 2018 Qualifying 9th October
Ireland have yet to impress in World Cup 2018 qualifying, but they have taken four points from their opening two games. But they had to dig and work hard for a 1-0 win that they bagged over Georgia on Thursday night at home. The Irish never looked comfortable and conceded 57% of possession to the underdogs. Regardless of not playing well, they have the chance to go and bag themselves another three points when they take a trip out to Moldova on Sunday. Moldova have shipped seven goals in their two qualification games so far and are on a four match losing streak.
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Moldova v Ireland Betting Tips
So we surely haven’t seen the best of the Irish so far in World Cup 2018 qualifying yet. After their 2-2 draw out in Serbia, which was a lucky result for the men in green, they had to work and sweat hard for a 1-0 home win over Georgia. But still, the positive is that they unbeaten and go into the weekend’s fixture with four points, the same as Austria, Wales and Serbia. This is a tremendously tight group and so the Irish can’t afford to drop any points away from home against minnows Moldova. This should be a good chance for Ireland to express themselves actually and put a good performance on the board as they will be taking on what is the weakest side in their qualification group.
Ireland have played three games this season the two qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup where they have taken four points and a friendly win over Oman. So the two wins that they have banked so far this season have been with a clean sheet. Ireland to win to nil in this one is trading at a price of 11/10. However, they have only taken three clean sheets in their last ten games in total and in that sequence of ten games they have posted just a W3 D3 L4 record which is a little disappointing from them. This will be the first even meeting between Ireland and Moldova and there should be goals in this for the men in green. In the anytime goalscorer market, Ireland have Shane Long running at 6/5 and Jonathan Walters at 2/1 to net. This may not be a high scoring game, so look under 2.5 goals for a price of 4/6 and an Ireland 2-0 correct score may have some good appeal at 5/1.
Moldova are not likely to offer up too much opposition to Ireland. So far they have lost 4-0 against Wales and 3-0 against Serbia in their World Cup 2018 qualification campaign. So Ireland really shouldn’t have to work as hard as they did against Georgia to get a win in this fixture. So that is seven goals conceded so far from Moldova and none scored, so it doesn’t make good reading for them and neither does their current form record. They have gone W1 D1 L9 record in their last eleven played, and the only win that they put on the board in that sequence was a 1-0 win over Andorra in a friendly. Ireland’s defence really should stay intact in this one because Moldova have failed to score in seven of their last eleven games and never more than one goal in a game.
Moldova v Ireland Betting Odds
Ireland 9/20, Draw 3/1, Moldova 7/1
Moldova v Ireland Predictions
The games against Moldova in their qualification group will be the easiest ones that Ireland get and so they have to take advantage here and boost their goal difference by at least matching the three goals that Serbia put past the Moldovans. However, Ireland are not playing all that well at the moment and look a little short on confidence and an Ireland 2-0 correct score is looking to have some appeal in this one.
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