Russia v Wales Betting Preview – Euro 2016, 20th June
The state of play in this one for the Welsh is that they need a big defensive display to earn a point. A point would put them through to the next round and send the Russians home at the same time. So Russia have one final chance to get this right and put a win on the board. If Russia win this they could climb their way up into second place in the group. But will the Russians, who haven’t looked great, be able to break through the superb Welsh defence for the three points that they need?
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Russia v Wales Betting Tips
The situation is a little more dire for Russia heading into this one than it is for the Welsh. The Russians have no choice but to be positive in this one and go in search of the victory that would maybe see them through to the next round. Russia hasn’t shown much pace or much threat of anything so far in their two previous games. They took a huge slice of luck to earn a point against England in their opener and were then outworked by Slovakia in a 2-1 defeat in their second group. Now their backs are against the wall and it is win or bust for them. Where is that win going to come from though? They haven’t shown much creativity and that is the one thing that they may need to break down Wales, because they will facing a pretty solid defence. Under 2.5 goals in this one is a quote of 8/15.
Artem Dzyuba, who was Russia’s top scorer through qualifying has yet to get off the mark at the championship and he is a price of 21/10 in the anytime goalscorer market to make a breakthrough against Wales. After the way that they lost against Slovakia, it is hard to see Russia being in high spirits here and the longer that We keep them at bay, the more deflated they may become. Russia have only managed the one win in their last six games played now, but that is exactly all that Wales have managed in their last six matches respectively took. These two nations last came together back in 2008 during World Cup 2010 qualifiers and it was Russia who took the win 3-1 making it three wins in their last three games against the Welsh. You can take a Russia 1-0 correct score punt for a quote of 13/2.
Russia haven’t played very well at Euro 2106 and neither have Wales. The best aspect of the Welsh game was shown in their loss against England when their defence was, by and large, very good. They repellent a lot of the pressure that England was putting on them and they aren’t likely to come under quite as much from the Russians. The problem for Wales is going forward and with two of their three goals coming from Gareth Bale direct free kicks, they may have to push for the draw only here. Bale is trading at 7/5 in the anytime goalscorer market for the game. A draw would be enough for them and that’s what they may set their stall out for. But that’s a dangerous game and they have only earned one clean sheet in their last eight matches. There may well be a tense finish to all of this in Group B.
Russia v Wales Betting Odds
Russia 8/5, Wales 15/8, Draw 12/5
Russia v Wales Predictions
Tough to pick a winner here. Russia have very little pace, the Welsh don’t have a lot to offer in attack, but their defence is more than capable of standing strong signals the Russians. It is going to be a tight game therefore so go under 2.5 goals. It’s so hard to pick a winner out of this, so settle for the draw instead.
