Wales v Moldova Predictions & Betting Odds – 5th September 2016

Wales to open in positive fashion

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Wales v Moldova Betting Preview – World Cup 2018 Qualifier 5th September

So the Welsh start their quest to get to the World Cup 2018. They had such a huge success in Euro 2016 qualifying and at the finals itself, that they could be running on some high confidence and spirits to take their growth to the next level. The self belief is there but they are in a tricky group and they can get off to a great start here against minnows Moldova, who have lost four of their last six games. This could be a comfortable night for Wales. Will Chris Coleman’s men come out of the blocks firing?

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Wales v Moldova Betting Tips

Well can Wales kick off their World Cup 2018 qualifying campaign in a positive fashion. They should be able too, even without Aaron Ramsey who misses this one. Aside form that, things are pretty much the way they have been for Chris Coleman’s Wales. They will take on Austria, Serbia, Georgia and Ireland in World Cup 2018 qualification as well as Moldova so there is some scraping to be done to make it Russia. This is one of their easier games for them, so a nice start to ease themselves into proceedings with as they take on minnows Moldova. Georgia will be their other easy opponents to take on. Wales have a tremendous team spirit, we saw that not only at Euro 2016 but during qualifying for the finals as well. There’s no reason why that wouldn’t be in place for this one and given the lack of quality from their opponents, Wales to win to nil is a price of 8/15.

That’s a short low value price of course, but that is because Wales are expected to win this pretty easily. Up in the anytime goalscorer market you have Gareth Bale at 8/11 and he’s naturally going to have pit shots from free kicks around the area. Sam Vokes and Hal Robson-Kanu are both 11/8 punts in the market. There’s no reason why the Correct Score market wouldn’t have some appeal here where a Wales 2-0 offering will return you a price of 7/2, and the same price can be taken on a 1-0 victory for them as well. These two nations have not met before so no head to head history but Wales should open it with a victory, especially on home soil. The Welsh have lost just one of their last eight home games now, that being a friendly loss against the Netherlands last November.

So with Wales running on high confidence and form, it’s not likely Moldova are going to do much about taking them on. They have lost four of their last six games played (W1 D1) so aren’t in any great shape themselves. They finished bottom of one of the weaker groups during Euro 2016 qualifying (a group which was won by Austria) with a W0 D2 L8 record and they scored just the four goals along the way. That is a long way short of the quality of Wales and more likely than not, Moldova won’t offer any kind of attacking threat, instead just sitting back and hoping to land a lucky point, which they probably won’t. A Wales/Wales Half Time/Full Time wager for a price of 8/11 may expand your value on them winning a little bit. This is just a routine game for Wales before going on to face Austria on October 6th for their second qualifying match.

Wales v Moldova Betting Odds

Wales 2/9, Draw 17/4, Moldova 16/1

Wales v Moldova Predictions

A win for Wales will be on the board. Moldova are poor and aren’t likely to muster up any kind of challenge at all. This is just going to be all about how many Wales can win by. They should be comfortable to win to nil whatever they manage themselves, but settling on a Wales 2-0 correct score punt looks to be around the right mark.

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