Ukraine v Croatia Betting Tips: BTTS, 2017-10-09

Ukraine and Croatia to both score in Group I shoot-out

World Cup Betting Tips

UKRAINE v CROATIA

Monday 9th October 2017 – Kickoff: 1945hrs

Football – Europe – World Cup Qualifier Betting Tips

Group I throws up possibly the best contest in all of the World Cup qualifiers on Monday night with Ukraine taking on Croatia at the NSK Olimpijs’kyj in Kiev, with both teams sitting on 17 points apiece ahead of this crucial clash.

Ukraine sit in third place in the group, and along with group leaders Iceland and second placed Croatia, still remain unbeaten on home soil throughout their World Cup qualifying campaign, and they’ll need to extend this run to five matches if they’re to stand any chance of claiming a possible play-off place.

A home record of  3-1-0  7/1 is an impressive return for the hosts so far, who have now been unbeaten in their last nine World Cup qualifiers on home turf, and wins over Kosovo, Finland and Turkey have them seemingly well placed to progress. Striker Yarmolenko (6 goals) is the danger man for the hosts.

Visitors Croatia are one place above their hosts by virtue of a slightly better goal difference (+3), and a draw could well suit them down to the ground as Turkey would then have to beat Finland by 9 clear goals to snatch the play-off place on offer.

With Iceland seemingly home and hosed with 19 points and a final match at home against rock bottom nation Kosovo who only have 1 point to their name during this campaign, this is both Ukraine and Croatia’s most important international match for some time.

Away from home, Croatia have been far from convincing though as their record of  2-0-2  7/2 suggests, and although they’ve beaten Kosovo 6-0 and Finland 1-0, they’ve also suffered defeats at Iceland and Turkey, both by 1-0 margins.

But the likes of influential midfielder Modric and striker Mandzukic should give Croatia a fighting chance of claiming something in Kiev tonight.

Pick: Both teams to score @ 1.80 bet365