Nations League Betting Tips – November 15th, 2018
The inaugural UEFA Nations League Group Stage is coming to an end. It has really been hard to gauge just who has been taking it all that seriously really. The action starts up again on Thursday, November 15th and really the big game there will be Croatia v Spain which is in England’s group.
There are plenty of other issues around in the tournament which we can take a look at for our Nations League betting tips & predictions.
Austria v Bosnia
This is in B3 and it has all been a bit one-sided. Bosnia have the chance to wrap up the group which they can do if they take a point against Austria on Thursday. They are three wins from three so far and this is their final game of the group campaign. So all that they need to do is avoid defeat and given how efficient they have looked so far, they are worth backing to get it. In their one away game in the group so far they took a win out at Northern Ireland 2-1 but they took a clean sheet in their other group games on home soil in wins over the Irish and the Austrians. This rematch certainly has the look for being a game which ends as a low-scoring affair. Austria’s two matches so far have both been settled by a 1-0 scoreline (W1 L1) and given the visitors just need a night of caution it’s hard to see this being too exciting. The previous head to head is even as well with one win each and two drawn games. None of those previous four made it above 2.5 goals.
Bosnia just need to keep things tight and so far Austria haven’t lit up the goalscoring charts in the Nations League. Therefore under 2.5 goals at 4/5 odds looks a decent proposition* (betting odds taken on November 11th, 2018 at 5:27 pm).
Belgium v Iceland
Belgium look on course to book their spot in the Nations League Finals from A2. They have won both of their games played so far in the group which leaves them level on points with Switzerland, with the Swiss having played one game more. Iceland are out of the picture with no points from their three games played so far and their defence has been all over the place, to say the least. Iceland have conceded eleven goals in their three games so far and this is their toughest game to come. Belgium should collect three points out of this without breaking too much of a sweat in the context of things and they are such a short odds-on price they aren’t even worth looking at in the match outright.
This should be easy enough for the Belgians on home soil against a disinterested side who are already relegated from the group. The Belgium -2 Asian Handicap should be a decent enough option at 21/20 given how badly the Icelandic defence has melted away so far in the group.
Greece v Finland
Finland are the surprise leaders of C2 and they have the chance to seal top spot in avoiding defeat out in Greece on Thursday night. Finland already have won four from four and this is their penultimate game. They go into six points clear of second-placed Greece so a point does the trick for them. Earlier in the group when they hosted Greece, Finland came away with a 2-0 win and that is four clean sheets in four from them. It’s a been a pretty big upset in group really and Greece have to come out and leave it all on the line. They have only played one home game so far, beating Hungary 1-0. That’s just the three goals in four games that they have come up with. Do they have enough to stop the Finns? Finland have won their last two games against Greece without conceding and are unbeaten in three against them.
Finland are on a five-game winning streak and a Finland-Draw Double Chance at 21/20 odds* (betting odds taken on November 11th, 2018 at 5:27 pm) has to tickle the fancy.
Hungary v Estonia
This is the other game in C2 on Thursday night and this is a fight against relegation. Estonia are bottom with just the one point on the board, which was earned against Hungary in a pretty exciting 3-3 draw. Hungary are three points better off. In League C the bottom side of Groups 1, 2, 3 and 4 all get relegated while the lowest ranked third-placed team of Groups 2, 3 and 4 will also get the drop (that’s because there are only three teams in C1). So nice and simple then. Basically, Hungary just need to pick up a point in this home game to ensure that they don’t get automatic relegation. Three points would ease a lot of pressure about not finishing as the lowest of the third-placed teams. Hungary have scored exactly five goals in each of their last two home games against Estonia and have won three of the last four against them.
We are going with the Hungary to win to nil option at 20/21 odds* (betting odds taken on November 11th, 2018 at 5:27 pm).
