Russia v Brazil Betting Preview – International Friendly 23rd March
Brazil make the trek to Russia to get their warm-up campaign ahead of the World Cup 2018 going. It will be interesting to see how the hosts handle this game as they really need to kick on because their 2017 was really poor. Brazil were comfortable World Cup qualifiers and they will explore their options without the injured Neymar.
Russia v Brazil Betting Tips
Are Russia going to be poor hosts at the World Cup in the summer? Judging by how their 2017 went, they look as if they may struggle to even get out of the group stage. The Russians went W3 D4 L4 in their eleven internationals played last year which included the Confederations Cup. The wins for the Russians were over Hungary, New Zealand and South Korea while they failed to beat the likes of Chile, Ivory Coast, Mexico and Iran. They pulled off something of a surprise in their last friendly though, playing out a 3-3 draw at home against Spain in Saint Petersburg which was a shock. Just back before that though they played Argentina and lost 1-0. They should easily end up being second best to Brazil in this one and both teams not to score at 8/11 odds with William Hill* (Betting Odds taken at 03:54 p.m. on March 19th, 2018) has some appeal.
Russia and Brazil have met twelve times before and Russia are yet to win one against the Selecao. Brazil are W8 D4 then against Russia from their previous meeting scoring 23 and conceding just the seven. Their last friendly was back in 2013 at Stamford Bridge when the two played out a 1-1 draw. The last friendly that they played together in Russia ended in a 1-0 victory for Brazil. In the William Hill correct score market a 1-0 option is at 5/1 odds* (Betting Odds taken at 03:54 p.m. on March 19th, 2018).
Brazil have a good test ahead of them all the same in this one. They are without the injured Neymar and so this will be a primer for them to see how they may cope if he’s not fit at the World Cup. Qualification was easy for the Brazilians this time around to get to the World Cup and in 2017 they suffered just one defeat, which was against Argentina in the Superclasico in Melbourne Australia. They played England in their last friendly, which ended in a 0-0 draw at Wembley and of the seven wins that they banked in 2017, six of them were with a clean sheet. Brazil to win to nil at William Hill is at 8/5 odds* (Betting Odds taken at 03:54 p.m. on March 19th, 2018). Even without Neymar, Brazil are not really short on goal scoring threats, even though he is the one who carries the can for them. With the likes of Gabriel Jesus, Willian, Roberto Firmino and Philippe Coutinho they will probably be just fine.
Russia v Brazil Betting Odds*
Brazil 3/5, Draw 11/4, Russia 19/4* (Betting Odds taken at 03:54 p.m. on March 19th, 2018)
Russia v Brazil Predictions
Brazil are good enough to land a win in this one. Russia just look as average as you can get right now and lack any kind of star quality. Even without Neymar Brazil have it in spades and they can land themselves a victory.
