Sweden v Turkey Betting Tips – UEFA Nations League, 10th September 7.45pm
After their World Cup 2018 exploits, Sweden will be focusing on keeping their Nations League campaign in a positive fashion on home soil. They look a pretty solid side but with just a lack of quality up front and they suffered a friendly defeat against Austria in midweek. As for Turkey, they played out a 1-1 friendly draw with Russia in midweek. Read our predictions for Sweden v Turkey.
Sweden News and Form
Swedes open their Nations League account as they take on Turkey on Monday. The Swedes had a pretty good World Cup 2018 qualification campaign, finishing second behind France there and holding off the Netherlands. Then it was a success over Italy for them in the World Cup2 018 qualifying playoffs.
At Russia 2018 they got through to the quarter finals. Sweden don’t look to be a major threat in front of goal and that is their weakness as otherwise, they are a pretty solid side. Under 2.5 goals at Paddy Power leads our Sweden v Turkey betting tips at 4/7 odds* (Betting Odds were taken from September 7th, 2018 at 5:39 p.m.).
Six of Sweden’s last nine games have gone under the goal line so there is a big trend there. They took on Austria in a friendly last week and suffered a 2-0 loss on the road. We have to look at both teams NOT to score for this fixture which is an option to be backed at 8/11 odds with Paddy Power* (Betting Odds were taken from September 7th, 2018 at 5:39 p.m.). Both teams have NOT scored in eight of their last nine games played, competitive and friendly matches combined.
Turkey News and Form
Turkey suffered a defeat in their opening UEFA Nations League campaign as they were taken down by Russia on home soil. Turkey suffered a 2-1 defeat. So that leaves them under big pressure in this Nations League group. They really don’t have much form on their side as they are only W2 D4 L5 in their last eleven games played since the beginning of September last year. They have scored consistently, having found the back of the net in each of their last five fixtures. Defensively they haven’t been great though.
Turkey have conceded in all but one of their last eleven games so clearly they do have some defensive issues. In the Paddy Power correct score market a Sweden 1-0 option does have some good appeal at 9/2 odds* (Betting Odds were taken from September 7th, 2018 at 5:39 p.m.). Turkey are on a six-match winless streak away from home with a D4 L2 record. So there is a bit of resilience from them, but they don’t look too likely to hit the road and collect maximum points against a solid side like Sweden.
Sweden v Turkey Head to Head
The last two games between Sweden and Turkey have been won by the latter by a 2-1 scoreline. The most recent meeting was in March 2016. Turkey are undefeated in three games against Sweden (W2 D1) and are up in the overall head to head between the two. Turkey hold a W4 D4 L2 record against the Swedes. This will be the first meeting between them in Sweden since 1995 when there was a 2-2 draw.
Sweden v Turkey Betting Odds*
Sweden 11/10
Draw 2/1
Turkey 23/10
* (Betting Odds were taken from Paddy Power on September 7th, 2018 at 5:39 p.m.)
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Sweden v Turkey Predictions
Sweden to win: We don’t really see Turkey having enough in them to go and land a positive away win in a competitive game like this. Sweden are generally pretty solid and organised but don’t have a great deal up front to work with. We are backing a low-scoring home win for our Sweden v Turkey predictions.
