Portugal could seal a seventh successive appearance in the World Cup finals tomorrow night, and their match is one of five predictions we’ve made from the final round of October's European qualifiers.
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Spain vs Bulgaria
Spain To Score Over 3.5 Goals @1/2
Spain have found little to trouble them in Group E so far, and Bulgaria look unlikely to change that fact in Valladolid.
The 2010 world champions have won all three of their group games by a combined 11-0 scoreline and have beaten Bulgaria in five of their six previous meetings, drawing the other.
One of those wins was a 3-0 triumph in Sofia last month, and with rock-bottom Bulgaria having since lost 3-0 to Georgia and 6-1 to Turkey, who Spain themselves beat 6-0, we cannot see anything other than a comfortable night for Luis de la Fuente’s side.
Turkey vs Georgia
Turkey To Beat Georgia With BTTS @ 2/1
Turkey bounced back from their six-goal home mauling to Spain with a similarly impressive destruction of Bulgaria at the weekend to remain three points behind the world’s top-ranked team.
They are also three points ahead of Georgia, but having survived a late scare in their 3-2 win in Tbilisi in the opening round of qualifying, Vincenzo Montella’s men will need to be wary of their neighbours in Izmit.
Georgia suffered a 2-0 defeat to Spain on Saturday and will know they cannot afford to lose any more ground on Turkey.
Portugal vs Hungary
Portugal To Win + Over 3.5 Total Goals @ 11/8
Portugal are sitting pretty at the midway point of qualification in Group F, boasting a 100 per cent record and a five-point lead over second-placed Hungary.
The Nations League champions only squeaked past winless Ireland on Saturday courtesy of a stoppage-time Ruben Neves goal, but they should have little to fear from Hungary in Lisbon, where a victory combined with Armenia failing to beat Ireland would see Portugal secure top spot.
The Iberian nation have never lost to Hungary in 15 encounters, winning 11, and have netted at least three times in 10 of those fixtures - including a 3-2 victory in Budapest last month.
Italy vs Israel
Italy To Win Both Halves @5/4
Italy have recovered superbly from their 3-0 defeat to Norway in their opening fixture and are chasing a fifth successive Group I win against Israel in Udine.
With Norway not playing, Italy could move within three points of the pacesetters with a victory tomorrow and, perhaps more importantly, it would also end Israel’s hopes of a top-two finish.
Israel can no longer qualify automatically following Saturday’s 5-0 mauling in Oslo, and second place would be beyond them too if they lose to the Azzurri, who have scored 13 goals in three games under new boss Gennaro Gattuso.
Andorra vs Serbia
Serbia To Win With Over 2.5 Goals @ 10/11
Serbia’s bid to reach a third successive World Cup finals suffered a potentially critical blow at the weekend after losing 1-0 at home to second-placed Albania.
That left them four points behind the Albanians and knowing they simply must win their game in hand against rock-bottom Andorra tomorrow, especially with a trip to Wembley coming up next.
Serbia beat Andorra 3-0 at home in the first-ever meeting between the two in June - Aleksandar Mitrovic netting a hat-trick - but the minnows are far from being pushovers these days, losing only 1-0 at home to England and Latvia, against whom they drew 2-2 away on Saturday to pick up their first point.
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