The first of three pre-Christmas international breaks is underway and UEFA World Cup qualifying matchday five serves up a typically trappy coupon for punters.
Solid, decent value singles are favoured over biblically long, multi-leg accumulators in these parts and three such bets have been unearthed, including a reliable route to value when betting on Germany away and a fair price about one of the home nations in their own backyard.
Slovakia can find the net to boost value of bet on leaky Mannschaft
On the admittedly skewed scale of win-draw-win odds for World Cup qualifiers Germany aren’t as short as you might expect to win away to Slovakia at 4/11.
At that price there’s a strong incentive to find an additional angle to nudge the odds above evens and backing the Germans to win and concede looks like the one, priced up at 37/20.
Die Mannschaft have a dizzying array of attacking riches to call upon but have conceded in 11 of their last 13 away internationals, including against moderate rivals such as Hungary and Bosnia Herzegovina
Germany to beat Slovakia & both teams to score
@ 37/20
Recent meetings suggest Czechs can claim cosy Montenegro win
At first glance the 63/100 about Czechia beating Montenegro in Podgorica looks skinny, but the sides’ recent head-to-head suggest they may be able to land the odds with a degree of comfort.
Ivan Hasek’s side ran riot with a 4-1 win on their last visit to the Balkan country in June 2023 and also won the nations’ first meeting in World Cup Qualifying Group L 2-0 two years later.
The 37/20 about the Czechs overcoming the (-1) handicap comes into play on that evidence and it seems achievable given Iceland managed to win 2-0 in Montenegro in November 2024.
Czech Republic (-1) to beat Montenegro
@ 37/20
Solid Republic a decent price at home to out-of-form Hungarians
The Republic of Ireland rounded off last year’s Nations League campaign in respectable fashion with a victory over Finland followed by home and away wins over Bulgaria and they look solid favourites at 6/4 to beat Hungary at the Aviva Stadium.
Liverpool’s Dominik Szoboszlai and summer signing Milos Kerkez add star power to the Magyars, but Marco Rossi’s side were out of sorts throughout the 2024/25 international campaign – winning just twice in 10 matches.
Ireland to beat Hungary
@ 6/4
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