With a flurry of International action this week, we get started with six European Championship 2012 Qualifiers tonight with reigning European and World Champions Spain in action along with the Netherlands, Italy and France amongst others.
The odds of 1/4 about Spain against the Czech Republic will not be getting any pulses racing and neither will the ridiculous odds of 1/16 about France away at European whipping boys Luxembourg, who are available at 57/1!
World Cup finalists Holland travel to Hungary for their latest Group E clash and find themselves unbeaten since the World Cup Final defeat to Spain. Hungary have been revitalised and won their last five international matches, this run followed just one win in 11, with nine of them being defeats. Holland’s price of 8/15 is short enough but I still expect them to get the job done.
Slovenia host Italy in the first of the Group C games and the Italians are notorious for not getting many goals, especially away from home. They have drawn their last two fixtures at home to Romania and away to Germany. They also stuttered on their trip to face Northern Ireland earlier in the Group where they could only manage a 0-0 draw. Slovenia are a very indifferent team but before the World Cup last summer they won five games in a row on home soil. Italy have just one win in their last five away games, four of which were draws and I think you can add another one to that list this evening. I expect a low scoring draw at 9/4.
Northern Ireland make the trip to Serbia in the other game in Group C and they have started this Qualifying campaign in decent fashion with an away win in Slovenia followed by draws against Italy and away at the Faroe Islands. Serbia have lost three and drawn one of their last four home matches and I can see Northern Ireland battling on for a point here tonight with the draw at 3/1.
The final game I want to look at is the tightest one of the night. Austria play host to Belgium in Group A. Belgium come into this one on the back of a 2-0 win against Russia and have won their last two on the road, but before that they were 11 without a win away from home. Austria have an average record of late but they have picked up maximum points from their first two home games, as well as a 4-4 draw away to Belgium. I think home advantage will be enough for Austria here and the home win is best priced 16/11.
They are my four selections and the 4-timer pays 46/1. That would be a brave bet considering the two draws in there so I would recommend betting the selections in trebles.
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