Nations League Tips: France and Portugal will both score

Nations League Tips: France and Portugal will both score

France meet Portugal in a heavyweight international clash and Dan Fitch thinks that the attacking talent of both teams will mean goals, as he previews Sunday's Nations League games.

Few goals in recent Dutch games

Bosnia 8.80 v Netherlands 1.48; The Draw 4.60
Sunday 11 October, 17:00
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Frank de Boer's first match in charge of Holland did not go as planned, as they lost 1-0 at home to Mexico.

It was the second successive 1-0 defeat for the Dutch. Under 2.5 goals has paid out in four of their last five games and is available at 2.00.

Goals will flow

Croatia 1.92 v Sweden 4.60; The Draw 3.60
Sunday 11 October, 17:00
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After losing two successive games, Croatia bounced back with a 2-1 win against Switzerland on Wednesday.

Sweden won in Russia by the same scoreline. Croatia's last six games have all seen both teams to score and and the odds of it happening again are 1.98.

Attacking talent can't be denied as champions clash

France 2.18 v Portugal 4.00; The Draw 3.30
Sunday 11 October, 19:45
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The pick of Sunday's Nations League matches sees the World Cup holders France take on the reigning European Championship and Nations League holders Portugal.

With the attacking talent available to both sides, this is another match where you have to assume that both teams will score, available on this occasion at 2.00.

Iceland home form underestimated

Iceland 5.40 v Denmark 1.74; The Draw 4.00
Sunday 11 October, 19:45
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It's hard to see why Denmark are so short here. Since the start of 2019, the only team that they have beaten away from home is Gibraltar (P5 W1 D4).

Over the same period, the only teams to beat Iceland at home have been France and England (P10 W7 D1 L2). The price of 4.00 for the draw is pretty big, in what seems sure to be a tight game.

Narrow win for Italians

Poland 4.20 v Italy 2.00; The Draw 3.70
Sunday 11 October, 19:45
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Italy flexed their attacking muscles on Wednesday with a 6-0 demolition of Moldova. The win extended their unbeaten record to 17 matches (W14 D3).

One of those victories was a 1-0 win in Poland in the Nations League two years ago. An Italy win and under 2.5 goals is 4.20.

Russia slow starters at home

Russia 2.22 v Turkey 3.90; The Draw 3.30
Sunday 11 October, 19:45
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Russia lost at home 2-1 to Sweden in midweek and their solitary goal was a consolation effort, scored in added time.

They are having trouble scoring goals at home, with Russia failing to find the net in the first-half of any of their last five matches on home turf. Back the half-time score to be 0-0 at 2.56.

Serbia have extra class

Serbia 1.79 v Hungary 5.00; The Draw 3.80
Sunday 11 October, 19:45
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Serbia and Hungary both enjoyed wins in their Euro 2020 play-off matches this week. The Serbs won 2-1 in Norway, while Hungary claimed a 3-1 victory in Bulgaria.

The victory for Serbia was particularly impressive, away against a Norwegian side that would have beaten most of the other teams involved in the play-offs. Serbia's quality should tell here and you can back them to win at 1.79.