League AGroup A3: Poland v Italy (20:45) (Will)
* Poland drew with Italy last month 1-1
* Also drew with Ireland 1-1
* Had a poor World Cup before that
* Lewandowski hasn’t been firing
* Italy have won 1 of last 6
* Scored 1 goal in 4 of those games
* 3 ended 1-1
* Under 2.5 in last 3 for both
TIP: Under 2.5 / Draw
SCORE: 1-1
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League BGroup B2: Russia v Turkey (18:00) (Olly)
* Russia beat Turkey in the reverse fixture of this in the Nations League 2-1
* Before that the previous 2 meetings were draws
* Turkey won their 2nd Nations League game against Sweden 3-2 (great result)
* Turkey haven’t beaten Russia in the last 5 meetings. Russia won 3, 2 draws
* Tight game
* Home advantage should edge it again
Tip: Russia to win (no odds yet)
Score: 2-1
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League CGroup C1: Israel v Albania (20:45) (Tom)
* 94th v 57th in the world
* Israel have lost 7 of their last 8 games
* And have only scored 1 goal in that time – 1-2 v Romania
* Albania won the reverse game 1-0 in September – Granit Xhaka’s brother scored the goal
* Which was their first win in 2018 – they’ve lost 4 of their last 5
* But they did beat Turkey 3-2 in November 2017
Tip: Under 2.5 goals / Draw
Score Prediction: 0-0
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Group C4: Romania v Serbia (15:00) (Will)
* Desmond when they played last month
* Romania are unbeaten in 2018
* Won 4 (finland, chile, sweden, isreal) drew last 2 (montenegro, serbia)
* Lost 1 of 9 at home (Holland) Won 7 of those
* Serbia have lost 4 this year (all at home) – Brazil, Swiss, Chile, Morocco
* Won their 3 away games – Lithuania, Costa Rica, Nigeria
TIP: Romania win
SCORE: 2-1
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Group C4: Lithuania v Montenegro (20:45) (Olly)
* Lithuania are 126th in the world rankings
* Montenegro are ranked 41st in the world
* Montenegro won 2-0 in previous UNL meeting
* Lithuania have lost their last 4 games on the bounce
* Montenegro have only lost 1 of their last 5 games (2-0 to Slovenia)
Tip: Montenegro to win
Score: 0-1
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League DGroup D3: Azerbaijan v Malta (18:00) (Tom)
* 108th v 183rd in the world
* Azerbaijan have only lost 2 of their 8 games – drawn 4 of those though
* They met in September and it was 1-1
* Azerbaijan also drew with Kosovo in September – decent result
* Malta only have 1 win in their last 14 games – losing 10 of those
Tip: Under 2.5 goals / Draw
Score Prediction: 1-1
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Group D3: Faroe Islands v Kosovo (18:00) (Will)
* Faroes are ranked 84th
* Lost 2 of last 7
* Kosovo won this fixture last month 2-0
* Kosovo are unbeaten in 2018
* Haven’t conceded in 5 matches
* Only 1 of those was over 2.5
TIP: Kosovo win & Under 2.5
SCORE: 0-1