We have just four teams remaining in the World Cup playoffs, two of which will advance to the Qatar World Cup next December.
Poland plays host to Sweden in what is expected to be a hard-fought game between two evenly matched teams.
Meanwhile, Portugal cannot believe their luck having to face North Macedonia over the current European champions Italy. Check out our World Cup Qualifiers Parlay at World Cup Qualifiers odds (+115).
Poland vs. Sweden
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 – 02:45 PM EDT at Silesian Stadium
The winners take it all here in both games on today’s card, Sweden had to go all the way to extra time to see off the Czech Republic in the previous round.
After a grueling 90 minutes the game ended 0-0, it took Robin Quaison 110th minute goal to seal the victory for the Swedes.
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Having had a bye in the semi-finals due to their opponents being Russia (who were excluded from the tournament), Poland now comes into this home game on the back of some rest and we also expect them to be slightly better prepared than the Swedes just because they have had much longer to analysis their opponents, etc.
It won’t be an easy game however as Sweden can be a very difficult team to break down. Poland doesn’t score a lot, excluding teams outside the top 50 ranked in the world they only scored 12 goals in their 10 previous home games.
However we see some really nice value on over 1.5 match goals at -200, although we are paying some juice, we believe the true odds here should be around -300. Poland has seen both teams scoring in 12 of their previous 14 fixtures.
We predict a 1-1 scoreline here but we will equally take a 2-0 victory for either team, let’s take over 1.5 match goals in this first parlay selection.
If you are looking for a prop play here, we believe the value on Swedish striker Alexander Isak to score anytime at +240 is worth ½ of a unit. Isak has scored 4 times in 9 appearances in the qualifiers thus far.
Soccer Pick: Over 1.5 Goals (-200) with BetOnline
Portugal vs. North Macedonia
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 – 02:45 PM EDT at Estádio do Dragão
As the saying goes, we are going back to the well for our selection in Portugal and North Macedonia.
Last time out Portugal let us down by seeing their match against Turkey go over 3.5 goals when we were on the under, the killer blow coming well into injury time in the 94th minute.
This time around we like the under 3.5 just as much, if not more as Portugal will face very stiff opposition in the form of a North Macedonia team who pulled off a miracle by defeating Italy last time out despite being outshot 32-4 and allowed 16 corners.
For context, the North Macedonians were +1100 just to win the game, which is a high price in soccer.
Portugal will be very pleased to be avoiding a game against Italy in order to make it to the World Cup in Qatar.
We see Macedonia playing the exact same way against this Portugal team, 11 men behind the ball and try-catch them on the counterattack.
Portugal will know a 1-0 / 2-0 win is all that’s needed so we don’t expect to see them go for broke and score a lot of goals, we are not expecting North Macedonia to get desperate early if they are down by a goal.
Portugal to win this game 2-0, bold prediction they score early in the second half and late in the second half.
For your soccer picks, we advise checking out Portugal’s total team corners over the total, remember Italy managed 16 corners last time, we expect Portugal to manage at least have that. Portugal over 7.5 corners is currently +110 with the best online sportsbooks.
Soccer Pick: Under 3.5 Goals (-225) with BetOnline
Parlay Pick
- Over 1.5 Goals (-200)
- Under 3.5 Goals (-225)
Soccer Best Bets: Two-Legged Parlay (+115) with BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review)
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