Belgium vs Estonia Prediction, Betting Tips and Preview
Belgium play host to Estonia in a World Cup qualifier on Sunday. Read the match predictions to find out why a comfortable home win is the betting tip in this Group H encounter. Belgium’s last competitive match was a 0-6 rout away to Gibraltar while Estonia lost 0-2 at home to Greece.
Belgium vs Estonia Preview
Belgium have left out Manchester United’s Marouane Fellaini, AS Roma’s Radja Nainggolan and West Bromwich Albion’s Nacer Chadli for this match. Their squad contains some of the most talented players in world football and the likes of Axel Witsel and Dries Mertens may have to settle for a spot on the bench.
Estonia‘s most notable player is their skipper Ragnar Klavan who plays at centre back for Premier League side Liverpool. Sergei Zenjov has 10 goals at international level but could cut a lonely figure up-front on his own.
Team Predictions Belgium vs Estonia
Belgium 3-5-2 formation: Mignolet; Vetonghen, Kompany, Meunier; Hazard, De Bruyne, Dembele, Carrasco, Mirallas; Lukaku, Benteke
Estonia 4-2-3-1 formation: Askalu; Kallaste, Klavan, Baranov, Teniste; Mets, Dmitrijev; Luts, Vassiljev, Marin; Zenjov
Belgium vs Estonia Betting Tips
- Belgium have won 6 drawn 1 and lost 3 of their last 10 matches
- Estonia have won 2 drawn 3 and lost 5 of their last 10 matches
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Belgium have scored an average of 2.3 goals and conceded an average of 0.8 goals per game
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Estonia have scored an average of 0.7 goals and conceded an average of 1.8 goals per game
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 6 of Belgium’s previous 10 matches
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 3 of Estonia’s previous 10 matches
Belgium vs Estonia Prediction
Belgium have scored 13 goals without reply in qualification so far. They thumped Cyprus 0-3 away and won 4-0 at home to Bosnia-Herzegovina before the easy win over Gibraltar. Roberto Martinez experimented with a few players in the midweek friendly with Netherlands which ended 1-1 and will revert to his tried and tested players here.
Estonia were simply not at the races when going down 5-0 away to Bosnia-Herzegovina on match day 1. They managed an easy 4-0 win over Gibraltar but normal business resumed with the home defeat to Greece.
Belgium have been almost water-tight at the back of late and the goal they conceded against Netherlands was a penalty. There’s little chance of Estonia breaching their back line and I can see the hosts bagging a few goals here. With no value in the match odds market, the tip is to back Belgium to win with a clean sheet.
Free Betting Tips
Match Prediction
BELGIUM to win to nil at 1/2 with BetVictor
Over/Under Prediction
OVER 2.5 goals at 4/11 with Ladbrokes
Correct Score Prediction
BELGIUM 4-0 at 13/2 with Betway
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