Can Wales Top Group B With Israel Win?

Euro 2016

Football
Published: 25/03/2015

Wales will travel to Israel on Saturday aiming to cement their position as contenders to qualify from Euro 2016 qualification Group B. Chris Coleman`s men currently occupy second position in this table, just one point off Saturday`s opponents who currently lead the way with a game in hand. Whilst victory would see them topple Israel, defeat would see Wales potentially fall to as low as fourth, being usurped by both Cyprus and Belgium. Israel will be looking to extend their Group B unbeaten streak and go further clear at the summit of the table but could fall into third should they lose to Wales and other results go against them.

The away side currently sit in 37th position in the FIFA world rankings, having fallen three places since the last reconfiguration of the table. Eli Guttmann`s hosts look to be on an upward curve, moving from 32nd rank into 26th. Whilst Belgium currently occupy fourth place in Group B, they can boast being the fourth best team in the world according to FIFA and must be the team to watch in this qualification campaign.

Israel look to have everything in their favour prior to their clash with Wales, the home advantage, their superior qualification position and a better world ranking. As a result, the hosts can be backed at 37/40 with Betvictor to take all three points from their home game. Wales, contrarily, will be looking to upset the apple cart. They are currently on offer at 7/2 at both bet365 and Coral to scoop all three points and move to the top of the table. Otherwise, a draw is available at 5/2 at paddy Power.

The Ramat Gan Stadium outfit have played three European Championships qualifiers, earning themselves a full nine points from these encounters. Guttman`s side have scored nine goals and conceded two. They did, however, keep their first clean sheet in their last qualifier against Bosnia-Herzegovina, that match ending 3-0. Skybet`s 21/10 says that the home team will be able to pick up their second straight win to nil over Wales on Saturday.

Omer Damari, who plies his trade in the second tier of German football with Leipzig, has scored five of his country`s nine qualification goals. This tally includes the hat-trick he bagged in his side`s 4-1 thrashing of Andorra. Consequentially, Damari is available at 13/2 (boylesports) to grab the first goal of the match for the third occasion whilst he can also be backed at 100/1 bet365 to hit his second hat-trick of the competition against Wales.

Coral`s 11/8 says that his country will be able to hit over 1.5 goals on Saturday for the fourth straight time in this qualification campaign.

Wales have played four times in Group B and are also strictly unbeaten. They have run out the winners of two matches against Andorra and Cyprus (both 2-1) before racking up goalless draws against Bosnia-Herzegovina and Belgium. Betvictor`s 15/1 says that Wales will be able to win by two goals to one for the third time in this campaign. Meanwhile 7/1, available at a number of bookmakers, is the price on this game ending as a goalless draw.

Real Madrid superstar Gareth Bale has scored two of his country`s four goals. These both came in their 2-1 win over Andorra. Bale is on offer at 13/2 (Betvictor, paddy Power) to score the first goal of Saturday`s match-up whilst paddy power`s 20/1 says that he will be able to score at least two goals in the clash.

Spreadex have 3/1 on the Millennium Stadium outfit keeping their third clean sheet of the campaign.

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Any odds displayed within this article were correct at the time of publishing (25/03/2015) but are subject to change.

25/03/2015     © Frixo 2024

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