With Belgium against Switzerland there is a friendly game, in which the home side still has one score open. Almost exactly two years ago, the Diables Rouges lost to the supposed underdog. Due to the bankruptcy on the last day of the group phase in the Nations League, the leap into the Final Four tournament, which was believed to be safe, was still missed.
However, the bankruptcy was nothing more than a slip-up. Until the defeat against England last month, Belgium remained without further setbacks and instead recorded no fewer than a dozen wins and a draw. The recent defeat against the British was also put away well, as a win at Iceland was achieved immediately.
For the match in Leuven, the pandemic-related alternative location to the normal venue in Brussels, between Belgium and Switzerland, the forecast includes fewer than three goals. Further preliminary reports on current international matches are available in a clear form in the section of the International Football Tips section on the betting base.
No spectators are allowed in the match in the small town in Flanders.
Belgium :
The World Cup third party will have to do without Eden Hazard in the next match. The Real Madrid attacking midfielder recently returned to the pitch after a long injury break, but now a positive test knocks him out again.
Coach Roberto Martinez, like hardly any other national coach in the world, can cope with such bad news because the squad is always double top-class in all positions. Even the hazard loss is therefore only of limited importance, especially since it was not available in the last international matches.
Against Switzerland, the Spanish coach will once again turn on the rotary press and give various players from the second row a chance. This was already evident in the last friendly against Ivory Coast. However, Martinez tends to exaggerate in this context.
Instead of trying out new players in conjunction with regulars to see how they work as a supplement in case of doubt, the Iberian likes to put a completely new team on the lawn, which would normally never come into being in this form. What knowledge he gains from this remains his very personal secret.
The exuberant experiments have resulted in the results in these games being expandable. For example, they only scored a tired 1: 1 against Ivory Coast recently and about a year ago such a Belgian selection was embarrassed when they played in San Marino when the football dwarf was able to hold a draw until half-time.
In view of this and the once again lack of support from the home fans, the odds for the double chance in favor of the Swiss are also interesting at the match between Belgium and Switzerland.
Switzerland :
The “Nati” has seen better days – at least from the point of view of the results: they have not scored a win in five international matches. However, this balance must be relativized somewhat in favor of the Confederates. After all, in the context of this review it was almost consistently against strong teams.
The Swiss faced the DFB selection twice and at least one draw was achieved both times. Furthermore, defeats against Ukraine and Spain and the World Cup runner-up Croatia were conceded. On the offensive, hopes are currently mainly on the shoulders of the formally strong Mario Gavranovic.
The 30-year-old has been kicking football in Croatia for many years and at his current club Dinamo Zagreb Gavranovic is currently very accurate: Seven goals in as many league games bring him first place in the goalscorers classification of the 1st HNL.
In the national team, the no longer completely fresh attacker recently confirmed his strong condition. In the last international match against Germany he managed a brace at 3: 3 and in the previous lost game against Croatia Gavranovic contributed the only goal of his selection.
He should also play against the Belgians because the striker is mostly not part of the starting line-up despite his good performances, but seeded players like Haris Seferiovic from Benfica will be given a breather this time.
In addition, his storm colleague Breel Embolo has only recently been available again after a long injury break, which is why coach Petkovic will consider him for a short term at most.
PREDICTION: Belgium to win @ 1,68
