Belgium vs Switzerland Free Betting Tips – Friendly Match
Low-goal evening in Leuven?
Betting Tips: Under 2.5 goals
Odds: 2.1
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 prediction includes fewer than three goals.
No spectators are allowed in the match in the small town in Flanders.
Belgium – Statistics & current form
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.
Many regular players will not appear
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.
No bankruptcy for the guests?
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.
The probable lineup of Belgium:
Mignolet – Boyota – Mechele – Bornauw – Castagne – Dendoncker – Vanaken – Saelemaekers – Docu – Basthuayi – Trossard
Last matches from Belgium:
UEFA Nations League A Grp. 2
10/14 2020 Iceland 1 – 2 Belgium
10/11 2020 England 2 – 1 Belgium
Friendly match
10/08 2020 Belgium 1 – 1 Ivory Coast
UEFA Nations League A Grp. 2
09/08 2020 Belgium 5 – 1 Iceland
09/05 2020 Denmark 0 – 2 Belgium
Switzerland – Statistics & current form
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 a 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.
Gavranovic is currently also convincing with the national team
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.
The probable lineup of Switzerland:
Omlin – Omeragic – Schär – Comert – Mvula Lotomba – Fernandes – Xhaka – Sow – Rodriguez – Mehmedi – Gavranovic
Last matches from Switzerland:
UEFA Nations League A Grp. 4
10/13 2020 Germany 3 – 3 Switzerland
10/10 2020 Spain 1 – 0 Switzerland
Friendly match
10/07 2020 Switzerland 1 – 2 Croatia
UEFA Nations League A Grp. 4
09/06 2020 Switzerland 1 – 1 Germany
09/03 2020 Ukraine 2 – 1 Switzerland
Belgium vs Switzerland – Direct comparison / H2H balance
As mentioned, the Swiss won the last duel in 2018. This ended a 30-year phase without going bust for this pairing (3-1-0) for the kicker from the kingdom. For the upcoming match between Belgium and Switzerland, the odds are now tending again moderately towards the home side’s success.
Switzerland has been waiting for victory in Belgium for more than half a century
Their away record against the Red Devils also gives little hope for the guests: in the history of their country, there was only one victory on Belgian soil. The success goes back a very long time at the age of 60.
Since then, only defeats have been received. The referee of the upcoming game is the Frenchman Jerome Brisard, who led an international game with Israel against Guatemala for the first time two years ago.
Belgium vs Switzerland Free Betting Tips
The sense of friendlies in a game plan for the national teams that have already been inflated by the Nations League is, of course, questionable, which is why the game is under special auspices. The hosts will undoubtedly not make their best selection and this is no less true for the guests from the Alpine country.
The usually given advantage for the Rode Duivels due to their great squad is hardly given. For the match between Belgium and Switzerland, the tip aims that fewer than three goals will be scored. The better B selections, which will face each other in Leuven, mean that an evening with few goals can be expected in the Flemish province.
Key facts – Belgium vs Switzerland tips
Belgium lost the last direct duel against Switzerland in 2018
The home side have to play without the quarantined Eden Hazard
Switzerland last triumphed in Belgium 60 years ago (1-0-3)
Without injured players like top goal-getter, Romelu Lukaku or Eden Hazard in midfield and the expected waiver of other top performers, the normally dangerous attacking game of the Belgians should be limited this time.
