The UEFA Nations League 2020/2021 Discussion Thread

[Daniel91]

Croatia played a very bad game again and the 2:1 defeat by Sweden is even very good for them because they still decide their own destiny in the last game in the group against Portugal.
For both Portugal and France, the matches against Croatia and Sweden no longer matter and it will be interesting to see who will play for them.
Goal difference will probably decide between Croatia and Sweden, so this will probably be a competition who will lose with a smaller goal difference 

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[tyKiwanuka]

My money goes on Serbia today @2.40. It's a bit hard to judge how these teams will do after the Thursday night drama, which was wonderful for Hungary, but devastating for Serbia. I guess the Hungarians had some good party and might still be a bit hungover from the festivities. Serbia probably can't bother less with this game, but they have more to play for imo looking at the standings. They need at least one point out of this (better would be three, but this also depends on Turkey-Russia result earlier) to avoid relegation to League C. So despite still being disappointed with not qualifying for Euro 2021, they should have a little more motivation to get a good result out of this one. And there is no better way to stomach a tough loss than to win your next game, even if it helps just a tiny bit.

Hungary are in a very comfortable situation. One point will guarantee their stay in League B, but they still can promote as well; I just don't see them being very competitive today though. They can afford a loss, since they will play Turkey at home in last round and a draw will be enough to avoid relegation - if Turkey loses to Russia, they are safe anyway. So they can take this game against Serbia easy (or easier) and keep on partying afterwards again.

[Slow death]

Ah so terrible for me last night, Spain lost me the game since I had them on a few multis.

placing multi bets in these nations league games is very risky in my opinion... these are games with many unpleasant surprises. for example I thought that portugal would win against franca, but portugal lost against franca. Today we will see the England playing against Belgium and it will be a game of surprises because both Belgium and England have chances to win this game so I will not place a bet for this game.

Ramos makes 26 consecutive penalties, and then misses 2 in a row.

 

I wonder if he will continue to score penalties at Real Madrid? because this is not a good sign for the future

[EdenHazard]

Ah so terrible for me last night, Spain lost me the game since I had them on a few multis. Ramos makes 26 consecutive penalties, and then misses 2 in a row. I always did wonder why keepers took so long to get wise with his panenkas... and now I guess finally someone actually did;) Ramos is mentally strong though. He won't let this get him down.

They should put morata in the starting line up.. it might could become a decider .

That's football , sometimes a great statistics fools you. Seriously it's time to stop to put ramos as spain main penalty taker. A defender instinct to score a goal and make a high precision to place a ball to the top corner are so bold compared to a midfielder or striker that used to make a high accuracy shot.
They should have win it for sure.
Next match is slovakia against scotland , the game will starts within 2 hours from now. Scotland favorited to win but my guess it would be a draw, like 1-1

[tomahawk9]

gotta pat myself on the back for changing my pick for single bet at the last minute yesterday. Sometimes taking a few more minutes to analyze a team can make a huge difference  

now, i feel like i'm tempting fate for going with corners in my main ticket today, but i'm having a good run with this market so let's see if i can keep the party going. Today: England Total Corners Over 4.5 at 2,21...This was correct in 5/6 matches in 2020 for them (they only got 4 corners against Denmark).

Crucial match for both teams tonight, gonna expect something similar to their last meeting last month with both teams having a some clear chances and plenty of shots. Belgium can qualify to the Finals if they win today, meaning the DT can rest the main players in the next match, while England can't afford to drop points if they want to contest first place

Ramos is mentally strong though. He won't let this get him down.

totally, plus he knows how to handle being under pressure, after all, he's played in a WC final, 2 Euros finals and 4 champions league finals (:

[cryptofrka]

Yet another horrible Croatia performance puts us in the relegation zone again. Not that I really care about our Nations league ranking, but after finishing as runners-up in the last World Cup, we really shouldn't be getting relegated in a group with Sweden.

We conceded 13 goals in 5 games, that is simply unacceptable at any level. Sweden scored once in 4 games and then scored 2 against us without any problems. Could have easily scored more.

[DeathAngel]

Belgium vs England tonight, I think Belgium will be keen to seek revenge after England defeated them recently.
I think Mr De Bruyne is going to run the show tonight.

[Trofo]

Yet another horrible Croatia performance puts us in the relegation zone again. Not that I really care about our Nations league ranking, but after finishing as runners-up in the last World Cup, we really shouldn't be getting relegated in a group with Sweden.

We conceded 13 goals in 5 games, that is simply unacceptable at any level. Sweden scored once in 4 games and then scored 2 against us without any problems. Could have easily scored more.

No point in stressing about it, that is our hard reality at the moment and best thing to take out the sting of it is to place big bets on opponents scoring against us. At the same time we always manage to score. I am playing both to score on Croatia games for long time now and just upping the stakes. Both to score came trough in last 10 games for Croatia and odds are always over @1.8 and often even over 2.0. Proud to say I managed to cash out on all of them

[celot]

Yet another horrible Croatia performance puts us in the relegation zone again. Not that I really care about our Nations league ranking, but after finishing as runners-up in the last World Cup, we really shouldn't be getting relegated in a group with Sweden.

We conceded 13 goals in 5 games, that is simply unacceptable at any level. Sweden scored once in 4 games and then scored 2 against us without any problems. Could have easily scored more.

No point in stressing about it, that is our hard reality at the moment and best thing to take out the sting of it is to place big bets on opponents scoring against us. At the same time we always manage to score. I am playing both to score on Croatia games for long time now and just upping the stakes. Both to score came trough in last 10 games for Croatia and odds are always over @1.8 and often even over 2.0. Proud to say I managed to cash out on all of them

The Nation League is not a priority for every club in Europe today, especially since this league is one of the reasons why many players are dissatisfied with the system and league format created by UEFA. I think Croatia is not that serious about the UEFA Nation League because this league has no conditions that require it to win and win the group, because so far Portugal, which has won the first place in the Nation League edition, has no influence on participation in the world cup and also the European cup. I think UEFA have change regulation from UEFA Nation League become FIFA schedule only for country to get friendly match without make many club have loss their player after injury when back from FIFA match day.

[Harkorede]

I really don't know what to expect from Belgium vs England, It's really going anyone to be either team's game. Both teams have what it takes to win the game and I'd be rooting for England btw.

I've got my bet on Netherlands with the betbuilder option
https://sportsbet.io/sharebetslip/99bc2600-6c5a-4cb4-b45a-09eca46076e5

[acquafredda]

I will be watching Poland Italy tonight. Honestly, I do not know if my fellow countrymen can win this game: they have a few key players out (Bonucci, Immobile, Gagliardini, Verratti, Chiesa.....). Winning tonight would mean avoiding a possible Holland comeback.
Not knowing what too expect, I hope it is going to be a good game to watch at least.

[LTU_btc]

Belgium - England is best game tonight. I'm going with BTTS @1.75.
Italy - Poland should be interesting too. Nice odds for Italy win. Poland is leading in this group and Italy missing some players, but I think Italy will win tonight.
I'm backing Czech Republic @1.77 and Georgia @1.80 to win their games.
Turkey - Russia looks like unpredictable game. I pick under 2.5 @1.72.
Also, little stake on Wales win tonight.

[BitcoinHunt3r]

Belgium - England is best game tonight. I'm going with BTTS @1.75.
Italy - Poland should be interesting too. Nice odds for Italy win. Poland is leading in this group and Italy missing some players, but I think Italy will win tonight.
I'm backing Czech Republic @1.77 and Georgia @1.80 to win their games.
Turkey - Russia looks like unpredictable game. I pick under 2.5 @1.72.
Also, little stake on Wales win tonight.

(Turkey - Russia) In the last match both teams scored, I took this option  on the other hand over / under looks more risky because so far Turkey has been quite active in scoring goals, see in the last 2 games they scored at least 2 goals. This is just my prediction skip if you are in doubt.

[tyz]

Belgium vs England tonight, I think Belgium will be keen to seek revenge after England defeated them recently.
I think Mr De Bruyne is going to run the show tonight.

I hope so, too. After my double chance bet on Belgium in the first leg unfortunately didn't work out, I'll try it again this time Because of the first leg defeat the double chance odds for Belgium has even increased slightly. Let's see if it works this time. Will follow the match live on television and I am excited.

[buwaytress]

I don't know if it's because I see so many Croats in this forum, but I feel equally let down by them last night. They were the very slight favourites, and if they'd won I would have gotten a nice 9/1 win, but maybe it really is just that the Nations League is an overglorified friendly and they don't care, though deep down I know they're also really embarrassed by it. Oh well.

Got my eye on a few matches starting soon: Georgia and Belarus, and then Albania which is in two parlays. England should also win this, even if they're not rated well in this match (which is when they usuall excel).

[sana54210]

Honestly the only games that would have made sense to wager so far was Germany, which was obvious that they would win and they did win that game, it would have been Portugal and France, which I would have picked France but would have probably put some goals scored, so I am happy that I didn't gamble at all, and lastly Spain versus switz and I would have picked Spain for that game as well and it was a tie.

So, if I gambled for the games I would have probably went 1/3 and with Germany having low odds, I would have lost a lot of money as well. Nations games are never really things you can predict, usually ends up with not being able to decide on what is going to happen and unpredictable so I rather not gamble on them, and this is basically proof of why I am right.

[ingiltere]

Turkey - Russia looks like unpredictable game. I pick under 2.5 @1.72.

(Turkey - Russia) In the last match both teams scored, I took this option  on the other hand over / under looks more risky because so far Turkey has been quite active in scoring goals, see in the last 2 games they scored at least 2 goals. This is just my prediction skip if you are in doubt.

BitcoinHunt3r is right, that's a double-edged sword. There is a big possibility that both teams will score tonight. Turkish defense is so unbalanced, sometimes they play really good and sometimes they make stupid mistakes.
I expect Turkish forwards to score tonight. Over 2.5 goals could be a better choice for this game. Bookmakers show slightly favor in under 2.5 goals bet so you might get a good odds, if you play for this match it should be worth the risk you take.

[morvillz7z]

My 4 team acca, Moldova Clean Sheet NO + Bosnia Clean Sheet NO + Iceland Clean Sheet NO + Armenia Clean Sheet NO total odds 1.78

yeah i know it's super frigid but i don't like any of the games we have today, and don't feel like donating money to the bookies either.

If i had to take a regular bet, id probably go for Austria -1.5 handicap, Northern Ireland had very disappointing midweek Euro play-off final vs. Slovakia losing in ET, i'm not sure they will be mentally ready for this one and besides Austria has better players/quality imo.

[Slow death]

Slovakia 1 - 0 Scotland

I thought Scotland would win.

Macedonia 2 - 1 estonia

Macedonia have not lost any matches in this group, perhaps because they have played with weak teams

[BITCOIN4X]

Today we will see the England playing against Belgium and it will be a game of surprises because both Belgium and England have chances to win this game so I will not place a bet for this game.

Belgium vs England, it's going to be a great game. Somehow I firmly believe that Belgium deserved to win this match from England and that will definitely cheer me up a little. By the way, I'm betting on Belgium today and hope England can give me a little chance to breathe a sigh of relief.