Greece/Northern Ireland total is 1.5.
Still trying to research the 1.5 total and its results, but it is a rarity. Greece has been absolutely pathetic in its qualifying matches. Not much to handicap here for me. If they post a 1.5 line, I will play the under.
Look for situational plays in the last weekend of qualifying. I like to look for teams that have a chance to qualify and have games they can win to do so. The two that initially jump out are Montenegro at home against Austria and Albania at home against Serbia. Austria is in and Montenegro has a week final opponent so if they win both they will move on, so I like them +178 at home. Albania is in a similar position, but this is a strange situation. The first game against Serbia was the now infamous drone game, so while Serbia is out this is a huge game for them. I expect a large military presence at the game. While I love the situation for Albania, may be too much politics, etc. to bet this game.
Also like Costa Rica in a friendly against South Africa. Don't really understand this line at -147. I will look into the lineups later, but Costa Rica is very tough at home.
My two cents on the big USA/Mexico match is simple. Mexico's talent far exceeds that of the US, so at +210 they are a tremendous value especially since there will be 75,000 mexicans at the game. While I would not be surprised to see a draw, I will make a large value bet here with the better team. Klinsmann keeps playing players out of position and picks favorites. He has always been more of a motivator than an actual coach. I think he may resign if he loses, but certainly should be fired if he does.
Good Luck!!
Still trying to research the 1.5 total and its results, but it is a rarity. Greece has been absolutely pathetic in its qualifying matches. Not much to handicap here for me. If they post a 1.5 line, I will play the under.
Look for situational plays in the last weekend of qualifying. I like to look for teams that have a chance to qualify and have games they can win to do so. The two that initially jump out are Montenegro at home against Austria and Albania at home against Serbia. Austria is in and Montenegro has a week final opponent so if they win both they will move on, so I like them +178 at home. Albania is in a similar position, but this is a strange situation. The first game against Serbia was the now infamous drone game, so while Serbia is out this is a huge game for them. I expect a large military presence at the game. While I love the situation for Albania, may be too much politics, etc. to bet this game.
Also like Costa Rica in a friendly against South Africa. Don't really understand this line at -147. I will look into the lineups later, but Costa Rica is very tough at home.
My two cents on the big USA/Mexico match is simple. Mexico's talent far exceeds that of the US, so at +210 they are a tremendous value especially since there will be 75,000 mexicans at the game. While I would not be surprised to see a draw, I will make a large value bet here with the better team. Klinsmann keeps playing players out of position and picks favorites. He has always been more of a motivator than an actual coach. I think he may resign if he loses, but certainly should be fired if he does.
Good Luck!!
