There are more European heavyweights in contention tonight as the UEFA Nations League continues, giving us some compelling options for today’s tip.
France begins a new era under the leadership of Zinedine Zidane, as he takes over from Didier Deschamps, who bid farewell to the French national team after 14 brilliant years after exiting from the World Cup semi-finals.
Zidane’s men are second favorites to win the Nations League behind world champions Spain, and have 1/3 odds of starting with a win away to Türkiye.
Given Türkiye’s poor performance in the World Cup, France’s victory is an easy choice.
The most important UEFA Nations League clash on Friday’s fixture list sees Italy host Belgium.
Roberto Mancini returned for a second term in office, after Italy missed the World Cup for the third time in a row, as Gennaro Gattuso failed to lead the team to qualification.
Mancini, who led Italy to glory at Euro 2020, faces a difficult start, with the Azzurri drawn in the same UEFA Nations League group that includes France and Turkey as well as Belgium.
Belgium are also starting a new era under Mark van Bommel following the departure of Rudi Garcia, but we’ll be playing a Red Devils side that reached the World Cup quarter-finals for points against an Italy side that lacks star quality.
Van Bommel’s men are priced at 21/10, which is good value for a team that has performed much better than Italy in competitive matches of late.
Finally, we’re on a risky move to complete this hat-trick by backing an early kickoff.
Georgia kicks off tonight’s action at 5:00pm UK time when they host Northern Ireland in the Nations League B.
Although they did not come close to matching their Euro 2024 heights as they failed to qualify for the World Cup, a Georgia side led by captain Kvicha Kvaratskhilia and George Mikautadze should have enough to overcome Michael O’Neill’s visitors.
At 4/5, we are backing a home win in Tbilisi.
We’ve got a triple-double (odds are from Bet365 and correct as of 10am on September 25)
Georgia defeats Northern Ireland 4/5
Belgium defeats Italy on 10/21
France defeats Türkiye by 1/3
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