15 Oct 2019
BOOSTED TREBLE: SPAIN, SWITZERLAND AND ROMANIA ALL TO WIN AT 15/2
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Victory here for Spain would guarantee them top spot in Group F as their opponents Sweden currently hold second place with 14 points from seven outings, trailing them by just five points.
La Roja were unlucky to not have already booked their place in Euro 2020 as a stoppage time equaliser from Joshua King against Norway means they can still be caught by both Sweden and Romania. However, it would take a serious collapse from Robert Moreno’s men to not get over the line now.
Sweden have been impressive so far in these qualifiers and currently sit in the driving seat to book their spot in the Euro finals next year, with Romania trailing them by one point and Norway by four.
However, failure to secure a positive result here would help open the door for Romania, who host Sweden in November before travelling on the final day to Spain – who may field a weakened team in that game should they, as expected, have already won the group by then.
Spain Undefeated Despite Lack Of Experience
The Spanish teamsheet these days is nothing like what we’ve seen in the past, with Sergio Ramos and Sergio Busquets the only regular starters remaining from that golden generation between 2008 and 2012.
Midfield options of Thiago, Dani Ceballos and Saul is hardly comparable to the likes of Xavi and Andres Iniesta, while the fact that the current squad’s top scorer Ramos has 14 goals more than any of their strikers says all you need to know about the lack of experience, they have up front.
Nonetheless, they’ve still won seven of eight unbeaten outings since the Nations League last November, including a 3-0 result when hosting this Swedish outfit back in June.
BOOSTED TREBLE: SPAIN, SWITZERLAND AND ROMANIA ALL TO WIN AT 15/2!
Sweden On An Impressive Run
Janne Andersson’s men have lost just once since October last year (W6-D4-L1), with their sole defeat coming in the reverse fixture with Spain.
That is an impressive feat itself, while since taking the reins of this side following their disastrous Euro 2016 campaign, the manager has led his charges to a W8-D5-L2 record from his 15 matches on home soil.
Up against the best teams they hosted in that time – the Netherlands, France, Italy, Chile, Denmark, Peru and Russia – they’ve gone a respectable W3-D3-L1, with that sole defeat coming against Chile in a friendly.
Meanwhile, they overcame eventual 2018 World Cup winners France in the qualifiers for that tournament, as well as the Italians.
Spain -1 Handicap Draw
With that in mind, we quite fancy getting behind the hosts in one way or another and the best way looks to be in backing a close result.
We can’t imagine them beating the Spanish given the respective form of the two teams, but they are a solid side having reached the quarters of the World Cup last year and the one goal losing margin holds some appeal having.
Indeed, they’ve gone down by that margin in 10 of their last 13 defeats, including both losses in Sweden since the World Cup.
Meanwhile, in Spain’s last two road trips, they’ve only just squeezed past Romania 2-1, while if it wasn’t for that stoppage time penalty for Norway on Saturday, it would’ve finished 1-0.
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