Greece hosts Spain in round 9 of the World Cup qualification. The match will be played on Thursday, November 11th at Olympic Stadium of Athens "Spiros Louis" (Athens)
Greece has been on the decline in the last qualifying cycles. The sensational European champion of 2004 that constantly went to all tournaments in 2008-2014 screwed up in all the following qualifications. But under the current coach, John van't Schip, there has been a noticeable revival. The Sky Blues and Whites performed well in the last year's Nations League: three and three draws. This year they tied against Spain and Belgium (in a friendly match) and even gained a victory over Sweden. The problem is that the usual favorites are more stable at a distance. Having missed points in the matches against Georgia and Kosovo, the Greeks are simply too far behind Spain and Sweden, allowing them to decide the fate of the first two places. However, there are still theoretical chances. But now the Greeks need to beat the charges of Luis Enrique in Athens and hope that the Spaniards and the Swedes will suddenly lose points in the last round.
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The national team of Spain leaves a very controversial impression. On the one hand, this is the Euro semifinalist. And the Spaniards lost to the future champion, Italy, only on penalties. In addition, the Red Fury took part in the Nations League final in October and lost to the French in a controversial game. On the other hand, sometimes it seems that Luis Enrique confuses a football simulator with real sports. He cannot stop experimenting. By the way, there is again a potential debutant, Raul de Thomas. The coach boldly uses young players like Gavi, Pino, Pedri, Fati, and Brian Gil. At the same time, he tightly ignored the players of Real Madrid for a long time, and even now he called up only Carvajal. At the Euro, the Spaniards started with two draws and decided everything only thanks to a 5-0 victory over Slovakia. By the way, that result remained their only victory in regulation time. There were also stupid misfires in the qualification, namely, in matches against the Greeks and the Swedes.
An interesting tendency: the home side didn’t win in the last six head-to-head matches. Before this year's draw, the Greeks gained a victory in 2003. However, the Spaniards took the maximum in four away matches, and one game ended in a draw. With a caveat: in 2004 and 2008, the hosts were nominal, as they played at the Euro. Bookmakers are confident that Spain will win the upcoming game. But the Greeks know how to defend, and the Spaniards are often overly keen on possession for the sake of possession. We recommend betting on Under 2.5 goals scored.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 goals scored
