Turkey U21 hosts Belgium U21 in round 1 of the Euro 21 qualification. The match will be played on Friday, September 3rd at Sakarya Atatürk Stadi (Adapazari)
We will judge Turkey U21 mainly by those games that they relatively recently played in the European U21 Championship qualification. The Turks got in the group with England, Austria, Albania, Kosovo, and Andorra. It seemed that they could try to take second place, but alas. Places in the group were taken in the order in which the teams are listed. The Turks stopped on the fourth line. Even such a result was gained with certain difficulties, because Turkey U21 won only four victories in ten games, but we are interested in something else — only one match out of ten ended with Under 2.0 goals scored. As for the rest of the games, the Turks scored 15 goals and conceded 18 times.
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Belgium U21 was in a similar group with Germany, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Wales, and Moldova. Of course, the Belgians had a stronger and more skillful lineup, with such players as Ndaishimiye, de Ketelaere, Weiser, Amuzu, Saelemakers, and Openda. All of them are mainly representatives of the top teams in the local league, with the exception of the last two. By the way, the Belgians became as effective as the Germans who took the first place (18 goals scored and nine conceded in eight matches). As we can see, Belgium U21 knows how to score. There were some surprises, and three out of ten matches ended with Under 2.0 goals scored, but it is difficult to justify them, since the goals were scored in the first half in some of them.
As I said above, Belgium’s attack is mainly represented by players from local top clubs, and their production is rarely bad. As for Turkey, the team also has a good attacking line, and the results of the defense leave much to be desired. Belgium managed to hold one match in this qualification against Kazakhstan. That game ended with the fact that Belgium scored three goals without any problems but also conceded from a weak national team. If Kazakhstan was able to convert its chance, I think that the Turks will do it either. All in all, we should wait for a rather productive match.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.0 goals scored
