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Austria vs Jordan Prediction   I am betting Austria here -1.25 in their opening Group J game, I believe they will have too much for first time World Cup qualifiers Jordan who are a team who are only here because of the world cup expansion to 48 teams. The Jordanians have very little in the way of high profile players with captain Musa Al-Taamari of French Ligue 1 side Rennes their best known player and he alongside of Mohammad Abualnadi of Romanian top flight team Corvinul Hunedoara are their on...

Iraq vs Norway Prediction   I think Norway are very much overrated coming into this tournament, they are a good side but they face an Iraq team who got an impressive draw v Spain in a warm up match in Spain. The other thing against Norway is the heat, it is due to be 26 or 27 degrees at kick off and it will be warmer than ideal for the Scandinavian players and should favour Iraq and also should favour teams not chasing a lot of goals if in the lead. Iraq will come to try and nick a result and I ...

Iraq vs Norway Prediction   I think Norway are very much overrated coming into this tournament, they are a good side but they face an Iraq team who got an impressive draw v Spain in a warm up match in Spain. The other thing against Norway is the heat, it is due to be 26 or 27 degrees at kick off and it will be warmer than ideal for the Scandinavian players and should favour Iraq and also should favour teams not chasing a lot of goals if in the lead. Iraq will come to try and nick a result and I ...

Argentina vs Algeria Prediction   I am betting Algeria 1.25 and under 2.5 goals scored, Algeria are no back number they played a friendly recently v the Netherlands and beat them 1-0 in Rotterdam, they know if they can pinch a point from Argentina or Austria they should be able to account for Jordan and 4 points in the group stage should allow them to qualify for the knock out stages. Argentina would be happy with any sort of victory here in my opinion and move on to the next round of games. I a...

Switzerland vs Bosnia & Herzegovina Prediction I am betting Switzerland when they play Bosnia, following the first round of games the Swiss should have won their game v Qatar and Bosnia probably should have lost their game v Canada, both results were probably unfair and at the odds I think the Swiss are worth another go here -1 at odds against and I don't believe they will be a wasteful as they were in the previous round, the Swiss probably have to win this game and at odds against on the -1 li...

Argentina vs Algeria Prediction I am betting Algeria 1.25 and under 2.5 goals scored, Algeria are no back number they played a friendly recently v the Netherlands and beat them 1-0 in Rotterdam, they know if they can pinch a point from Argentina or Austria they should be able to account for Jordan and 4 points in the group stage should allow them to qualify for the knock out stages. Argentina would be happy with any sort of victory here in my opinion and move on to the next round of games. I al...

Iran vs New Zealand Prediction I am betting New Zealand 0.5, I would have to question if Iran should be this big of favourites given the fact that things will not be easy for them at the World Cup, there is a lot of restrictions involving Iran coming for the US government due to the war between the 2 countries and that is clearly a negative. It means a lot of the Iranian staff have been banned, their training base has been moved to Mexico and more importantly they will only be allowed into the...

France vs Senegal Prediction I am betting Senegal 1 here and a bit like Morocco last night I think once again an African team are under estimated against a perceived stronger opponent in France, don't get me wrong France are a awesome team but Senegal are a very good team and packed full of star quality too and it is simply a case at the odds Senegal are worth a bet with the odds currently being 1 at 2.12.

Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay Prediction I am betting Saudi Arabia 1.25 and under 2.5 Goals scored when Saudia Arabia and Uruguay clash, I think the handicap line is simply too big, Saudi Arabia give a good account of themselves in the qualification, they played well in games v Japan and Australia, two teams expected to do well or have done well so far in their tournament. As well as that Uruguay have a number of injury doubts coming into this game with Jose Giminez, Ronald Araujo, Girogian de Arrasc...

Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay Prediction I am betting Saudi Arabia 1.25 and under 2.5 Goals scored when Saudia Arabia and Uruguay clash, I think the handicap line is simply too big, Saudi Arabia give a good account of themselves in the qualification, they played well in games v Japan and Australia, two teams expected to do well or have done well so far in their tournament. As well as that Uruguay have a number of injury doubts coming into this game with Jose Giminez, Ronald Araujo, Girogian de Arrasc...