Montenegro vs Greece Predictions

• The main selection won in five of Montenegro’s last six friendly encounters.
• Five of Greece’s last six matches produced under 2.5 total goals.
• Grece’s recent World Cup Qualifying cycle saw them produce a group-low two goals per-game.
• Seven of those eight qualifiers produced under 2.5 total goals.

Two nations lick their World Cup wounds

Montenegro failed to qualify for their first ever World Cup as an independent nation yet again, despite making a spirited effort in their group (W3, D3, L4).

Seven of those ten matches produced over 2.5 total goals, though things seem to cool down on the goals front in friendlies, with five of Montenegro’s last six such clashes producing two or fewer goals in total, suggesting this could be yet another calendar-filling fixture.

On the other hand, Greece’s recent qualifying campaign was a tough watch for the neutral, seven of their eight matches produced two or fewer goals, a run which includes all four of their away games.

Monday night blues

While Greece are priced up as narrow favourites at the time of writing, it is hard to side with them after a return of one goal across their last three games, a run which notably includes a failure to win against lowly-ranked Kosovo (1-1).

Given the lacklustre form of both nations, combined with the disappointment of missing out on yet another world cup for Montenegro and Greece, we predict that this will be an opportunity for experimentation and perhaps not played with such urgency.

As such, we are going for under 2.5 for the main prediction, with a smaller stakes selection on a bore draw, 0-0.