Montenegro vs Czech Republic Predictions

It’s been an up and down campaign for Czech Republic, who’ve won two and lost two, though they’re still the closest challenger to the top two, who’re currently England and Kosovo. After losing to the latter on Saturday, the Czech’s will be hoping that their trip to Montenegro is a fruitful one. The hosts must win to stand any chance of progressing.

Montenegro would’ve been hoping to compete in this group, though they’ve not been able to get going. Four games in and Tuesday’s hosts have just two points to their name. Defending has been something that they’ve struggled with, conceding ten goals in four matches, while they’ve also found it tough to make offensive headway, scoring just two goals.

Fortunately, Montenegro’s two goals have come at this venue, which is where they recently held Kosovo, who currently occupy 2^nd position, to a 1-1 draw. On that occasion, Faruk Hadzibegic’s men delivered their best performance of the campaign, as they created 1.39 expected goals for and conceded only 0.72. A repeat would surely see them do well against a Czech side that has struggled on the road.

On home soil, Czech Republic have done well, beating both Bulgaria and Tuesday’s hosts, though they’ve not exactly enjoyed themselves away from home. On match-day one, they endured a woeful evening at Wembley, losing by five goals to nil. Additionally, the Czech’s come into this match off the back of a 2-1 defeat away in Kosovo, where they struggled to get going offensively, creating only 0.59 expected goals.

The early betting suggests that the visitors ought to bounce back on Tuesday evening, though it’s easy to feel that they’re too short. After all, they failed to deliver the goods when warm favourites ahead of their last match.

At the prices, ‘Montenegro Draw No Bet’ stands out as a viable option. The hosts haven’t been great in Group A, but their best effort came in their last home match, while the visitors come into this game after struggling against a team who Montenegro had the better of in the game against at this venue. Frankly the recent efforts of both against Kosovo point towards the pair being more closely matched than the current betting suggests and thus a bet that supports the hosts offers punters a slither of value.