My UEFA Nations League Matchday 4 Preview and Predictions! 4th October 2026 — Transcript

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30. 0:53weeks. As for today though, these are
31. 0:56the eight matches that are going to be
32. 0:58kicking off match day four in the UEFA
33. 1:00Nations League. So without any further
34. 1:01ado, let's get straight into it. We
35. 1:04begin the final match day as we have
36. 1:06done with all the others. We're starting
37. 1:08off in League D. And once again, we'll
38. 1:10actually be starting with D2 since once
39. 1:12again this is the opening fixture of the
40. 1:14day chronologically and it is going to
41. 1:16be Aabaijan taking on Lithuania. At the
42. 1:19halfway mark of this group, it is
43. 1:21actually the away side who topped the
44. 1:23group with one win and one draw. And it
45. 1:25is back-to-back draws for Azabaijan
46. 1:27coming into this, which of course means
47. 1:29that these two sides drew against each
48. 1:31other. And that was the match day two
49. 1:33fixture. And it was Lithuania's most
50. 1:35recent competitive game. So we can talk
51. 1:37about it right here and now because in
52. 1:39the early moments of that match, it was
53. 1:40a penalty from Cukes who got Lithuania
54. 1:43ahead. An absolutely brilliant penalty
55. 1:45as well. smashed into the top lefthand
56. 1:47corner following a foul on Gianetis.
57. 1:49That lead only lasted four or five
58. 1:51minutes ago as Azabaijan leveled with to
59. 1:54be honest. Some really shocking
60. 1:56goalkeeping from Bartis in goal.
61. 1:58Straight through his legs. Shot from
62. 2:00outside the area as well. Really should
63. 2:02not have troubled him, but he couldn't
64. 2:03get his feet sorted. Through his legs it
65. 2:05went. And unfortunately for Lithuania,
66. 2:07it finished in a 1-1 draw. To be fair,
67. 2:09either side could have won it from that
68. 2:11point onwards. But I think come the end
69. 2:13of it 1-1 was just about the right
70. 2:15result. On Thursday night, Lithuania
71. 2:18then went on to beat Andor 3-0 in a
72. 2:20friendly. And whilst that game was going
73. 2:22on, Aabaijan were playing their second
74. 2:24competitive nations league match. And
75. 2:26rather surprisingly, they could only
76. 2:28manage a nil nil draw at home to
77. 2:30Lichenstein. And I remind you that
78. 2:32Lithuania actually won 2-0 away to
79. 2:35Lichtenstein. So a nil nil draw at home
80. 2:37for Azabaijan is not a great look for
81. 2:39them especially when you consider they
82. 2:41had 75% possession 25 shots but could
83. 2:45only manage a few on target and they
84. 2:47missed several big chances in the match.
85. 2:50So does throw some serious doubt over
86. 2:52their credentials for this game as well
87. 2:53because realistically they should be
88. 2:56conceded the favorites to win here as
89. 2:58well but after that nil nil draw who
90. 3:00really knows. In terms of the team news,
91. 3:02there are no fresh issues for either
92. 3:04side coming into this, but Lithuania
93. 3:06will be the fresher of the two, having
94. 3:08rested all of their key players in that
95. 3:10friendly win on Thursday night. All
96. 3:12things considered, I genuinely believe
97. 3:14the draw is the safest outcome once
98. 3:16again here. As I've already said,
99. 3:18realistically Azabaijan should be
100. 3:20winning this match. But after failing to
101. 3:22score against Lichenstein, and I still
102. 3:23think Lithuania are more than capable of
103. 3:25scoring at the other end themselves, I
104. 3:27can't really give Aabaijan two goals in
105. 3:30this match to give them the win. So, I'm
106. 3:32going down the middle and I'm going for
107. 3:33a draw with both sides scoring. And I'm
108. 3:36starting off with a 1-1 draw between
109. 3:38Aabaijan and Lithuania. The other game
110. 3:42from League D comes from group one and
111. 3:44it sees top of the table Malta with one
112. 3:46win and one draw taking on bottom of the
113. 3:49table and Pandora with one draw and one
114. 3:52loss. So no doubt who the early
115. 3:53favorites are coming into this one.
116. 3:55Interestingly though following on from
117. 3:57Malta winning away in Andor in their
118. 4:00opening fixture. Both sides then went on
119. 4:03to draw against Gibralta on match days
120. 4:05two and three respectively. Firstly, it
121. 4:07was And Pandora on match day two,
122. 4:09drawing nil nil away to Gibraltar in a
123. 4:12game that they really still should have
124. 4:13won given the amount of chances they
125. 4:15created. But after losing their opening
126. 4:17game, at least they can walk away with a
127. 4:19clean sheet from that one. As for Malta,
128. 4:21as you would expect, they also dominated
129. 4:24their game against Gibraltar. But with
130. 4:26themselves being the home side in the
131. 4:28match, they missed multiple chances in
132. 4:30the game before eventually going ahead
133. 4:32at the start of the second half through
134. 4:33and bong following a clever back heel
135. 4:35attempt from Churf. However, their
136. 4:37lapses in concentration from that point
137. 4:39onwards proves very very costly for them
138. 4:42because they lost the ball cheaply in
139. 4:43midfield. Failed to close down the
140. 4:45Gibraltar midfielder running through
141. 4:47basically their entire team. And when he
142. 4:48got to the edge of the box, he shot. It
143. 4:50was a lame effort to try and block the
144. 4:52shot. I deflected over the goalkeeper
145. 4:55and despite their best efforts to get a
146. 4:57winner late on in the game. 1-1 is how
147. 4:59it finished and not again the best look
148. 5:02for Malta coming into this game where
149. 5:03they should be big favorites, especially
150. 5:05since they've already won away at Andor.
151. 5:07But after that slip up against
152. 5:08Gibraltar, you can't say it with any
153. 5:10real certainty. In terms of the team
154. 5:12news, no fresh injury issues for either
155. 5:15side ahead of this one. However, for
156. 5:16Andor is Kiedo is going to be suspended
157. 5:18following yellow cards in both of his
158. 5:20opening two match days. Obviously with
159. 5:23Malta winning away to Andor on match day
160. 5:25one, it surely stands to reason that
161. 5:27they are going to get the victory here
162. 5:29once again. However, the question will
163. 5:31remain after so many moments of casual
164. 5:34play in that match against Gibraltar.
165. 5:36Could And capitalize on those lapses and
166. 5:39concentration here? I'm going to say no.
167. 5:41I'm going to go for the comfortable
168. 5:43Malta victory and I'm going to go for
169. 5:442-0 for them. But just watch this space.
170. 5:47This one for me still not a guarantee.
171. 5:50In to League B we go then and the early
172. 5:52kickoff from League B group three sees
173. 5:55Kosovo hosting Austria. It certainly
174. 5:58wasn't the ideal match day three for
175. 6:00either of these two sides on Thursday
176. 6:02night. But coming into this, Kosovo
177. 6:04remained second in the group with one
178. 6:05win, one draw and one loss, whereas
179. 6:07Austria topped the group with two wins
180. 6:10and a draw. For both sides, the result
181. 6:12they had on Thursday night was their one
182. 6:14draw of the campaign so far. For Kosovo,
183. 6:17it wasn't a wage trip against Israel
184. 6:18being played in Hungary. From the stats
185. 6:21and from the highlights that I've seen,
186. 6:22it seemed that Kosovo were just far too
187. 6:24eager to get the glory. Like
188. 6:26individually, they ended up having 18
189. 6:28shots in the match, but 12 of them were
190. 6:31from outside the area. And despite
191. 6:33having more of the play, they were so so
192. 6:35wasted with the opportunities that they
193. 6:36had. And they actually had to rely on
194. 6:38their goalkeeper Sappy in the end to
195. 6:40make some really important saves to keep
196. 6:42Israel out when they had their moments
197. 6:44in the match. better discipline at both
198. 6:46ends of the pitch in my opinion are
199. 6:48going to be needed in this game if
200. 6:49they're going to keep out Austria in
201. 6:51this one. As for Austria, their
202. 6:54defensive discipline was called into
203. 6:55action as well when they conceded two
204. 6:58first half goals away to Ireland on
205. 7:00Thursday night, especially the second
206. 7:02goal of that game which saw Cyborg give
207. 7:04away a penalty after several failed
208. 7:06clearances from the Austria defense. In
209. 7:08the second half though, Austra did get
210. 7:10their act back together and goals from
211. 7:12PRA and a free kick from Gregovic was
212. 7:14enough to secure a valuable point away
213. 7:16from home and help them retain their top
214. 7:18spot in the group. But it does make for
215. 7:20a little bit more of an intriguing
216. 7:22encounter this time around cuz in theory
217. 7:24Austria still should be the favorites.
218. 7:27In terms of the team news, Mira is a big
219. 7:29doubt for Kosovo after missing their
220. 7:32match day three game. No fresh concerns
221. 7:34for the away side, however, with
222. 7:35Gregoric returning off the bench on
223. 7:38Thursday night. He could make a return
224. 7:40to the starting lineup for this match
225. 7:42day four game. Back on match day one, it
226. 7:45was Austria who got the 3-1 victory at
227. 7:47home over Kosovo. Now, with the Kosovo
228. 7:50at home, I think this one will be a
229. 7:52little bit closer. However, my instincts
230. 7:54are telling me that Austria still should
231. 7:56end up taking the victory. are going to
232. 7:58take one goal from their win from last
233. 8:00week and go for a 2-1 away win for
234. 8:03Austria this time around. Then for the
235. 8:06second game in League B, group three
236. 8:09comes from the Republic of Ireland who
237. 8:11sit third in this group following one
238. 8:13win, one draw, and one loss. Whereas
239. 8:15they will be taking on an Israel side
240. 8:18who currently sit bottom of the group
241. 8:20with just a single point from their
242. 8:22three opening games. on Thursday night.
243. 8:24It was all about the continuing rise of
244. 8:27Troy Parrot, who scored a simply
245. 8:29incredible solo goal to get things
246. 8:31started. If you've not seen it, I
247. 8:32thoroughly recommend it. Then he backed
248. 8:34it up by scoring a penalty just before
249. 8:36halftime to give Ireland a 2-nil
250. 8:39halftime lead over Austria.
251. 8:41Unfortunately though, they couldn't keep
252. 8:43out the Austrian onslaught in the second
253. 8:44half. And some sloppy defending allowed
254. 8:47them to level the game with just 10
255. 8:49minutes to go. But regardless, in my
256. 8:50opinion, it's still a fairly decent
257. 8:52start for the Nations League for the
258. 8:54Republic of Ireland. They now of course
259. 8:55have a home tie against the bottom side
260. 8:57in the group. As for Israel, despite
261. 9:00actually having fewer attempts in their
262. 9:02match against Kosovo on Thursday night,
263. 9:04in my opinion, they really should have
264. 9:06won the game from the chances that they
265. 9:08created, they actually had two flatout
266. 9:11one v1s with the goalkeeper and ended up
267. 9:14scuffing up both of them. The good news
268. 9:16for them though is they were able to
269. 9:17keep their first clean sheet of the
270. 9:18tournament after conceding three goals
271. 9:20against Ireland and against Cos and
272. 9:23against Austria respectively on match
273. 9:25days one and two. So that will give them
274. 9:27a little bit more confidence now going
275. 9:29up against Ireland again off the back of
276. 9:31that clean sheet. In terms of the team
277. 9:33news, center back Akbana is going to be
278. 9:36out for the Republic of Ireland after
279. 9:37picking up his second yellow card of the
280. 9:40tournament on match day three. No fresh
281. 9:42injury or suspension concerns for Israel
282. 9:44ahead of this game. In the reverse
283. 9:46fixture on match day two, it was the
284. 9:49Republic of Ireland who run to a 3-0
285. 9:51away victory. That game again being
286. 9:53played in Hungary as Israel cannot
287. 9:54actually play at home. But after what
288. 9:56Israel showed in a defensive capacity in
289. 9:59their game on Thursday night, I actually
290. 10:01think they'll do a little bit better
291. 10:03this time around. Obviously, I still
292. 10:06expect Ireland to get the victory and I
293. 10:07would still expect them to run away with
294. 10:09it, but I think it could end up being a
295. 10:11little bit closer. Weirdly though, I am
296. 10:13still going to go for 3-0 to Ireland as
297. 10:15it was on match day two. But for some
298. 10:17reason, I do still think Israel might
299. 10:19put up a little bit more resistance this
300. 10:20time and the score line may be a little
301. 10:22bit less, but either way, I still think
302. 10:24Ireland come out on top. Now we move on
303. 10:27to what has probably been the most
304. 10:29interesting group for me in the entirety
305. 10:31of the Nations League so far. And that
306. 10:33is League A group two. And we simply
307. 10:35have to start with Greece's match
308. 10:37against Germany. Here at the halfway
309. 10:39mark, Greece top the table with two wins
310. 10:42and one draw from their opening three
311. 10:44games. While Germany sit in third with a
312. 10:47record of one win, one draw, and one
313. 10:49loss. So, as far as I'm concerned, all
314. 10:52the pre-match pressure is on the away
315. 10:54side once again coming into this one. To
316. 10:56be fair, Greece's game on Thursday night
317. 10:58was their first home game of the
318. 11:00tournament and it was also the first
319. 11:02match they didn't win. So, that is a
320. 11:04slight little worry for them. However,
321. 11:06it didn't look like that was going to be
322. 11:07the case in the first half as it looked
323. 11:09like they were going to make it three
324. 11:10wins out of three when Yianis and
325. 11:12Masuras made it 2-0 in the first half.
326. 11:16Unfortunately though, the lead wasn't to
327. 11:17last and there was some big controversy
328. 11:20over the first goal that Dutch scored as
329. 11:22it looked like and Brutas was elbowed in
330. 11:24the side of the face from the goalcorer
331. 11:26Van Djk. But unfortunately for the Greek
332. 11:28side, the goal ended up standing and
333. 11:30then it was lastm minute heartbreak.
334. 11:32They failed to clear a ball into the box
335. 11:34and conceded in literally the 89th
336. 11:37minute of the match. But still, I think
337. 11:38the Greeks would have bit your hand off
338. 11:40for seven points from those three
339. 11:42opening fixtures. As for Germany, it was
340. 11:45a new squad and a new change of fortune
341. 11:47for Jurgen Klopp's side. And it was the
342. 11:49former Liverpool manager getting the
343. 11:51goods out of the new Liverpool player in
344. 11:53Florian Vert who got a goal and an
345. 11:55assist for them in their home victory
346. 11:57over Serbia, securing their first three
347. 11:59points of the tournament with Bishoff
348. 12:01scoring the opening goal of that game.
349. 12:03Realistically, it actually should have
350. 12:05ended up being way, way more for the
351. 12:07Germans. They racked up 75% possession
352. 12:10and 32 shots in the match, but could
353. 12:13only find the back of the net twice. If
354. 12:14you've not seen Voldemar's miss, oh my
355. 12:17word, what a shocker that was. In terms
356. 12:19of the team news, there are no fresh
357. 12:20issues for Germany coming out of that
358. 12:22game. However, it is still expected that
359. 12:24Jurgen Klopp rotates once again. for
360. 12:27Greece. Big injury news for them as it
361. 12:29looks like Arsenal man Scholace picked
362. 12:31up a hamstring injury which is going to
363. 12:32see him out not only of this game but
364. 12:34the return of the Premier League next
365. 12:36week as well. Obviously the big story
366. 12:39coming out of match day two was that
367. 12:41Greece were able to get that away win in
368. 12:43Germany when Klopp rotated the vast
369. 12:46majority of his side. So if Klopp does
370. 12:48so again here, you would probably expect
371. 12:50Greece to get something from this match.
372. 12:52However, after the performances, after
373. 12:54that second half we saw of them against
374. 12:56the Netherlands, after how well Germany
375. 12:58played with their different squad this
376. 13:00time around, I think they're going to be
377. 13:02out for revenge here. And this might be
378. 13:04massively disrespectful to Greece cuz
379. 13:05they've been so so good in this
380. 13:07tournament so far. But I'm still going
381. 13:10to go for the same score line went for
382. 13:11in Germany last week. And I'm going to
383. 13:13go for 2-1 to the Germans. But I'll tell
384. 13:15you what, if Greece can pull it off once
385. 13:17again, fair play to them and it will be
386. 13:19thoroughly thoroughly deserved. The
387. 13:21other game in this group then sees the
388. 13:23side currently second in the table in
389. 13:25the Netherlands, an unbeaten Netherlands
390. 13:27side, taking on the rock bottom side of
391. 13:30this group and winless Serbia. For the
392. 13:33Dutch, they only really had themselves
393. 13:35to blame for the two goals that they
394. 13:36conceded in the first half in Greece on
395. 13:38Thursday night. The first one, they just
396. 13:40got completely bullied both in the air
397. 13:42and by getting outpaced in behind to
398. 13:44allow them to go 1 nil down. Then the
399. 13:47second goal is even worse as Van Buml
400. 13:49quite literally played a through ball
401. 13:52through his own defense to put the
402. 13:54Greeks away. Ball slipped across goal.
403. 13:562-0 and a massive uphill battle it was
404. 13:58from there. Credit where it's due to
405. 14:00Shavi's side though. It was captain
406. 14:02Virgil van Dijk who was on hand to score
407. 14:04yet another headed goal for his country
408. 14:06to bring them back into the match. And
409. 14:08then as they pushed and pushed and
410. 14:10pushed for their equalizer, they got it
411. 14:12in the final minute of the match when
412. 14:14substituted Johnny Reinders volied the
413. 14:16ball past the Greek goalkeeper to make
414. 14:18it 2-2 and preserve the Dutch's unbeaten
415. 14:20start to this campaign. Now at home to
416. 14:22the bottom side in the group, you'd
417. 14:24fancy them for the three points here.
418. 14:26Speaking of Serbia, it just got from bad
419. 14:29to worse for them on Thursday night and
420. 14:31they made it three defeats out of three
421. 14:33at the start of this nation league. And
422. 14:35what's most worrying of all is that they
423. 14:37only managed one shot in the entire
424. 14:40match. Granted, it was on target, but it
425. 14:44came from 35 yards out from Philip
426. 14:46Costic and that was it. No other chances
427. 14:49created, no other shots in the entire 90
428. 14:52minutes for them away to Germany on
429. 14:54Thursday night. So, it was no surprise
430. 14:55that it ended up with a German victory.
431. 14:57The only real shock is that the score
432. 14:59line was only two goals to nil. And
433. 15:01realistically, Serbia should have lost
434. 15:03by way, way more. now against another
435. 15:05top nation away from home here. You fail
436. 15:07to see where they're going to have any
437. 15:09opportunities to put that right this
438. 15:11time around. In terms of the team news,
439. 15:14Tottenham's Van Hec is the latest Dutch
440. 15:16player to pick up an issue. He missed
441. 15:17the game on match day three and remains
442. 15:19a doubt for this one here. No fresh
443. 15:22concerns for the away side, but after
444. 15:24the seven changes they made to the
445. 15:25starting lineup, failed to make an
446. 15:27impact against Germany. You'd expect at
447. 15:29least those seven players to be rotated
448. 15:31back out once again here. Obviously with
449. 15:34Serbia on zero points from the first
450. 15:36three games, that of course means that
451. 15:37when these two sides met last week in
452. 15:39Serbia, it was the Dutch who came out on
453. 15:41top and it was a 2-1 victory for them
454. 15:43there. Honestly, this time around, I see
455. 15:46no reason why it won't be even easier
456. 15:47for the Dutch to get their second win of
457. 15:49the tournament and subject Serbia to
458. 15:51their fourth straight defeat. I'm going
459. 15:54for a 3nil win to the Netherlands. And
460. 15:58then finally, it is time for League A
461. 16:00group four. And we'll start off with
462. 16:02Portugal where as always Portugal do
463. 16:05what they do best which is win games in
464. 16:07the UEFA Nations League. Three wins out
465. 16:10of three to kick off their tournament.
466. 16:11And now they're going to host Norway,
467. 16:13one of the other three sides in this
468. 16:14group. All grouped together on three
469. 16:16points from the opening three games,
470. 16:18which of course means if Portugal get
471. 16:20the victory here, they will already be
472. 16:22guaranteed qualification to the
473. 16:24quarterfinals. A brilliant achievement
474. 16:26for new manager Horge Jesus if they can
475. 16:28pull it off. on Thursday night. It was
476. 16:31an absolutely epic game between
477. 16:33themselves and Denmark. I could honestly
478. 16:35spend the whole video just talking about
479. 16:37that match, but what you need to take
480. 16:38away from it is that Canelo, Ramos,
481. 16:40Vitinia, and then Xiao Failix making it
482. 16:43three goals in three games, secured the
483. 16:4542 victory away for them in Denmark. But
484. 16:48genuinely, the whole game was a massive
485. 16:49back and forth. Either side could have
486. 16:51won it, but the extra little bit of
487. 16:53quality in that Portugal squad shined
488. 16:55through in the end to make it three wins
489. 16:58out of three. As for Norway, well, it
490. 17:00got off to a very good start for them
491. 17:02away to Wales on Thursday night when
492. 17:04Oscar Bob put them one nil ahead
493. 17:05following a quick one-two with Martin
494. 17:07Odigard. His pace in behind proving a
495. 17:09big big problem for the Welsh defense.
496. 17:11However, pace in behind was also what
497. 17:14caused Norway's downfall in that match
498. 17:16as they let Dan James in at the back
499. 17:18post towards the end of the first half
500. 17:20and then right at the start of the
501. 17:21second half, a mixup between center back
502. 17:23Hegum and goalkeeper Nylan. Certainly
503. 17:26not a great week for said goalkeeper
504. 17:28meant that Hegum ended up bringing Dan
505. 17:30James down. He got a straight red card
506. 17:33and then Wales scored from the free kick
507. 17:34as well to put them 2-1 up and from
508. 17:37there with 10 men it was too much for
509. 17:39Norway to get back into the match. So
510. 17:41unfortunately for them it is backto back
511. 17:44defeats after what has been a very good
512. 17:45run of form over the past 18 months. In
513. 17:48terms of the team news following the
514. 17:50fallout of all the Cristiano Ronaldo
515. 17:52drama, he has now left Portugal
516. 17:55seemingly forever and he is going to be
517. 17:57unavailable for this match. But other
518. 17:58than that, there are no fresh injury or
519. 18:00suspension concerns for Portugal. For
520. 18:02Norway, no injury issues, but after the
521. 18:04red card, Hegum is going to be
522. 18:06suspended. Last week in Norway, it was
523. 18:09Portugal who took the 2-1 victory after
524. 18:11the performance we got from them on
525. 18:12Thursday night. And now back at home, I
526. 18:15think they're going to win this one by a
527. 18:16smidge more. So, I'm going for a 3-1 win
528. 18:19to Portugal, which would make it 12
529. 18:21points from a possible 12 to start their
530. 18:24campaign. Last and certainly not least
531. 18:27though, we have the final match of the
532. 18:28day, and it comes from Wales, where a
533. 18:30now confident Wales are going to be
534. 18:32taking on Denmark with both sides on
535. 18:34three points at the halfway mark. for
536. 18:36the Welsh. They had to do it the hard
537. 18:38way on Thursday night, but it was all
538. 18:40about Lead United's Dan James who got
539. 18:42them level following going behind early
540. 18:44on in the game with a big burst in
541. 18:46behind to slot the ball in at the back
542. 18:48post. Into the second half, it was
543. 18:50another ball in behind. James running
544. 18:52onto it. He's brought down by the
545. 18:54Norwegian defender. Straight red card,
546. 18:5611 versus 10. And to make matters even
547. 18:58better, upstep Williams with a brilliant
548. 19:01free kick to make it 2-1 and secure all
549. 19:04three points in what was the Welsh's
550. 19:06first home game of the tournament. Now
551. 19:08playing their second consecutive home
552. 19:10game, they'll be hoping they can repeat
553. 19:11the trick here. As for Denmark, I
554. 19:14honestly think they can hold their heads
555. 19:15up very high from what I thought was a
556. 19:17still very good performance despite
557. 19:19losing 42 to Portugal on Thursday night.
558. 19:22They certainly could have done a little
559. 19:24bit better defensively on the goals that
560. 19:26they conceded, but throughout the game
561. 19:28they were incredibly competitive and it
562. 19:29was yet another brilliant performance
563. 19:31from Brenford's Mikuel Damsgard who got
564. 19:33his second goal of the tournament with a
565. 19:35brilliant curler into the far post and
566. 19:37finally registering his first official
567. 19:39assist setting up Rasmus Hilen for the
568. 19:41second after of course being heavily
569. 19:43involved in all of the set piece goals
570. 19:45that Denmark have scored in this
571. 19:46tournament so far as well. Unfortunately
572. 19:49though, those goals were both equalizers
573. 19:51in the match as they pushed for their
574. 19:53third equalizer of the game after
575. 19:54Portugal went 3-2 up. They were caught
576. 19:56on the counterattack and 4-2 is how it
577. 19:59finished. But genuinely after that level
578. 20:01of performance, I still think they come
579. 20:02into this as big favorites to take the
580. 20:04match here in Wales. In terms of the
581. 20:06team news, no fresh concerns for either
582. 20:09side coming out of Thursday night. When
583. 20:11these two sides last met, it was of
584. 20:13course last week in Denmark where
585. 20:15Denmark secured a 2-nil home win. But
586. 20:18after the Norway result, Wales I still
587. 20:20think do have a good chance of getting
588. 20:22something from this game. But let's not
589. 20:24also forget that even though Wales did
590. 20:26beat Norway, they played basically the
591. 20:28entire second half against 10 men. And
592. 20:31considering they scored the free kick
593. 20:32after the red card, they didn't really
594. 20:35make the most of that one-man advantage.
595. 20:37So now back to 11 against 11. In my
596. 20:40opinion, Denmark are still the side to
597. 20:42beat in this game. So that's who I'm
598. 20:44going for to get the result. I'm going
599. 20:46for a 21 win to Denmark. That is going
600. 20:50to be it then for the opening day of
601. 20:52match day four. Before I leave you, once
602. 20:55again, you guys have been voting over on
603. 20:56the community page regarding these eight
604. 20:58fixtures. So let's see what you've gone
605. 21:00for right here and right now. close
606. 21:03between Aabaijan and Lithuania, but the
607. 21:05majority are going for that Azabaijani
608. 21:08win. The majority think that Malta are
609. 21:10going to get the win at home to Andor.
610. 21:12The majority think that Austria are
611. 21:14going to get the win away in Kosovo.
612. 21:16Basically, everyone thinks Republic of
613. 21:17Ireland are going to beat Israel. Again,
614. 21:20close between Greece and Germany, but
615. 21:21the majority are agreeing with me that
616. 21:23Germany do get their revenge away with
617. 21:25Greece in this game. Near enough,
618. 21:28absolutely everyone thinks that
619. 21:30Netherlands are going to beat Serbia.
620. 21:31just 2% going for the draw and not a
621. 21:33single person going for a Serbia win.
622. 21:35Basically, everyone thinks Portugal make
623. 21:37it four wins out of four against Norway.
624. 21:39And again, close between Wales and
625. 21:40Denmark, but the majority agreeing with
626. 21:42me that Denmark go to Wales and get the
627. 21:45win. That is going to be it then for
628. 21:47today's video. As always, a massive
629. 21:49thank you very much for watching. We're
630. 21:50doing this all over again tomorrow
631. 21:53morning for day two of match day four.
632. 21:55So, don't forget to head over to the
633. 21:56community page right now to have your
634. 21:58say on all of those matches. a final.
635. 22:01Thank you very much for watching once
636. 22:02again and I'll see you very very