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0:00And we are back. Welcome to my previews
0:02and predictions for day two of match day
0:04five of the UEFA Nations League. Before
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0:12of today's matches, the opening games,
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0:20video I posted this time yesterday. This
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0:24matches of match day five and then of
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0:58the remainder of this Nations League and
1:00then the return of club football for the
1:01next four months once this international
1:03break is over. As for today, we have got
1:06a full 10 matches to cover for you in
1:08the Nations League on Friday afternoon
1:10and evening. So without any further ado,
1:12these are the 10 games being played
1:14coming from all four of the Nations
1:17League leagues. We will begin with
1:19everyone's favorite league and that is
1:21of course League D and the opening game
1:23from League D comes from Group one where
1:25we have Andorra taking on Gibraltar
1:27where the home side come into this with
1:29just one point from their opening three
1:31games and the away side have two points
1:33from their opening two. With the format
1:36of these groups being just three teams,
1:38that of course means both teams most
1:40recent fixture was against the same
1:42opposition which was the third team in
1:44this group in Malta. And for Andorra, it
1:46was their second consecutive defeat for
1:48them after losing two one here. They
1:51then lost one nil away. To be fair, it
1:54was a quite even game with pretty equal
1:56possession and pretty even chances.
1:58However, when the big moments came in
2:00match, it was Malta that ended up taking
2:02theirs, whereas Andorra ended up hitting
2:04the post on two separate occasions.
2:07Football as always being a game of very
2:09fine margins, but this time those
2:11margins went against Andorra. In my
2:13opinion though, play like that again
2:15here, I think they'll fancy themselves
2:16of having a good chance of getting the
2:18victory this time around. The real issue
2:20for Andorra is that when Gibraltar
2:22played against Malta, they were actually
2:25performed way less in terms of their
2:26on-the-pitch output, but in the end
2:29Gibraltar ended up coming away with the
2:30point because despite being battered
2:32throughout and conceding early one, a
2:34brilliant individual effort from James
2:37Scowen which saw him run through three
2:38Maltese players before then his shot
2:40deflected over the Malta goalkeeper
2:42meant that they were able to come away
2:44with a 1-1 draw, but also big credit
2:46needs to go to their defense and
2:47goalkeeper who was able to hold out the
2:49Malta onslaught towards the end of the
2:50game and ultimately it means that
2:52Gibraltar are technically unbeaten from
2:55their two matches, albeit with two
2:57draws. In terms of the team news as far
2:59as I could find, no major issues for
3:01Andorra, but there is a potential big
3:03miss for Gibraltar who will be without
3:05their captain Tcerilla for this match
3:07after picking up two yellow cards in the
3:08opening two games. In the reverse
3:11fixture back on match day two, it
3:12finished nil-nil between these two sides
3:15and to be honest, I think we're in for a
3:16similar sort of game here where the only
3:18real options for me are nil-nil, one-nil
3:20either way or a push, maybe another 1-1
3:23draw. Personally, I do think Andorra
3:26should be winning this game and I'm just
3:28about going to go for them, but in my
3:29opinion all three results are possible.
3:31I'm going for a 1-0 win to Andorra. The
3:35only game from League D Group Two then
3:37sees Liechtenstein hosting Azerbaijan
3:39with the home side on just one point
3:41from their opening two games despite not
3:44scoring a single goal from those matches
3:46and they'll be taking on Azerbaijani
3:48side top of the group going into their
3:50final match here with five points from
3:52their opening three, but incredibly
3:54they've only scored two goals
3:56themselves. Interestingly coming into
3:58this one, unlike with the other group,
4:00Liechtenstein's most recent game was the
4:02reverse fixture, so are going to start
4:04with the head-to-head here, where it
4:05ended in a surprise nil-nil draw in
4:08Azerbaijan back on match day one. In
4:10that match, Azerbaijan literally had
4:13more shots than Liechtenstein had
4:15possession. And that is how dominant
4:17Azerbaijan were. But unfortunately for
4:19them, they were unable to break down the
4:21Liechtenstein defense, who made five
4:23blocks while the goalkeeper Bushel ended
4:24up making five saves. But that does also
4:27mean that the other 15 attempts that
4:29Azerbaijan had in that match flew wide
4:31of the goal. But being able to keep a
4:33clean sheet away from home, it will give
4:35Liechtenstein confidence they can keep
4:36another clean sheet here. Following on
4:38from that nil-nil draw, Azerbaijan then
4:40went on to take on Lithuania, the third
4:42side in this group. And thanks to
4:44Kalbuev, he tapped into the empty net
4:46following some brilliant play from
4:47Badamov on the right-hand side that
4:49allowed them to secure a one-nil victory
4:52over Lithuania. And that result pushed
4:54them up into top spot and will make them
4:56once again the very overwhelming
4:58favorites for this match after being a
5:00dominant force in the reverse fixture at
5:02home. In terms of the team news, as far
5:04as I could find, no major absentees for
5:06either side ahead of this game. So if
5:08anyone knows any different, let us all
5:10know down in the comments section below.
5:12Ultimately, the nil-nil draw in
5:14Azerbaijan does indicate that there
5:15could be at least another repeat of that
5:18situation here. And who knows, maybe
5:20Liechtenstein can get themselves a goal
5:22this time. But when you consider they
5:23haven't scored a single goal in any of
5:25their last five matches, be it in the
5:27Nations League or in friendlies, I don't
5:29think that's likely. Personally, I think
5:31Azerbaijan should win as they should
5:33have won in the reverse fixture. So I'm
5:36backing them to get the result again.
5:37Didn't happen last time. Let's see if it
5:39happens this time. I'm going for a
5:41one-nil win to Azerbaijan. The only
5:44early kickoff of the day comes from
5:46League C Group Three, and that is
5:47between Moldova and Kazakhstan, with
5:50these two sides currently third and
5:51fourth respectively, meaning that it is
5:53a must-win game for both, but especially
5:56for Kazakhstan, who come into this two
5:59points behind both Moldova and the Faroe
6:01Islands, and they play Slovakia in the
6:03final game, which means that if they
6:05don' get the victory here, it stands to
6:07reason they will be finishing bottom of
6:09this group. On match day four, Moldova
6:11were also on this ground taking on said
6:13league leaders in Slovakia, where
6:15there's no getting away from it. They
6:17got hammered by four goals to nil. I say
6:19that the hammering was really only on
6:21the score line as they did match them
6:23for possession and even had as many
6:25chances in the game, but they chose to
6:26favor long shots, whereas it was
6:28Slovakia who were much more clinical and
6:30much more creative in terms of getting
6:31in better goal scoring positions and
6:33ultimately they were outplayed by the
6:35better side as Slovakia came away with
6:37that four nil win. As for Kazakhstan, it
6:40was quite frankly another really poor
6:42showing for them on match day four as
6:44they were at home to Faroe Islands and
6:45they fell two nil down in that game
6:48either side of halftime. Fortunately for
6:50them though, the game all changed on 65
6:53minutes where Faroe Islands got their
6:54left back sent off and that opened the
6:56door for that Kazakhstani comeback. Two
6:59goals in 10 minutes from Malie and Alip
7:02got them 20 minutes left to go on and
7:04find a winner, but unfortunately then
7:06for Kazakhstan, the first of those goal
7:08scorers Miley got himself sent off,
7:10meaning that all chances of completing
7:12that comeback went out the window, but
7:14still they were able to come away with a
7:16point, but that's only two from their
7:18opening four games. In terms of the team
7:20news, no major issues for Moldova, but
7:23Malie will be suspended for this match
7:25following on from his red card. On match
7:27day three, it was Moldova who went to
7:29Kazakhstan and came away with the two
7:32one victory and on overall form, you
7:34probably fancy them to get the victory
7:36here as well, but in my opinion,
7:38Kazakhstan probably should still be the
7:40favorites to get the victory in this
7:42match. They've not played well in this
7:43competition so far though and it would
7:45not surprise me one bit to see Moldova
7:47get the victory here as well. In my
7:49opinion though, I'm not quite confident
7:51enough yet to give Moldova that victory,
7:53but I'm going to give them a point and
7:55I'm going to go for a draw, one one
7:57between Moldova and Kazakhstan. The late
8:00kickoff from League C Group three comes
8:02from Slovakia as they will be taking on
8:04the Faroe Islands in a battle of first
8:06versus second with sides unbeaten from
8:09the opening four games. For Slovakia,
8:11though, they just need one more point
8:13from their final two matches to secure
8:15automatic promotion, to League B after
8:17three wins and a draw, whereas for Faroe
8:19Islands, unbelievably, they come into
8:22this having drawn all four matches in
8:25this group so far. On match day four, it
8:28was yet another comfortable victory for
8:30Slovakia as they traveled away to
8:31Moldova. And although they gave away as
8:34many chances as they created, they were
8:35far more ruthless with the chances that
8:37they got, racking up four on the night
8:39through Strelec, Suslov, Hancko, and
8:41Haraslin, all goals nicely spread out
8:43across the whole 90 minutes as well.
8:45That was also their biggest win of the
8:47Nations League so far and puts them in
8:49an almost unassailable position, so all
8:51the pressure is going to be on the away
8:53side for this match. Speaking of the
8:55Faroe Islands, it actually looked like
8:57their three-game draw run at that point
8:59in time was going to end as they
9:00traveled to Kazakhstan on match day four
9:02and went two-nil up thanks to a Nuzden
9:04header from a corner and then an
9:05outstanding first-time curling effort
9:08from Tuori put them two-nil ahead early
9:10in the second half. From there, though,
9:12the game fell apart on a red card to
9:15left-back Agnarsson, who stupidly
9:17dragged his man down from, to be honest,
9:19not even that dangerous a position, but
9:21it was definitely a second yellow. That
9:24put Faroes down to 10 men and with the
9:26man disadvantage, Kazakhstan pulled it
9:28back to two-two after a misjudgment from
9:30Lamhauge as well in the goal that made
9:33Kazakhstan level. And as already
9:34mentioned, that now means it is four
9:36draws out of four for the away side
9:38ahead of this match. In terms of the
9:40team news, Slovakia are going to be
9:42without one of their goal scorers from
9:43match day four in Suslov, whereas
9:45Agnarsson will be suspended for Faroe
9:47Islands following on from that red card.
9:49For those of you who have been paying
9:50attention, it will be no surprise to you
9:52to hear that on match day three, in the
9:54reverse fixture, it finished in a draw
9:57between these two sides, but now back on
9:59home soil, I would expect Slovakia to
10:02come out on top this time around. I'm
10:04going for a two-nil win to Slovakia, but
10:06don't rule Faroe Islands out yet.
10:08They've played very well in this
10:09competition so far and they'll want to
10:11have some sort of foothold going into
10:12the final game to have a chance of
10:14getting second in the group. And now on
10:17day two of match day five, we are
10:18already coming to the final games of
10:20League C, and they come from Group Four,
10:23and we'll start off with Bulgaria, who
10:24are going to be hosting Iceland with the
10:26home side currently third place on four
10:28points and the away side unbeaten, top
10:30of the table on eight. On match day
10:33four, Bulgaria were able to end their
10:35winless start to the Nations League with
10:37a victory away from home to bottom side
10:38Luxembourg, avenging the surprise defeat
10:41they suffered on this ground against
10:43Luxembourg back on match day one. In a
10:45game that was very much of two halves,
10:47it was Bulgaria who got the job done in
10:49the first of them with with both goals
10:51coming from counter attacks down the
10:52left hand side, the first coming from
10:54Balloff and then the second following a
10:55cross finding Iliev in the middle of the
10:57area, a great first time volley into the
10:59roof of the net. In the second half,
11:01Luxembourg were then very much on top,
11:04but it was Bulgaria's defenses turn to
11:06stand up and be accounted for, and
11:07that's exactly what they did, securing
11:09Bulgaria's second clean sheet of the
11:11group so far and also securing their
11:12first win in the process. As for the
11:15league leaders, in my opinion, it was
11:18another disappointing draw for them
11:19against Estonia, although to be fair,
11:21they were arguably lucky not to lose the
11:23game because Estonia did end up having
11:25much better chances on the night.
11:27However, they were unable to beat the
11:29young Brentford goalkeeper Valdimarsson,
11:31who has now made it three clean sheets
11:33in a row for Iceland. And now if Iceland
11:35can go to Bulgaria and pick up a
11:37victory, they will guarantee top two in
11:40this group. And if Estonia fail to beat
11:42Luxembourg, a win for Iceland here will
11:44guarantee them automatic promotion to
11:47League B. In terms of the team news, no
11:49fresh issues for the home side, but
11:51Iceland do have a doubt over right wing
11:53back Anderson, who is expected to be out
11:55for this game. In the reverse fixture,
11:57it was Iceland who came away with a
11:59comfortable three nil win at home. Now
12:02back in Bulgaria, I think it will be a
12:03little bit closer, but I still expect
12:06Iceland to get the victory, and I also
12:07think they're going to get another clean
12:09sheet as well. I'm going for two nil to
12:12Iceland. The other game in League C
12:14Group four and the final game in all of
12:17League C for match day five sees
12:19Luxembourg taking on Estonia with
12:21Luxembourg bottom of the table and three
12:24defeats in a row and Estonia still with
12:26a chance of making it to top spot and
12:28automatic promotion and they come into
12:30this unbeaten with one win and three
12:33draws. For the home side it was further
12:35disappointment for them and back-to-back
12:37defeats on this ground and they have
12:39also failed to score here so far in the
12:42Nations League as they lost two nil
12:43against Bulgaria. Not for lack of trying
12:46when the full-time whistle came they
12:47ended the match with double the
12:48possession and double the attempts at
12:50goal but they were punished for being
12:52slow starters in the match two nil down
12:54at half time and despite their best
12:56efforts 12 attempts in the second half
12:58six of them on target they were still
13:00unable to find a breakthrough and have
13:02to settle for that third defeat in a row
13:04and now it is a massive uphill task for
13:07them if they're going to have any chance
13:08of making it into the top two but
13:10mathematically it is still possible. As
13:13for Estonia they were also guilty of
13:15missing chances in their game against
13:17the league leaders Iceland but they were
13:19not made to pay for them as Luxembourg
13:21were against Bulgaria. In my opinion the
13:23better side throughout they were unable
13:25to break through the Iceland defense but
13:26to be fair they seriously restricted
13:28Iceland at the other end of the pitch
13:30and they'll be more than happy to come
13:31away with their third clean sheet in a
13:33row. Get a fourth one here they're in a
13:35great position to make it into the top
13:37two on match day six. In terms of the
13:39team news Carlson is going to be
13:41suspended for Luxembourg and there are
13:42no major concerns for the away side
13:44ahead of this match. In the reverse
13:47fixture Estonia picked up their one and
13:49only win of the Nations League so far
13:51and that was a one nil win at home to
13:53Luxembourg. Outside of that victory
13:55though they have so far only scored one
13:57more goal in this tournament so far so I
13:59do fear for the possibility of a third
14:02nil nil draw for Estonia if that form
14:04keeps up especially if you remember like
14:06I've already said the Luxembourg are
14:08still yet to score on this ground in the
14:10Nations League so far. For me it's a
14:12toss up between nil nil and another one
14:15nil win for Estonia. I hope I'm wrong
14:17about this, but in my opinion, the
14:18goalless draw remains the most likely
14:20outcome. I'm going for nil-nil between
14:23Luxembourg and Estonia. Now, after
14:26concluding all of League C's matches in
14:28match day five, we can finally begin
14:30League B for match day five, and rather
14:32fittingly, we start off with Group One,
14:34but we begin with the bottom two in this
14:37group, and that is Scotland and North
14:38Macedonia, where for the home side it is
14:40just four points from their opening four
14:43games, whereas for North Macedonia, they
14:45sit on zero points with four defeats out
14:47of four. For Scotland, following on from
14:50their victory over North Macedonia on
14:51match day three, they were then hosting
14:53Slovenia at Hampden Park here, where
14:56they took the lead in the first half
14:57through Ryan Christie bundling the ball
14:59over the goal line, and from there it
15:01looked like Scotland were going to go on
15:02to make it back-to-back victories, but
15:04it all fell apart for them in the second
15:06half as they overcommitted looking for
15:08their second goal, hit on the
15:10counterattack on two separate occasions,
15:11and ended up losing the game by two
15:14goals to one. And look, as I can
15:15understand going for the winner when
15:18you've got the scoreline at one-one, but
15:19there is, in my opinion, no excuse
15:21whatsoever for leaving that much space
15:24on the counterattack when you are
15:25winning in the game, and Scotland were
15:27made to pay for it, and now it's a
15:28massive uphill task for them if they
15:31want any chance of making it in to the
15:33promotion playoff as they are already
15:35out of reach of Switzerland. As for the
15:38away side, they were playing Switzerland
15:40on match day four, and it was yet
15:42another poor performance and another
15:44thrashing, making it four defeats out of
15:46four for them. I think the most worrying
15:47stat for them so far is that they
15:49haven't scored a single goal in any of
15:52their four matches, and they've conceded
15:5410 at the other end as well. Three-nil
15:56it finished in Switzerland, and that
15:58means if they want any chance of
15:59avoiding the relegation playoff, they're
16:01going to need to win this match and then
16:03better Scotland's result on match day
16:05six as well. It's really not looking
16:07good for North Macedonia. I think as far
16:09as I'm concerned, they're probably
16:10already resided to bottom place in this
16:13group. In terms of the team news, no
16:14major absentees for Scotland, but there
16:16is a major return for them as Scott
16:18McTominay is back. No major absentees
16:21for North Macedonia either, but with the
16:23state that they're in, surely you've
16:24just got to switch things up and
16:26experiment because ultimately you're
16:27likely to still finish bottom of the
16:29table anyway. When these two met in
16:31North Macedonia on match day three,
16:33Scotland came away with a two-nil win.
16:35Back at home and with their main man
16:37back, I think the winning margin is
16:38going to be even larger this time
16:40around. As much as it pains me to say
16:42it, I'm going for a three-nil win to
16:45Scotland. The other game in League B
16:48Group 1 sees the top two going
16:50head-to-head as it is Slovenia hosting
16:52Switzerland where for the home side they
16:54simply have to win this game if they
16:56have any chance of catching Switzerland
16:58and obviously that means for the away
17:00side they know that if they even get a
17:02single point from this match they will
17:04be guaranteed promotion back to League
17:06A. On match day four for Slovenia it was
17:09all about one man and that man was Matko
17:12who on the counter attack made the
17:13difference in their game away in
17:15Scotland. They were behind in the first
17:17half and from there had to rely on their
17:19defense and goalkeeper a little bit to
17:20stop Scotland from scoring a second, but
17:22as Scotland piled on that pressure that
17:25is when Matko came to life in the second
17:27half with his counter-attacking play,
17:28scoring the first one himself, breaking
17:30away from his man and slotting it in the
17:31far corner of the net before then
17:33setting up the eventual winner, beating
17:35two on the outside and cutting it back
17:37for Sturm who had the simple task of
17:39tapping the ball in the net from six
17:40yards out, securing a valuable away win
17:43for Slovenia and as already mentioned
17:45giving them a chance of catching
17:47Switzerland that even if they fail to
17:48beat Switzerland here because they still
17:50have the superior head-to-head record
17:52over Scotland, if they beat North
17:54Macedonia in their final group game they
17:56will be guaranteed to finish in second
17:58place in the group. As for the Swiss, it
18:00was yet another dominant performance and
18:02victory as they took on North Macedonia
18:04on match day four. Four wins out of four
18:07for them, 11 goals scored and just the
18:09one conceded and they picked up said
18:11fourth win accompanied by their third
18:13clean sheet when they took on North
18:15Macedonia. The first goal came just
18:17before halftime through Reader. In the
18:19second half it was an absolute cruise to
18:21the finish line with Menzo and Dan and
18:23Doy picking up the other two goals in
18:24the game, and without any shadow of a
18:26doubt, they were coming to this one as
18:27favorites to wrap up the group here as
18:29well. In terms of the team news, it's a
18:31double suspension in the back line for
18:34Slovenia as both Jansa and Zek are going
18:36to be suspended for them. Whereas for
18:38Switzerland, they could also be without
18:39their first-choice left back in Ricardo
18:41Rodriguez, and now due to a fresh
18:43injury, Granit Xhaka will miss the
18:44entirety of the Nations League. They
18:47fared pretty damn well without him in
18:48the first four games, so I'm not sure
18:50they're going to miss him too much in
18:51these two either. Finally, the
18:53head-to-head on match day three, it was
18:55the Swiss who won 2-1 at home to
18:57Slovenia, but that has been their
18:59narrowest win of the Nations League so
19:01far and the only game they failed to
19:03keep a clean sheet in. So best believe
19:05Slovenia do really have a chance of
19:07getting at least a point from this game.
19:09In my opinion though, between the actual
19:11stakes of this match and those players
19:13missing in the back line for Slovenia, I
19:15would expect Switzerland to make it five
19:17wins out of three here. Do I think
19:19Slovenia have a chance of getting at
19:20least a point? Absolutely, especially
19:22when you remember that Switzerland only
19:24need one point to guarantee that top
19:26spot. Right now though, I'm going to go
19:28for a repeat score line of what it was
19:30when they met in Switzerland, and that
19:32is a 2-1 win to the Swiss side. Moving
19:36on to League A for the final two matches
19:39of the day, and they come from group
19:40two, where we begin with the battle of
19:42the top two in this group, which is the
19:44Netherlands taking on Greece with both
19:46sides on eight points and both sides on
19:49plus two goal difference from the
19:51opening two games. It is the Netherlands
19:52that are ahead by two goals scored, and
19:55that is it. Once again, I'm going to
19:57break tradition and actually start with
19:59the head-to-head record this time
20:00because these two ended up drawing 2-2
20:03when they met in Greece, and that means
20:05that the winner of this match want to
20:07only guarantee themselves to finish
20:09above the other, but also guarantee
20:11themselves that all-important top spot
20:14in the group, which will give them the
20:15better draw going in to the quarter
20:17finals. Following on from that 2-2 draw
20:20in Athens, the Netherlands then took on
20:21Serbia on match day 24 which certainly
20:23wasn't a comfortable performance and win
20:26that I thought it would be, but it was
20:28still a good win in the end. Yes, they
20:30still had more possession. Yes, they
20:31still created more chances, but after
20:33going ahead through a coupe minus free
20:35kick, they were immediately pegged back
20:37and then seriously had to do some
20:39defending to keep Serbia out at the end
20:41of the first half and the start of the
20:43second. Fortunately for the Dutch
20:44though, their defense was able to hold
20:46and as they started to get back in
20:47control of the game, it was of all
20:49people Manchester United's Joshua
20:52Zirkzee who ended up getting the winner,
20:54tapping the ball in from half a yard out
20:56and securing the Dutch's second win of
20:58this tournament so far. The reason that
21:00win put the Dutch top is because after
21:02Greece won their opening two games, they
21:04have now gone into this one after
21:06back-to-back draws as they took on
21:07Germany at home and ended up coming away
21:10scoreless. To be fair, I still think
21:12that's a very good performance and
21:13result form them and of course it
21:15follows on from them beating Germany
21:17away in Germany back on match day two in
21:20a very, very similar display which saw
21:22them sit back basically for the entire
21:23game and look to strike on the counter.
21:26This time the defensive efforts saw them
21:28block seven shots and Vlachodimos make
21:30four saves and it also means they now
21:32have back-to-back clean sheets against
21:34the Germans, so that also means if
21:36they're able to get a victory in either
21:38this game or the game against Serbia on
21:40match day six, they are guaranteed to
21:42finish above the Germans and make it
21:44into that playoff spot. So fair play to
21:46the Greeks. They've done very, very well
21:48to get into this position. In terms of
21:50the team news, there are a couple of big
21:52absentees both literally and
21:54metaphorically for the Netherlands as
21:56Virgil van Dijk and Brian Brobbey are
21:58going to be out for them. Zafeiris and
22:00Zaliakas are both going to be suspended
22:02for Greece and Pelkas remains a doubt
22:04with injury as well. Once again, in my
22:06opinion, the Dutch do need to be
22:08considered the favorites for this match.
22:09They got the two-two draw in Greece.
22:11They're now back at home where you would
22:13expect them to get the win, but with the
22:15way Greece have played so far in this
22:16competition, I do think they've got a
22:18genuine chance. Personally, I think
22:20they're going to look for that exact
22:21same style of play again, sit in, try
22:23and stop the Dutch from scoring and then
22:24try and nick a goal on the
22:26counterattack, which says to me that
22:28this isn't going to be a particularly
22:29high-scoring game. As already mentioned
22:31as well though, if the Greeks do end up
22:33losing this one, they can still get into
22:34the quarterfinals by beating Serbia on
22:36the final match day. So I do think it
22:39will be the Dutch that end up just about
22:42getting the victory here. I'm going for
22:44a 1-0 win to the Netherlands. And then
22:47last and unfortunately for this group
22:49least as well, we have the bottom side
22:52and pointless Serbia taking on third
22:55place Germany as Jürgen Klopp looks to
22:57improve on what was not the best opening
22:59international break in charge of
23:01Germany. Back on match day four, I will
23:03give Serbia some credit because they did
23:05show signs of improvement away to the
23:07Netherlands creating plenty more chances
23:09than they had in their previous matches.
23:11However, sadly for them all those
23:13efforts were in vain as despite teenage
23:15forward Seković grabbing a goal just
23:17seconds after the Dutch had gone 1-0
23:19ahead, they were unable to capitalize on
23:22the momentum off of getting level
23:24missing plenty of chances to go 2-1
23:26ahead and then once the Dutch got back
23:28on top, their defense was unable to hold
23:30out. 2-1 it finished, four defeats out
23:33of four and rock bottom of the Nations
23:36League for Serbia. Not that I normally
23:38do, but if you include the two
23:39friendlies played before the World Cup
23:41as well, it's actually six defeats now
23:44in a row for Serbia. As for Germany, it
23:47was more frustration for them on match
23:49day four as they could only manage a
23:51nil-nil draw with Greece, but to be
23:53honest, they were lucky not to be 1-0
23:55down in the opening couple of minutes,
23:57but were also then unlucky not to be 1-0
24:00up later on in that same half as they
24:03were denied a goal for a handball on the
24:05halfway line. Was it deliberate? I'll
24:07let you guys make their mind up on that
24:09in the comments down below, but
24:11ultimately that was the only time they
24:12got the ball in the back of the net.
24:14That goal was ruled out and it means
24:15that they blanked against Greece twice
24:17and come into this desperately in need
24:19of a win if they stand any chance of
24:21making it in to the top two, but of
24:23course it should be noted that Klopp did
24:25have his full first team split in half
24:28over the course of the three week
24:29international break, now down to a two
24:31week break. It is fully streamlined, fit
24:33and ready to go. Speaking of the team
24:36news for Serbia, Lukić and Maksimović
24:38are both going to be suspended for them.
24:40We're obviously, as I've just mentioned,
24:41Germany are going to be firing on all
24:43cylinders with their squad streamlined
24:45once more. Back on match day three, the
24:48only surprise is that the score line
24:50wasn't even larger in Germany's favour
24:52as they absolutely battered Serbia from
24:55start to finish with it finishing two
24:56nil. Right now, I actually think Germany
24:59will probably win this one by even more.
25:01Obviously, Serbia do need the points to
25:03try and avoid the automatic relegation
25:05you will get if you are the two worst
25:08last place sides from League A, but
25:10ultimately, I don't see any turnaround
25:12in their fortunes here. I'm going for a
25:14comfortable German victory and I'm going
25:16for a three nil victory to Jürgen
25:18Klopp's side. That is going to be it
25:20then for all 10 previews and predictions
25:22ahead of day two of match day five. As
25:25always, a massive thank you very much
25:26for watching. Before I leave you, let's
25:28round up what you guys have been saying
25:30over on the community page regarding
25:32these 10 fixtures, where you have gone
25:34for the following. The majority think
25:36Andorra are going to win at home to
25:38Gibraltar. The vast majority think that
25:40Azerbaijan will win away at
25:41Liechtenstein. Close between Moldova and
25:44Kazakhstan, but the majority have gone
25:45for Kazakhstan. Basically, everyone
25:47thinks Slovakia are going to win at home
25:48to Faroe Islands. I was slightly
25:50surprised by this one, but the majority
25:52have gone for Bulgaria to get the win at
25:54home to Iceland. Ridiculously close
25:56between Luxembourg and Estonia, but the
25:58majority ever so slightly going for
26:00Estonia to get the victory there.
26:02Basically, everyone thinks Scotland are
26:03going to beat North Macedonia. Vast
26:05majority think Switzerland are going to
26:06beat Slovenia. Vast majority think
26:07Netherlands are going to beat Greece.
26:09And the easiest win of the night,
26:11according to you guys, is Germany to go
26:13to Serbia and get the victory. As
26:15always, community polls will be
26:17available in the description and in the
26:19pinned comment of this video for
26:20tomorrow's video. And if you are
26:22watching this on Friday morning, the
26:24opening games on match day six as well.
26:27Once again, a massive thank you you much
26:29for watching. As I've just mentioned, I
26:31will be doing this all over again
26:32tomorrow morning. So a final thank you
26:34very much for watching once again. I'll
26:35see you very very soon.

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