Posts By: Brian Gilliland

Netherlands – Denmark, Picks and Tips After three wins against Ukraine, Austria and Northern Macedonia in the Euro 2020 group stage, it looked like the Dutch would have a successful final tournament. That was not the case and elimination came quickly, in the last 16 after a 0-2 draw against the Czech Republic. “The ‘Clockwork… Read more »

Ireland – Belgium, Picks and Tips Ireland’s national football team is in good form, and ended their World Cup 2022 qualifying group with a win. Good results came too late, however, and Serbia (20 points) and Portugal (17 points) qualified or go through to the play-offs. “The Boys in Green” finished the group in 3rd… Read more »

Argentina – Venezuela, Picks and Tips Argentina – Venezuela, 2022 World Cup qualifiers. The match between the two teams no longer has any real stakes regarding qualification for the World Cup in Qatar. The Argentinians have qualified directly for the World Cup 2022. Leo Messi and his teammates will most likely finish the qualification campaign… Read more »

Egypt – Senegal, Picks and Tips “The ‘Pharaohs’ reached this stage of the competition after comfortably winning a group that also included Gabon, Libya and Angola. Egypt’s lead was seven points over Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s side. After that, Egypt played in the Africa Cup of Nations. With a gruelling final tournament that saw them go into… Read more »

Cameroon – Algeria, Picks and Tips “The ‘Untamed Lions’ would have liked to conquer the 2022 edition of the African Cup of Nations, especially as the host national team. However, they only managed to finish 3rd. In their run to the final they were stopped by Egypt on penalties after 120 minutes that ended goalless…. Read more »

Ghana – Nigeria, Picks and Tips Ghana made a much underwhelming final tournament in early 2022. “The ‘Black Stars’ failed to even qualify for the knockout stages, even though they were in a group with weaker teams such as Comoros, Gabon and Morocco. Somehow, the poor result at the Africa Cup of Nations was heralded… Read more »

Uruguay – Peru, Picks and Tips Uruguay-Peru is one of the fiery duels in South American football’s World Cup qualifiers. The Uruguayans come after 2 victories in January under the new coach – Diego Alonso. It seems that the ousting of Oscar Tabarez hasn’t proved to be a mistake so far. Luis Suarez and his… Read more »

Brazil – Chile, Picks and Tips The Brazilians’ last loss was in last year’s Copa America final, which they lost 1-0 to arch-rivals Argentina. During that final tournament, the Selecao also beat Chile 1-0 in the quarter-finals. After that, an almost flawless run in the preliminaries for the 2022 World Cup followed. The only points… Read more »

South Korea – Iran, Picks and Tips The national team, which is led from the field by Tottenham’s Heung-min Son, is certain of a place at the 2022 World Cup. They are unbeaten in Group A of the Asian preliminaries and in eight games have recorded six wins and two draws. It has conceded just… Read more »

Sweden – Czech Republic, Picks and Tips Sweden is one of the toughest teams when they play their home games. Andersson’s side came close to qualifying directly for the World Cup, but missed out in their group match against Spain, their main rivals. Next up is Sweden-Czech, the first leg of the play-off to qualify… Read more »

Melbourne Victory – Western United, Picks and Tips The average number of shots on goal for Melbourne Victory doesn’t score a very good result. It is 4.4 per game. Proving to be a good indication that the team doesn’t usually score many goals, nor do they give much trouble to the opposing teams’ goalkeepers. Melbourne… Read more »

Brisbane Roar – Melbourne City, Picks and Tips Brisbane Roar have a good possession average in the league of 47.53%. They don’t tend to lead the game, which could make them vulnerable to opponents. Therefore, fans will be keeping their fingers crossed for the team, hoping that they will control the ball more in the… Read more »