Belgium vs Russia Betting Tips & Predictions

The road to the tournament was amazing for Belgium as they won all of their ten qualification games, scored 40goals in total, and conceded only three goals (two against Russia). Undoubtedly, EURO 2020/2021 is the tournament for Belgium's golden generation to make something incredible. The team has momentum with players such as Eden Hazard, De Bruyne, Lukaku, Courtois, who are superstars and play in the top teams in Europe. The betting odds for ''Belgium to win group B'' are quite low and fair. It is worth in fact backing Belgium to win the Euro 2020/21 as early as possible at odds of 7.00 and above - widely available.

All Belgium fans know how good they are playing at home ground, and an interesting fact is that Belgium is unbeaten in their last 15 home matches - their last two losses were in 2010 against Croatia and Germany during the Euro 2012 qualification stages. Belgium is one of the teams that likes to control the game and their average ball possession from the last 11 games is around 58% with a pretty outstanding pass average pass accuracy of above 80%.

UPDATE: Belgium has played three matches in World Cup qualification during 2021, and two friendlies as preparation ahead of EURO 2020/2021:

• Belgium 3-1 Wales (WC qualifier)
• Czech 1-1 Belgium (WC qualifier)
• Belgium 8-0 Belarus (WC qualifier)
• Belgium 1-1 Greece
• Belgium 1-0 Croatia

With 7 points gathered in their first three matches of the WC qualifiers it's hard to be too negative, but the fact is that we demand even more from Belgium, and the lost points against Czech Republic raises some concerns. 1-1 against Greece and a rather unconvincing 1-0 against Croatia are not flawless either. Now, we have to keep in mind that Belgium has experimented a bit and we can still expect more in the upcoming EURO matches. Still, as good as Belgium was last year, this year has not started in the best way possible.

As one of the hosts in EURO 2020/2021, Russia is expected to play each and every game with a strong motivation and ambition to win. Russia does have the home ground advantage over Belgium and therefore some small chances of winning this game.

Recently, Russia was banned from global sports for four years over doping accusations, and will not participate in big events such as the next World Cup in Qatar, the Olympic Games, and others. Luckily for them EURO 2020/2021 is not included in the blacklist. Therefore this tournament is an excellent opportunity for the team to deliver an outstanding performance, and try to recover Russia's reputation.

Although the team lost two times against Belgium in the Qualification Group I, things are now a bit different since we are talking about EURO 2020/2021 finals, and each team is motivated beyond measure. The general feeling from the qualifications is that the Russians performed very well to win all other eight games. Russia's team has good and experienced players, such as the striker Dzuyba and the winger Cherishev. Both of them have the needed skills and experience to boost the nation's performance. For the adventurous bettors the market "Russia or Draw" could be considered in case the situation sees change before kick-off. For example, Belgium could be hurt by key injuries or Russia themselves could show strong sign in the World Cup qualifiers.

UPDATE: Similar to Belgium, Russia has played three qualification matches and two friendlies this year:

• Malta 1-3 Russia (WC qualifier)
• Russia 2-1 Slovenia (WC qualifier)
• Slovakia 2-1 Russia (WC qualifier)
• Poland 1-1 Russia
• Russia 1-0 Bulgaria

The WC qualification journey to Qatar 2022 has not started in the best way for Russia. Although they have snatched 6 points in total, the wins against Malta and Slovenia have been far from impressive. And on top of that losing to Slovakia is not a good sign, at all. The friendlies in the EURO preparations have given some extra hope though, as a draw against Poland and a win against Bulgaria is more than fine. The defence has been looking fairly solid, and that's exactly what Russia will need to survive. Against Belgium, who have shown some signs of weakness it could carry them far, but stealing a point is probably still too much to hope for realistically.

When it comes to H2H analysis for the pair of Belgium and Russia we have a strong leader. Belgium has won five out of the seven games against Russia and only two finished with shared points. As such Russia has never beaten Belgium in an official game. Taking the head-to-head analysis further we can see that all games played between those two teams have been high scoring. 71% of all games played finished with more than one goal being scored and 57% with a total of 3 or more goals. For punters enjoying to bet on the over/under market the over 3.5 goals may look interesting.

The game between Belgium and Russia definitely attracts attention, and punters are looking forward to enjoying the game, and eventually making some money. In case you are looking for a few more ideas what you can bet on you can check our betting tips feed to see what some of the tipsters think about the game and its potential betting markets. In this section you can find a big number of free and paid tips to enhance your EURO 2020/2021 betting experience.

We are very dedicated to our customers, and we will continue providing you with the most helpful betting previews for each and EURO 2020/2021 game. We have a dedicated team who will be watching the majority of the games and will provide live updates of the game previews. We will constantly refresh the information in our reviews and ensure you have everything you need in order to make informed betting decisions.