Munich, Germany – Na dat time again wey football fans dey gist about Nations League semi-finals. This week, Allianz Arena go dey hot as Germany dey prepare to face Portugal for one big match. Meanwhile, Stuttgart go host Spain and France, wey dem go still dey battle for supremacy.
If you bin watch di quarter-finals, you for sabi say e na real goal fest wey dem enjoy for March. A total of 31 goals don waka enter net for di two-legged games, with 21 of dem coming for di second legs alone. E be like say di defenders no go get rest, because di strikers dey ready to show say them no dey play.
Germany and Portugal don clash five times for di last 19 years, and guess wetin? Germany don carry di day every single time. Na five straight wins for dem. But abeg, no forget say dem never keep clean sheet for dia last three competitive matches. Both teams dey show say dem sabi score, with goals na di order of di day.
For betting, anybody wey wan make small change fit check di Over 2.5 goals market. As dem dey like to talk, “Wetin go happen, go happen!” If you follow di history, you go see say at least four goals don land for four of di five meetings. Di last time wey dem play for Euro 2020, na 4-2 Germany carry go home. No be small win o!
On di other side, Spain and France go dey ready for serious fight in Stuttgart. Na here we go see Lamine Yamal and Ousmane Dembele dey flex dia muscles. Lamine don score once for La Roja, while Dembele also don find net once for Les Bleus too. Spain come get di high-flyer Kylian Mbappe, but him don dey struggle to find di back of di net like before. Only two goals for him last 13 games for country. Hmm!
To run am like sense, di data show say backing Unders fit also make sense, sha. Six of di last eight clashes between Spain and France never reach di magical two goals. But no forget say di last five games wey involve Spain don produce plenty goals. Dem be like say dem always ready to score first, as both teams don dey run fast from di start.
As we dey enter di markets for betting, Over 2.5 goals dey priced as if e be hot cake. Na wa! Considering say Spain don score 10 goals for dia two-legged quarter-final, while France don net four, e mean say dis odd no dey reflect di actual chances. If dem sabi wetin dem dey do, dis semi-final go make comedians laugh with plenty goals even though di final fit collector am low-key.
Based on di past finals, we go fit see some cagey performances. Two of di last three finals don end with less than two goals. For 2019, Portugal tug one goal to beat Netherlands, while 2023 final straight go penalties after e end without any goal. Di only time goals dey shine na di 2021 final when three goals enter after 64 minutes. E show say Nations League Finals dey always low-key with di goals. Wetin you expect? Na football we dey talk!
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