Latvia v. Israel World Cup Group 2 - Tip of the Day
This game involves two of the sides in one of the weaker European qualifying groups and which also contains, Greece, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Moldova.
Greece top the group at this early stage with 3 wins from 3 but Israel are tucked in behind in 2nd place with 7 points gained with wins in Moldova and Luxembourg and a home draw in their first game against the Swiss.
I believe today they can make it a hat trick of away wins which will set them up nicely for the vital qualifier in March next year when Greece visit Israel
The 6/5 best price at time of writing about an Israeli win today with Paddy Power and Williams Hill is for me worth taking especially when you look at the other fixtures tonight where there are too many short priced favourites and on or two of the other games are too close to call.
Latvia have played 3 qualifiers so far winning in Moldova and losing at home to Greece and in their last game in Switzerland at the weekend.
The Israeli squad is experienced and they gave England a couple of tough games in the Euro 2008 qualifiers, with players with Premiership experience like Benayoun and Ben Haim, along with young talent like Sahar and Coloutti they should have too much for the Latvians today.
These two sides have met twice before in friendlies though not since 1999, in those games the Israeli`s win 5-1 in Latvia on their first ever meeting in May 1998, and won in Jerusalem the last time the 2 sides met in February 1999 2-0.
I expect the trend to continue with an Israel win today.
Good luck as ever
Silverfox.
