Match Preview

With World Cup Qual. UEFA Group C seemingly a two-horse race between Germany and Northern Ireland, the rest of the teams in the section have been left with little to play for other than pride. Our Azerbaijan vs Czech Republic preview features a pair of teams who you would usually place on very different levels of the international football pyramid. Azerbaijan, however, have been showing remarkable improvement in recent years and their current position in 3rd place in Group C reflects that improvement.

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Their Croatian coach Robert Prosinečki was relieved to see his side beat San Marino 5-1 in early September to draw to a halt a horrible run of three successive defeats against Germany, Northern Ireland, and Norway respectively. Afran Ismayilov bagged a couple of goals that day and the midfielder currently strutting his stuff for Qarabag in the Champions League is expected to be a key player again on Thursday.

The Czech Republic haven’t won an international match since March when they too got one over on San Marino. That means that coming into today’s Azerbaijan vs Czech Republic betting tips, Karel Jarolím’s troops have gone four matches without winning. It’s been a disappointing overall performance in the qualifiers for a nation who were expected to take the second spot in the group. We must mention that defensively they have been well organised, however, conceding just nine times in eight fixtures. The bookmakers’ football odds suggest that the Czechs can win in Baku, though it won’t be an easy task.

Azerbaijan vs Czech Republic Prediction and Betting Advice

Although the countries drew 0-0 in their first World Cup Qualifying contest back in October, there should still be ample opportunity for both teams to get on the scoresheet on Thursday. The statistics seem to back the first offering in our free Azerbaijan vs Czech Republic bets too. The home team have only kept one clean sheet in seven attempts, while at the other end, they have only failed to score once in four games in Baku.

The away team have only kept the opposition out twice in their last seven and the Czechs haven’t stopped their opponents from scoring in fourteen road trips. In attacking areas, things have looked decidedly brighter – Karel Jarolím’s attackers have scored in seven of the last eight matches. Only Northern Ireland have stopped them from registering a goal in that period. 10Bet have extremely generous odds for the both teams to get on the scoresheet on Thursday.

We are backing the teams to finish level in the next section of our football tips today. The nations’ 0-0 stalemate last year provided evidence that we are looking at two extremely well-matched squads of players. But probably the biggest factor in our prediction is each country’s lack of motivation to win. With Group C qualification places occupied and the opportunity to progress blocked off, we could very well see two sides go through the motions this week.

With little at stake, it would be understandable if the players took their foot off the gas a little to save their energy for more pressing matters back at their clubs. The away team can leapfrog their hosts if they pick up the win, but even that doesn’t offer much in the way of incentive prior to our Azerbaijan vs Czech Republic predictions. Our research shows that Bet-at-home come out on top against their competition in terms of value for this pick.