1
Spain
21
2
France
22
3
England
20
4
Turkey
17
5
Albania
15
6
Belgium
20
7
Hungary
18
8
Denmark
22
9
Romania
22
10
Portugal
30
11
Scotland
17
12
Netherlands
18
13
Italy
14
14
Croatia
16
15
Czechia
15
16
Austria
19
17
Serbia
14
18
Slovenia
22
19
Switzerland
17
20
Slovakia
22
21
Norway
11
22
Greece
13
23
Ukraine
14
24
Wales
12
25
Poland
11
26
Sweden
10
27
Montenegro
11
28
Finland
18
29
Israel
15
30
Luxembourg
17
31
Georgia
8
32
Republic of Ireland
6
33
FYR Macedonia
8
34
Armenia
8
35
Moldova
10
36
Azerbaijan
7
37
Lithuania
6
38
Kazakhstan
18
39
Belarus
12
40
Iceland
10
41
Cyprus
0
42
Gibraltar
0
43
Malta
0
44
Latvia
3
45
Faroe Islands
2
46
Estonia
1
47
Bulgaria
4
48
Northern Ireland
9
49
Kosovo
11
50
Bosnia and Herzegovina
9
51
San Marino
0
52
Andorra
2
53
Liechtenstein
0
Liechtenstein, as always, come into the new European Championship qualifying campaign as firm underdogs in their group. Group J contains the likes of Italy, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Greece, Finland, and Armenia. It’s not the strongest of groups around, but Liechtenstein are certainly bottom of this particular pile
That being said, they did manage to get a 2-2 draw at home to Armenia in their last match of the UEFA Nations League, ending a run of three consecutive defeats. This is a fairly rare occurrence though – The hosts have lost 19 of their last 23 matches, only managing victories over Qatar and Gibraltar in this perio
Greece hardly have the best squad in the world, but they do have some genuine top level talent at their disposal. Arsenal defender Sokratis captains the side while Galatasaray’s Kostas Mitroglou is the main striker. The rest of the squad is comparatively inexperienced at international level, but the quality is far greater than the hosts’.
Italy are the clear favourites in Group J, but Greece will feel that they do have a genuine chance at clinching second place. Bosnia-Herzegovina will be their main rivals in this respect, so getting off to a winning start in Liechtenstein is massively important for them.
Admittedly, the Greeks aren’t the most free flowing side around. In fact, they haven’t scored more than a single goal in a match since their 4-1 thrashing of Gibraltar back in 2017. This defensive nature has resulted in a lot of low scoring games, with nine of their last 10 outings seeing fewer than three goals in total.
Seven of their last 10 away matches have been low scoring affairs too, while Liechtenstein’s marginally improved defensive record at home means that four of their last five on home soil have seen fewer than three goals. This makes Greece to Win and Under 2.5 Goals look a great bet here, so we’re backing that along with a 2-0 correct score prediction.