Switzerland v Cameroon: Bayern hot-shot can make his mark at Evens

• Choupo-Moting in great form for Bayern

• Swiss not keeping many clean sheets

• Cameroon have plenty of firepower

Switzerland v Cameroon
Thursday 24 November, 10:00
Live on ITV1

We were right to back Spain to win yesterday, but Costa Rica produced a far more charitable display than expected, and their 7-0 defeat took us way above the 3.5 goals line.

We'll head to the game involving Switzerland and Cameroon now, because there's an in-form striker that we need to keep an eye on.

Cameroon failed to secure African Cup of Nations glory on home soil earlier this year, as they were edged out by Egypt in the semi-finals, and they are seen as the outsiders in this group. However, coach Rigobert Song still has plenty of attacking talent at his disposal.

Lyon forward Karl Toko Ekambi, Brentford speedster Bryan Mbeumo and the experienced Vincent Aboubakar are all goal threats, but none of them are in the form shown by Bayern Munich's Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting in the last few months.

He has scored 11 goals across his last 12 appearances in all competitions, and his displays at centre-forward for the Bavarian giants have underpinned their attacking play.

Opponents Switzerland are almost like a club side in the sense that the same group of players have featured together for years.

Midfielder general Granit Xhaka is arguably in the best form of his Arsenal career, while Xherdan Shaqiri is still capable of creating something out of nothing.

The Swiss stunned France in the Euros last year, beating them on penalties after coming back from 3-1 down to force a 3-3 draw.

However, there is a suggestion that Murat Yakin's side can be got at. They only kept one clean sheet in their six games in the Nations League, and they were hammered 4-0 in Portugal.

A week ago they went down 2-0 in a friendly against Ghana, despite fielding a strong side.

Our bet today doesn't require a certain result, it just needs the in-form Choupo-Moting to manage one shot on target. The veteran is in incredible form and full of confidence.

If you look at his Bundesliga displays alone, he has scored six goals from an xG of just 3.83, and ten of his 15 shots have been on target. If we use the Sportsbook, we can get odds of 2.01/1 for him just to have one effort on target.

If you want to go further and back him to score on the Exchange, you can get odds of 5.69/2.

If for whatever reason he isn't selected, BTTS is trading at a hefty 2.285/4. Given Switzerland's recent defensive problems, and the injury doubts over first choice keeper Yann Sommer, I think that's an attractive price.