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Nations League Friday Tips: Get 13/5 on Mbappe double & back a 12/5 Belgian point in Rome

  • Paul Higham
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Friday's Nations League tips include 13/5 Kylian Mbappe double and Italy vs Belgium best bet

Paul Higham is backing a 13/53.60 Kylian Mbappe double in Zinedine Zidane's first game in charge of France, with 15/82.88 Sweden fancied at home and a 12/53.40 tip for Italy v Belgium in Rome.


Georgia v N. Ireland Tip - A home win to nil at 15/82.88

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17:00 kick-off

Georgia lost five of six in World Cup qualifying but they've been pretty handy in the Nations League with just four defeats in 26 as they rose through the leagues. They're 3/41.75 favourites despite no wins in the last four in the competition as they struggled to keep pace.

Northern Ireland have lost six of their last eight aways though and won just once in 12 so are 16/54.20 underdogs here. The sides are evenly matched with just two places between them in the world rankings, but their ability to keep clean sheets could prove the difference here.

Six of Georgia's last seven wins came to nil while Northern Ireland have gone 10 away games without a clean sheet.


Italy v Belgium Tip - Back a draw in Rome at 12/53.40

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19:45 kick-off

More new coaches in charge in Rome, with Roberto Mancini returning in charge of Italy and Mark van Bommel taking charge of World Cup quater-finalists Belgium - who needed a play-off win over Ukraine to stay in the top flight of the Nations League. The Azzurri are 23/202.15 favourites after winning four of the last five meetings.

Belgium are 11/53.20 but defeat to Spain at the World Cup was their first loss in 19 matches so they're ultra consistent and with teething problems likely for both sides this could go either way. But with two big teams like this, at the start of an international break and start of new regimes - a draw is always likely.


Turkiye v France Tip - Back an Mbappe double at 13/53.60

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19:45 kick-off

Another new era here as Zinedine Zidane tries to follow Didier Deschamps' glorious 14 years at the helm. And France are big 2/51.40 favourites to win Zidane's first game away at a Turkiye side who hugely disappointed at the World Cup.

The hosts are 11/26.50 outsiders and missing Hakan Calhanoglu and Kenan Yildiz, and with France keen to impress a legend like Zidane in his first game you'd expect a fast start and a comfortable win. And who would you expect to impress more than Kylian Mbappe? He's scored twice in four of his last eight international appearances so another couple here wouldn't be a shock at all.


Sweden v Romania Tip - Back a winning start for Swedes

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19:45 kick-off

Graham Potter has had mixed results with Sweden, ultimately getting to the World Cup knockouts via the back door of a play-off secured thanks to their last Nations League campaign. So he'll be hoping to get off to a solid start as 4/91.44 home favourites.

Romania are winless in six on the road but did win all six matches in the last Nations League and scored 18 goals, just one less than top scorers Sweden so maybe we could have a few here. So, despite Romania's poor form on the road they still come with a goal threat.


Poland v Bosnia Tip - Back a 14/53.80 stalemate for stubborn Bosnia

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19:45 kick-off

Bosnia made the World Cup but are a big price here at 4/15.00 as Poland drop down a level into League B for the first time. The visitors haven't lost in five away games though and have in general had a decent run of things lately.

The hosts have won six of nine on home soil and are priced up as 11/201.55 favourites, with 38-year-old Robert Lewandowski still leading the attacking threat as 4/51.80 anytime scorer favourite after his 12 goals in 18 Nations League games.

But the result here will depend on Bosnia's approach, as they've played out six 90-minute draws in their last nine games, and five of eight outside their home country, and starting away from home as underdogs if they dig their heels in again they'll be hard to beat.


Hungary v Ukraine Tip - Back a home win at 6/52.20

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19:45 kick-off

Both of these missed out on the World Cup in dramatic fashion, so now the rebuilding starts with Hungary 6/52.20 home favourites with that last-gasp defeat to Ireland their only home loss in seven.

Both sides also have a few injuries so there may not be too much in this one, but with Ukraine getting to grips with their first ever foreign coach in Andrea Maldera they'll obviously be at more of a disadvantage. I'm happy to roll with a home win at odds against here.


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