Belgium vs Italy Prediction & Betting Tips - International Friendlies

Prediction published on 10/11/2015, 17:30  by | Modified on 05/12/2015 at 19:15 in Football Predictions

The FIFA World rankings are often criticized and here we go again. Belgium are currently ranked the best team in the world despite the fact in the last year they have played Wales twice, lost once and drew once and failed to put a goal past them. That's the same Wales that recently lost to Bosnia-Herzegovina.  True, Belgium did win their Euro qualifying group, are unbeaten in four games and lost just once in 13 games including some big wins over Andorra, Cyprus and Iceland.  Belgium do have some great players and their potential is coming through bit by bit but tell that to fans of Chelsea who have seen Hazard struggle for form this season.  Italy also won their Euro qualifying group but had a right old struggle against Norway and Croatia. They are in decent form though and are unbeaten in four games and have scored in 13 of their last 14 internationals. Italy are also on a good run away from home and haven't lost away since being defeated by Spain in March 2014. A lot depends in this game on the teams put out and the number of substitutions made during the match. That's why betting on  the result isn't always the greatest of ideas in international friendlies. Instead I recommend going for both teams to score.