Belgium vs. Czech Republic: preview and betting tips

The Czech national team will face the match of truth on Sunday. If they want to keep their hopes of top spot in the group, they should beat Belgium, the first team in the international rankings.

Belgium has so far lost only to the Czech team in qualifying. With ten points, it leads its group, having beaten Estonia (6::2), Belarus (8::0) and a troublesome Wales (3::1).

However, even Jaroslav Šilhavy’s charges have nothing to be ashamed of in terms of performance. Although they played an even game with Belgium and Wales, they only took a point from these two matches and are second thanks to two wins over Estonia and Belarus.

Romelu Lukaku is firing sharp in the Belgian selection, the Chelsea summer signing scored two goals against Estonia. The Czechs also have to watch out for the in-form Youri Tielemans and Yannick Ferreira Carrasco.

Antonin Barak, who scored the only goal of the game, had a good performance against Belarus. Vladimír Coufal deserves praise for his tireless support of the offensive line, and Alex Král also played impressively.

The Belgians score a lot of goals, but on the other hand they concede quite often, in three of the last five matches they have not kept a clean sheet. The Czech team is struggling offensively, scoring more than one goal in only one of the last five games.

Given the absences in the away team and the quality of the home team, I recommend a bet on Belgium to win by two or more goals.