World Cup 2018 – Day 9, Betting guide: Prediction, tips, odds, and TV times for Brazil vs Costa Rica, Nigeria vs Iceland, and Serbia vs Switzerland
Samba Boys will be out to get their first win in Russia after being held to a 1-1 draw by the Swiss
DAY NINE of the World Cup brings an opportunity for two teams to all but book their places in the last-16 – and neither of them are Brazil.
The men in yellow and green need to beat Costa Rica in order to have a realistic chance of claiming top spot in Group E.
- Philippe Coutinho to score from outside the area,
- Iceland to win to nil,
Brazil vs Costa Rica
- Philippe Coutinho to score from outside the area,
- Brazil to win both halves,
- ITV, 1pm
IT didn’t exactly go to plan when Brazil turned out against Switzerland in their first game.
But the major highlight was watching Philippe Coutinho pull a classic ‘Coutinho’ out of his pocket with a 25-yard screamer.
He is so good at it that it has become his trademark and the Barca midfielder is 14/1 with Sun Bets to score from outside the area again against Costa Rica.
The Selecao were pegged back by the Swiss but should be too much to handle for Costa Rica.
Neymar might miss the game but that might make them more fluid – we’re backing Brazil to win both halves at 13/8 with Sun Bets.
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Nigeria vs Iceland
- Iceland to win to nil,
- Gylfi Sigurdsson to score any time and Iceland to win,
- ITV, 4pm
After all the hype about Nigeria’s World Cup kit before the tournament they failed to deliver when it mattered against Croatia.
They barely threatened Croatia’s goal and with Iceland’s astute defensive performance against Argentina, the Icelanders are well-priced to win to nil at 11/4 with Sun Bets.
Gylfi Sigurdsson failed to fully make his mark on Argentina but he remains Iceland’s best player and the Everton man scoring in an Iceland win is 5/1 with Sun Bets.
Serbia vs Switzerland
- Serbia to win 1-0,
- Aleksandr Mitrovic to score any time,
- BBC, 7pm
THE Serbs are a team of brawn mixed with brains.
Aleksandr Mitrovic, Dejan Lovren and Nemanja Matic provide the ballast while Dusan Tadic and Aleksandr Kolarov apply the creative touch.
They beat Costa Rica 1-0 and you can back them to beat the Swiss by the same scoreline at 9/2 with Sun Bets.
Mitrovic missed two golden opportunities to add to Serbia’s winning margin last time out, but surely he can’t be as profligate again.
Mitrovic is a solid 9/2 to score any time.
