Wednesday football tips: England hope to make it three out of three

Gareth Southgate's England will be looking to boost their World Cup qualification hopes by seeing off Poland at Wembley while a home clash against the Faroe Islands presents an opportunity for Scotland to grab their first group win after draws against Austria and Israel.

Meanwhile, Northern Ireland will be looking to gain their first points of the campaign by beating winless Bulgaria in Belfast.

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England to beat Poland

Northern Ireland to beat Bulgaria

Israel to beat Moldova

Denmark to beat Austria

England's cause against Poland is helped greatly by an injury to Bayern Munich goal machine Robert Lewandowski, while Northern Ireland showed enough in defeat to Italy to suggest they can see off Bulgaria, who have conceded five goals in their two qualifiers.

Israel should prove a cut above Moldova after their draw with Scotland, while Denmark can make it three from three in Austria after ten goals in their first two group games. The acca pays over 7-1 with bet365.

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England v Poland

ITV, 7.45pm

England have kept clean sheets in their opening qualifiers against San Marino and Albania and that is a trend that should continue with visitors Poland heading to Wembley without star man Lewandowski.

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Best bet
England to win to nil

Scotland v Faroe Islands

Sky Sports Main Event, 7.45pm

Scotland have drawn their opening two matches and should gain their first victory of the campaign even though the Faroes drew with Moldova. Southampton's Stuart Armstrong could cause problems with some runs from deep and is a good price to score.

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Best bet
S Armstrong to score at any time

Northern Ireland v Bulgaria

Sky Sports Football, 7.45pm

Ian Baraclough's side lost 2-0 to Italy last week and have a tough task to even reach the playoffs with Switzerland also in their group. Expect them to be positive against Bulgaria, who have struggled to be competitive in their two outings.

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Best bet
Northern Ireland

Bet of the day

Georgia or draw double chance v Greece 7.45pm

Georgia have performed well in defeat to Spain and Sweden and having run that pair close, they should be confident of upsetting Greece, whose successful penalty in a draw with Spain was their only shot on target.

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Cards bet of the day

Austria v Denmark Sky Sports red button 7.45pm

Denmark's trip to Austria looks set to be the most competitive game of the night and it could be a tasty encounter. Tottenham's tough-tackling midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg should be back in the Danish team after missing the 8-0 win over Moldova and could pick up his 12th booking of the season.

Best bet

P-E Hojbjerg to be shown a card

Stat of the day

Scotland v Faroe Islands, Sky Sports Football, 7.45pm

Both teams have scored in the Faroes' last five internationals.

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