Thursday football tips: World Cup qualifiers swing back into action

The 2022 World Cup qualifiers start against on Thursday with Ireland hoping they can cause an upset and beat Portugal in Dublin.

The pressure will be on for plenty of teams to try and book their place in next year's tournament in Qatar, both in Europe and South America.

On Tuesday, backers of our accumulator were rewarded with a 19-1 beauty as Stevenage, Port Vale, Colchester or draw double chance and Wrexham all obliged. so here's to more success.

Today's best accumulator bets

Bets to be placed by 5pm

Sweden to beat Georgia

North Macedonia to beat Armenia

Romania to beat Iceland

Ecuador to beat Venezuela

Brazil to beat Colombia

Georgia have a poor home record so Sweden should see them off in World Cup qualifying, while North Macedonia should have little to fear from a trip to Armenia.

The motivation of effectively securing a place in the playoffs should be enough for Romania to beat Iceland, while in South America, the altitude means Venezuela have an uphill task in Ecuador and Brazil should be far too strong for Colombia.

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Ireland v Portugal

Sky Sports Football, 7.45pm

Ireland have endured a difficult qualification campaign but they could earn a share of the spoils in Dublin. Portugal can put themselves in pole position in Group A if they avoid defeat and may have one eye on their forthcoming clash with Serbia.

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Best bet
Draw

Bet of the day

Romania to beat Iceland Sky Sports red button, 7.45pm

With a game against Liechtenstein to come later in the week, Romania look well placed to secure a playoff place and they should see off Iceland, who have faded in the last few years.

Click here to read Dan Childs's Thursday international preview

Goalscorer bet of the day

Georgia v Sweden Sky Sports Football, 5pm

Sweden striker Alexander Isak has scored in each of his last two appearances for the national team and in four of his last six outings for his club Real Sociedad.

Best bet
Alexander Isak to score at any time

Stat of the day

Brazil v Colombia Premier Sports 1, 12.30am

Brazil have conceded just five goals in their last 16 internationals.

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