UEFA World Cup Qualifiers Betting Preview | Semi-Final Round

0:00Welcome back to the plus money podcast your home for the best soccer bets in 15 minutes or less I'm Andrew Pissaro and right now we have a great moment in front of us and with great moments come great opportunities. We are into the final days of World Cup qualifiers for this summer's 2026 World Cup here in the United States and North America. We will see the last four European spots decided over the next few days. We have eight games on Thursday and let me tell you that I think both teams to score is in play in every single one of them. The last time we had playoffs for the 2022 World Cup for the European situation both teams to score hitting three of those five games. I think it's on the table and all of them. I've got some other picks for the rest of the games. I would say this don't parlay those. I would just take them all outright. I've seen most of them at better than minus 130. I think it's in play. I think there's goals on the table for us. I think there's a lot of teams that are looking at this is the opportunity to make their first

1:01World Cup in decades and they will take it as seriously as possible. Once one team scores the other team is going to go for it. There's a lot of opportunity on the table. So let's try to make some money. Turkey's going to take on Romania. That is the first game of the day. That's at one o'clock Eastern and let me tell you I'm very bullish on this Turkey team. We saw them play really good ball in the Euro's last summer with a young developing squad. You got Yieldies. You got Art of Guler. You've got some other key players that have gotten big moments in the Champions League for Galatasaray. Their keeper was excellent against Liverpool. I will take Turkey to money line and over two and a half goals at minus 110. I don't mind first half over one and a half at plus 135. Both of these teams are more than capable of scoring goals. I'm not going to sit here and act like I can name you every Romania player out there. I do like Yieldies two shots on target at plus 150. He sit that in three of his last 10 games for you. But two of his last five games for Turkey. He is the best player on the pitch in my opinion. A lot of people will tell you Guler, but I think Guler

2:04is more of the like assist guy. Yieldies can do it all. Really exciting kid. One to watch weekend week out. Both teams to score at minus one 16 is six of the last 10 for both clubs. It's really interesting. Turkey is a tough place to go. I think they'll be able to capitalize on once they get the game open and score that first goal of hitting Romania on the count. The world moves fast. You work day even faster. Pitching products, drafting reports, analyzing data. Microsoft 365 co-pilot is your AI assistant for work. Built into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other Microsoft 365 apps you use helping you quickly write, analyze, create, and summarize. So you can cut through clutter and clear path to your best work. Learn more at Microsoft.com slash M365 co-pilot. You crane to take it on Sweden at 345. Both teams to score. Like I said, it's minus 124. Six of the last 10 for Ukraine and five last 10 for the Swedes. Sweden in my opinion

3:07have the better roster here. This game is being played on neutral territory. The thing is Sweden were excellent in the nation's leaks. A team we were making a lot of money on team total shots. All that was up on the line. It's kind of falling apart, but they have the pieces. You've got Yolkresh. You've got Alanga. You've got Rudy Barji who's playing at Barcelona. There's some really talented pieces out there for the Swedes. This is a team that should be playing in the World Cup, but every time I bet on them in World Cup qualifiers, they let me down feeling a little burned by that. I will play over two and a half goals. It's for the last 10 for Sweden. It's eight of the last 10 for the Ukraine. It's plus 110. I love goals here. I think both teams score over two and a half. You're going to get that at a really fun number if that's something you want to go for. But I think I think goals either way is a way to attack it. I would maybe consider I looked at shop props. I didn't see anything. I didn't see the value there for either of these sides. If Sweden win, they would host the next game. So keep that in mind. There's no ESOC there, but they have more than enough in my opinion to get there. And Ukraine

4:13are a team that every time they generally are trying to qualify for a major tournament failed to kind of show up. I think we'll just get goals there. Wales are going to take on Bosnia. I call me controversial. Maybe it's the fact that we saw Wales absolutely annihilate the last team they played in World Cup qualifiers. But I think they're going to get the win here in the Millennium Stadium. We're talking about them making their first World Cup in decades. Okay. This is a squad that is highlighted by some pretty decent Premier League players. Maybe not decent. Decent is the wrong term. I would say experience Premier League players. Sure. There's no Gareth Bale on this squad. But there's enough guys that are around the league that are playing good ball this year. In front of their home fans, I'm going to take Wales Moneyline. This Bosnia team, there's there's more than a few guys. But it's not anybody that I'm overly scared of. Could they beat Wales? Certainly. But I don't know. It's interesting. Both teams to score is right here on even. It's seven of the last 10 games for Bosnia. I have gone both

5:14teams to score two of those games were shutouts against San Marino. I do think Bosnia get on the score sheet, which is why I also don't mind over two and a half goals of plus one 15 seven and 10 for Bosnia. Six of the last 10 for Wales. I think we could see goals there as well. Czech Republic are going to take on Ireland. This one is in Chachia, Czech Republic. However, you want to call it both teams to score once again at minus one 12 Ireland. One of the most legendary moments we've ever seen in World Cup qualifiers, the late Troy Parrot Hattrick against Hungary. Diabolical from Hungary. Czech Republic, I think the Czechs are the the Czechs are the better team here. They are. There's a few players on Ireland that I'm like, oh, this, this, you know, whatever. But it would be epic for Ireland to make it to the World Cup. I don't think they will. But I am betting on that game. And I like both teams to score there. Let's go to Marcus

6:15Marcus is unable to make the full show. But he did send me a pick for one of the other games. North Macedonia have a big one. They're taking on Denmark. I'll let Marcus take it away. The game I am looking at might not be the one you have your eye on. It's North Macedonia traveling to Copenhagen. And I know everybody remembers in 2022 the the stunner against Italy. That North Macedonia pulled off the huge upset in the semifinal of the playoffs. And this time they're back in the playoffs in the semifinal again this time against Denmark. And there's a couple bets I like in this one. The first one North Macedonia to score one goal. So Denmark comes into this one. They'll be missing Casper Schmeichlin goal. And then of their defense they're missing. Anders Christensen, Philip Jorgensen, Rasmus Christensen, Joachim Anderson, and Patrick Dorgue. They have eight players in the squad that could be making their international

7:16their international debut in this game. So all we need is one mistake. One goal. North Macedonia, even when they lost to Wales when they shipped seven goals they scored one. I see a mistake in the cards here. It's plus one 14. I like North Macedonia to score. I like Denmark to get through. However, if you're feeling a cheeky long shot, this Denmark team limp to the end of qualifying. They drew Belarus. They lost the Scotland plus seven sixty for North Macedonia to do it again. Again, the injuries are unlike any other team in the playoffs. North Macedonia has been here before why not sprinkle a little plus seven sixty on them to get past Denmark. Shout out Marcus. Go throw him a follow at Marcus. Crumb great contribute to the podcast. It would have been on the full show today, but just schedules got in the way. Couple things. Let's talk some parlays. I mean, you guys are going to want one at right around plus two 50 over two and a half in the Turkey game.

8:20Over one and a half in Wales, Bosnia and over one and a half in Ukraine, Sweden. I think we'll get goals there. All eight games over one and a half goals is plus a 20. Normally, I don't go for that kind of shenanigans. Normally, I don't. But you know what? I'm off tomorrow. It's I'm off on a Thursday. There's a there's World Cup qualifiers on the table. I think that's where I might I might just, you know, throw something on it. Try to have a little fun. That's not worth a full unit. That's not worth a retirement fund. It's never worth a retirement fund if we're going to be honest folks. But that's something that's very interesting to me. So those are my two parlays for the day. Like I said, both teams and scores live and all of these games are really think I'd be careful with Poland, Albania. I would be careful with Slovakia, Kosovo, Slovakia. I don't give up a lot of goals at home. Denmark, North Macedonia, like I said, Marcus had something for you and be very, very careful with Italy and Northern Ireland. I'll be locked into that game. I don't think I'll

9:24be betting that game. I think there's Northern Ireland at plus 950. I don't know. It's crazy. It's bold. Shouldn't happen. But we've seen Italy screw it up before here. We'll see what happens. We'll be back next week. We'll more picks for the Tuesday games. Hopefully I'll be able to link up with Nick or Marcus one of the two. And it's not just me, but we'll be back with picks for the final four games for the final four spots for the 2026 World Cup here on the plus money podcast. We're home for all of it.