Spain vs Turkey prediction: EUROPE: World Cup – Qualification betting tips on match 2025-11-17 19:45.
[p]Barring a miraculous result here, Spain will advance as the winners of World Cup qualification (WCQ) Group E, leaving Turkey to battle it out in the play-offs. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]After five wins from five games already in WCQ, it’s hard to believe that Spain haven’t already rubber stamped their ticket to the summer’s finals. After downing Georgia 4-0 on the road on Saturday, Spain now have the chance to go through a full WCQ cycle without conceding a single goal for the first time in history. Considering they’d need to lose by seven clear goals here not to take top spot, Spain can probably view this as their first warm-up game towards next summer’s finals, which they approach with incredible momentum having lost just one competitive game since March 2023 (W26, D3), scooping the Euro 2024 and 2024/25 Nations League titles along the way. [/p]
[p]Turkey have done pretty much everything they could have done to hang onto the coattails of Spain, winning every Group E game aside from their defeat against Spain in the reverse. Ironically, the 6-0 defeat they suffered in that game is what has realistically consigned them to the play-off spot, as they’d have to become the first team to ever beat Spain by seven goals to advance here! Their chances of claiming top spot are remote at best, but a more realistic goal for Turkey is perhaps to stretch their winning away run in competitive action in 2025 to four matches, as they seek to keep their momentum going ahead of the March play-offs. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]All four H2Hs since the turn of the century have been won by Spain, three of which came with an accompanying clean sheet.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Spain have scored in both halves in their last four WCQ games.[/p]
[p]Spain have won nine WCQ matches in a row without conceding. [/p]
[p]Turkey’s WCQ outings in this cycle have averaged five goals per game.[/p]
[p]Twelve of Turkey’s 15 goals in this WCQ campaign arrived before the hour mark. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Mikel Oyarzabal has been Spain’s go-to man across their last eight games, registering a whopping 14 goal contributions (G8, A6) – three of his last four Spain goals arrived after the hour mark. Turkey’s Hakan ÇalhanoÄźlu has been equally as influential of late, clocking up a goal and six assists across their last three WCQ outings, whilst also being involved in the winning goal each time. [/p]
[p]Lamine Yamal is Spain’s big-name absentee, but Real Madrid’s Dean Huijsen also missed Saturday’s game with a groin issue. Turkey’s Kaan Ayhan was withdrawn with an issue against Bulgaria on Saturday and could miss out here.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Given the hosts’ penchant for clean sheets in WCQ games, backing a Spain win to nil seems the logical route to take. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Chris Wilson[/i][/p]