Israel vs Switzerland prediction: EUROPE: Euro – Qualification betting tips on match 2023-11-14 19:45.
After conflict saw off Israel’s last batch of international fixtures, the embattled nation have had to play catch up this time around with the first of four internationals in ten days taking place on Sunday, when clubs across Europe still played in their respective leagues! It was a tough start for Israel as they were beaten 1-0 by Kosovo, but the focus quickly switches to this “home” game, generously held in Hungary’s Pancho Stadium.
Home of the famous Puskás Academy, Israel will hope to channel some of the famous Hungarian talent as they look to cut the gap to Switzerland in European Championship Qualifying (ECQ). Never before have Israel qualified for the finals, but a very first competitive win over the Swiss (D4, L1) will at the very least keep fate in their own hands, with a crunch clash against group leaders Romania coming up after this.
With four draws across the last five H2H meetings, another draw here isn’t beyond the realms of possibility, especially as Switzerland head into this on the back of three draws from their last four internationals, despite having led in each stalemate. That’s curiously similar to their record against Israel, as Switzerland gave up leads in three of their four draws across ECQ and World Cup Qualifying!
The visitors have missed just one of the last five Euro finals and will fully expect to feature in Germany, something they can take a huge step towards if they can replicate anything like their 3-0 win in the reverse fixture. Whilst this is being played at a neutral venue, Switzerland haven’t been fazed by playing away in this sphere with just one defeat across their seven away ECQ games since the beginning of the last cycle (W4, D2, L1).
Players to watch: Dor Turgeman scored in his last two appearances for Maccabi Tel Aviv before the Israeli league’s cancellation and he is now seeking his first senior international goal in what could be just his fourth competitive cap. Displaying typical Swiss precision in this sphere, Burnley’s Zeki Amdouni has scored six goals in seven ECQ appearances for his nation, that’s three times as many as he has managed for his new club (GP13, G2).
Hot stat: Switzerland have been leading at half-time in all but one of their ECQ games in this cycle (HT: W6, D1).