Luxembourg vs Belarus Prediction & Betting Tips (8 September)

Close to promotion to League B during the previous edition, Luxembourg finished in 2nd place in its group, 2 points behind Turkey. Subsequently, Luc Holtz's men reported on their serious progress during the qualifiers for Euro 2024. With 17 points taken in 10 games, they were only beaten by Portugal and Slovakia before losing the contested play-off in Georgia last March 2-0. Eager to confirm in this League of Nations, Luxembourg unfortunately missed its start with a setback suffered in Northern Ireland last Thursday 2-0. In great difficulty during the previous League of Nations, Belarus had finished, with a record of 3 draws and 3 defeats, bottom of its group made up of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Slovakia.

The selection saved its lead in League C thanks to its position as best last. Then, Carlos Ferrer's protégés showed great resistance during qualifying for Euro 2024. 4th in Group I behind Romania, Switzerland and Israel, they still gleaned 12 points in 10 matches. Last Thursday, Belarus began its Nations League campaign by holding off Bulgaria 0-0 at home.

Luxembourg is obviously counting on its star Leandro Barreiro (57 salts - 2 goals), who has just signed for Benfica Lisbon this summer. Author of 21 goals in 64 caps, Gerson Rodrigues (Chinese championship) should once again start on the attacking front. In the cages, takes place the captain Anthony Moris, eliminated in the 3rd round of qualifying for the Champions League with the USG. On the other hand, it is necessary to highlight the absences of executives Marvin Martins (defender, Austria Vienna), Chris Phillips (57 sel, ex-Metz), brothers Olivier and Vincent Thill (Sébastien is there), and the promising young striker Borges Sanches ( Gladbach).

As for Belarus, the coach has a limited squad but can count on the important midfielder Kaplenko (Kimkhi, 10 salt), who started on the first day. Like the first day, midfielder Ebong (Astana) and striker Shikavka (Korona, Poland) should appear in the offensive sector. For this gathering, defender Politevich (45 sel) was forced to withdraw, as were Yuzepchuk (23 sel) and Malekevich (16 sel), midfielders Korzun (26 sel), Bocherov (14 sel) and Kontsevoy (10 sel) but also the offensive Skavych (4 goals in 33 salts), Morozov (Arouca, 2 goals in 13 salts), Gordeychuk (4 goals in 26 salts) and Lisakovic (5 goals in 21 salts, Rubin Kazan).