Greece vs. Spain 11/11/21 UEFA World Cup Qualifications Soccer Pick, Odds, and Prediction

Greece is hosting Spain at the Olympic Stadium of Athens in Group B of the UEFA World Cup Qualifications. Greece still has a shot at qualifying for the World Cup, but they need both wins, which is unlikely. Spain will be going to the World Cup, but they need a win if they want to qualify directly.

Greece is a solid team that is in 3^rd place of this group, and as I’ve mentioned, they need both wins in their last 2 games, and Spain must lose in their last game of these qualifications, which is all highly unlikely. Greece is still developing their team, they have added some young and talented players, and maybe in a few years, they will qualify for a major tournament. In their last game, Greece was playing against Sweden on the road, and they were solid with 58% of ball possession, 3 shots on goal, 4 corner kicks, 0 big chances created, and 84% of the correct passes. Despite playing solid soccer in this game, Greece wasn’t able to score a goal in this game, but they have conceded 2 goals, and they ended up losing this game 2-0. Bakasetas is the leading goalscorer for Greece in these qualifications with 3 goals. As I’ve said, it’s highly unlikely Greece with qualify for the World Cup, but that doesn’t mean they will just surrender in this game.

Spain is in second place in this group with 13 points, which is 2 points less than Sweden has at the top, and if they want to qualify for the World Cup directly, Spain must win this game. Overall, Spain is the best team in this group, and they have scored 13 goals, but their defense tends to get sloppy, and that is why they conceded 5 goals in 6 games. Recently, Spain has beaten Italy in the Nations League semifinals, and then undeservedly lost to France in the finals. Spain was the better team in that game with 64% of ball possession, 4 shots on goal, 7 corner kicks, 0 big chances created, and 85% of the correct passe. After getting ahead in the 64^th minute, Spain conceded a goal in the 66^th minute, and another one in the 80^th minute. The final score was 1-2 in favor of France. Ferran Torres is Spain’s leading goalscorer with 4 goals, and he is in excellent form right now. Jordi Alba has added 4 assists. I have no doubt Spain will qualify for the World Cup, the only question is if they will get there by easier or harder road.

Greece hasn’t had a lot of success against Spain in the past, and I don’t think they will be successful now. Spain is the better team here, and even though they haven’t lost in their last 10 home games, I see Spain winning this game.