Estonia vs Wales: Best bets for World Cup qualifier

Live on Sky Sports, Wales travel to A Le Coq Arena to face Estonia as their hunt for World Cup qualification continues in Group E. 

A draw last time out for Rob Page’s men vs Czech Republic keeps their hopes of qualifying alive. With three games left, one which is against Group E toppers Belgium, they will be looking at this fixture as a must win.  

Estonia on the other hand will be trying to gatecrash the dragons’ dreams. Unbeaten in their last two group games whilst winning last time out, they head into this clash full of confidence. Currently sat four points off second spot with a game in hand, a win here would most definitely give them a bit more hope in qualifying for their first ever World Cup. 

For my best bet I’ll be making the most of a market that’s been kind to us over recent times. I do think backing Estonia on the Asian handicap definitely should give us a run for our money. The bet will be settled as winner if Estonia avoid defeat and a full stakes return if they lose by a 1 goal margin. 

Estonia managed to hold Pages’ side to a draw in the reverse in Wales, so there is no reason they can’t do it again but this time on home soil. The travelling side have gone winless in seven of their last nine away matches and will be without top scorer Gareth Bale for this clash. 

I wouldn’t be touching Wales when they are as short as 4/7 so I am siding with the hosts to make it difficult for Wales Monday evening. 

For my next best, I’m backing a red card shown in this fixture at a very back-able price of 6/1. 

With so much on the line here for both teams we could see tempers flair, which always leans you towards the card markets and this 6/1 holds great value.  

Despite this striking me already as a game which could see cards, the man at the whistle is the biggest factor and he definitely backs a card heavy affair. Swiss man Sandro Scharer has shown 41 yellows and a staggering 6 red cards across his last 9 competitive fixtures. In fact, this bet would have landed in 5 of the previous 8 games he has taken charge of.  

A bet that had already landed this season under Mr Scarer when Celtic faced Midtjylland in the champions league qualifying round, this 100/1 is simply too big given the recent servings of this referee. 

We could be miles off it come Monday evening but if we can get a feisty and cagey game we have the perfect referee to pull out the cards.  

This 100/1 definitely represents value all things considered and is as short as 33/1 elsewhere.