Goalscorer Bets to Look Out for on Saturday - 9/10/21

Andorra take on England on Saturday, with the hosts looking to avoid the 4-0 hammering they received in September in Group I, whilst the Three Lions will be looking to take another step closer to automatic qualification for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

Koldo Alvarez’s side are currently fifth in the group and have conceded 14 goals in six matches, but have three points to their name having beaten San Marino 2-0 last September. In the last meeting between England and Andorra which was at Wembley Stadium, Gareth Southgate’s side ran out as comfortable 4-0 winners as Jesse Lingard scored a brace, whilst Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka all got on the scoresheet.

Southgate is expected to play a rotated line-up when his side take on the minnows this time around, with Lingard and AS Roma striker Tammy Abraham expected to feature. Since moving from Chelsea, Abraham has four goals and three assists for his new club and also has one international goal in six previous caps for England, scoring in their 7-0 victory over Montenegro in November 2019.

Meanwhile, Lingard has shown his capabilities once again this season at United following his incredible loan spell at West Ham, managing two goals and one assist in five appearances in the Premier League and Champions League with limited game time, following on from the 14 goal contributions he made in 16 league appearances for West Ham last campaign.

Next up sees Kazakhstan take on Bosnia on Saturday in Group D of the World Cup qualifiers in a crucial clash for both sides, as they are both on three points after five and four matches played, with second in the group Ukraine only two points ahead.

The last time these two sides faced one another was in September where Kazakhstan rescued themselves a point via a 95th minute equaliser by Bakhityar Zaynutidnov having fallen behind to goals from Miralem Pjanic and Luka Menalo in a 2-2 draw.

In Bosnia’s other qualifier last September, they drew 1-1 away at France as experienced Inter Milan striker Edin Dzeko scored the opening goal of the game in the 36th minute before Antoine Griezmann equalised just three minutes later for Didier Deschamps’ side.

Dzeko will be a player to look out for here, as the 35-year-old former Manchester City man has scored 60 in 116 matches for his country and is a talismanic figure, hence why he is priced at 3/1 to score first versus Kazakhstan.

Euro 2020 semi-finalists Denmark travel to Moldova in Group F of the World Cup qualifiers, with Kasper Hjulmand’s side looking to protect their perfect record of six wins from six.

The last time these two sides met in Copenhagen, Denmark hammered Moldova 8-0 as Kasper Dolberg and Mikkel Damsgaard scored braces, whilst Jens Stryger Larsen, Mathias Jensen, Robert Skov and Marcus Ingvartsen all got on the scoresheet. Moldova come into this game with just one point to their name from six matches, having conceded 18, whilst Denmark have scored 22 and conceded none following 1-0, 2-0 and 5-0 victories over the Faroe Islands, Scotland and Israel.

As mentioned above, Damsgaard scored a brace against Moldova last time out which is one of four goals that the 21-year-old Sampdoria winger has scored for the Danes, having scored stunning goals against Russia and England at Euro 2020, which sees him priced at 13/10 to score anytime against Saturday’s opponents once again.

In League Two, league leaders Forest Green Rovers host fifth in the table Swindon Town at the New Lawn Stadium, looking to extend their four points lead over second-place Harrogate Town.

Forest Green come into this match in good form, having won three of their last four fixtures against Northampton Town 1-0, before hammering Stevenage 4-0, as well as drawing 0-0 at home to Tranmere Rovers and then beating Carlisle United 2-0 at Brunton Park last weekend.

Swindon are in worse form than Rovers, having won just one of their last five matches, which actually came against Bristol Rovers by a 3-1 scoreline last Saturday. Prior to this, the Robins had drawn 1-1 with Northampton Town and Stevenage as well as 0-0 with Colchester United and had been beaten by Port Vale 2-1 last month.

31-year-old Jamaican striker Jamille Matt is one to watch this weekend, having scored his sixth and assisted his fourth league goal of the League Two season in just 10 appearances last time out against Carlisle. The former Blackpool man also scored and assisted in the League Cup when Rob Edwards’ men knocked out Championship outfit Bristol City in Round One.

The final tip on this list comes from Group D, as second-place Ukraine travel to third in the table Finland in a crucial qualifier for both sides.

Finland played two qualifiers in September, which resulted in a 1-0 victory over Kazakhstan and a 2-0 defeat at the hands of world champions France, although last March, they did draw 2-2 against Bosnia, as well as 1-1 versus Ukraine, where Norwich City striker Teemu Pukki scored all their goals against the latter two opponents, taking his goal tally up to 30 in 96 caps for his country.

Andriy Shevchenko’s side have drawn all of their world cup qualifying matches, doing so against France 1-1 on both occasions, as well as via the same scoreline against Finland and Kazakhstan, before drawing 2-2 against the latter in September, where Benfica forward Roman Yaremchuk scored a stunning strike.

Ukraine forward Yaremchuk is having a solid season for Benfica, firing in four goals and creating one assist in six appearances in Liga Bwin, following on from Euro 2020 where he managed two goals and one assist in five matches, doing to against the Netherlands and North Macedonia. The 25-year-old has scored 11 in 32 matches for Ukraine and is priced at 10/1 to score in the same game as Pukki when Finland and Ukraine go head-to-head on Saturday.