5 Goalscorer Tips for Thursday’s Internationals - 2/6/22

On Thursday, Serbia and Norway go head to head in Group B4 of the Nations League in what is set to be an intriguing encounter.

Two players that will look to light up this fixture are Dusan Tadic of Ajax and Manchester City-bound Erling Haaland.

Tadic, had a sensational season for Ajax, having managed 16 goals and 22 assists in 45 matches, playing a vital role as they won the Dutch Eredivisie title.

The 33-year-old former Southampton man has 18 international goals to his name, including scoring and assisting in his side’s crucial 2-1 victory over Portugal back in November to seal his nation a place in this year’s World Cup in Qatar.

Meanwhile, Haaland has 15 goals in 17 international caps for his nation on top of firing in 29 goals and creating eight assists in 30 appearances for Borussia Dortmund last season.

The other match in Group B4 sees Sweden travel to Slovenia with both teams looking to get off to a good start.

Alexander Isak is the player that we are focussing on here as the 22-year-old regularly starts up-front for his national side and will be determined to put behind an underwhelming club campaign that saw him score 10 and create three assists in 41 appearances for Real Sociedad last season.

The ex-Borussia Dortmund man has scored nine goals for his country, including against the likes of Spain, Kosovo and Greece in the European World Cup qualifiers, hence why he is priced at 12/5 to score anytime here against a Slovenia side that has conceded six goals in their last five international matches and could only draw 0-0 with Qatar last time out.

Georgia and Gibraltar kick off Group C4 in the UEFA Nations League on Thursday in a meeting of 85th and 203rd in the FIFA World Rankings.

21-year-old Georgian prodigy Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is a player that we are looking at in this game as he faces up against a defence that conceded 43 goals in 10 matches in World Cup qualifying as they finished with no points in Group G.

Kvaratskhelia recently moved from Rubin Kazan where he had scored nine goals in 69 appearances to join Georgian champions Dinamo Batumi where he has further excelled, scoring eight goals in 11 matches, on top of the five he has managed for his country in 13 appearances, which includes a brace against Sweden, as well as strikes against Spain, Greece and North Macedonia.

Spain and Portugal go head to head on Thursday in what is set to be a feisty affair between the pair at Estadio Benito Villamarin in Group A2.

Inevitably, Cristiano Ronaldo will be looking to add to his already record-breaking tally of 115 international goals in 186 matches for his country.

The 37-year-old managed to score 24 goals and create three assists for Manchester United, despite the Red Devils having a woeful campaign that saw them finish sixth in the Premier League standings.

Notably, when these two sides last met in a competitive international back in June 2018 at the World Cup, Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in a 3-3 draw and even scored the opener after just four minutes.

The final tip on this list comes from the other match in Group A2 that sees the Czech Republic and Switzerland face off.

The player to look out for here is Breel Embolo who enters this match in a hot streak of form for his country, having scored against England back in late March in a 2-1 defeat for Switzerland.

Embolo, who now plies his trade at Borussia Monchengladbach has scored three goals and managed two assists in his last five international appearances and will be looking to add to this tally when he faces the Czech Republic.

In Embolo’s last eight appearances for Gladbach in the Bundesliga last season, he managed six goals and two assists meaning that he is the man in form at present.