The Best Games For Over 2.5 Goals In Friday’s International Action – 4/6/21

The first game on this list sees the Faroe Islands take on Iceland.

The Faroe Islands last two matches have landed in the over 2.5 goals markets, in 3-1 and 4-0 defeats to Austria and Scotland, having previously drawn their previous three matches against Moldova, Malta and Latvia 1-1.

Meanwhile, Iceland come into this match in poor form, but, four games from their last five matches have yielded over 2.5 goals in heavy 4-0 and 3-0 defeats to England and Germany, as well as a 2-1 loss to Mexico late last month.

Arnar Viðarsson’s sides only win in their last five matches came against Liechtenstein in a 4-1 win at Rheinpark Stadion in Vaduz, where Birkir Mar Saevarsson, Birkir Bjarnason, Victor Palsson and Runar Mar Sigurjonsson all got on the scoresheet.

Spain take on Portugal in an international friendly on Friday, as both sides are looking to prepare for this summer’s European Championships.

Three of Luis Enrique’s sides last four matches have yielded over 2.5 goals, in 3-1, 2-1 and 6-0 wins against Kosovo, Georgia and Germany, of which Manchester City forward Ferran Torres managed to bag a hattrick against Die Mannschaft.

Portugal have the same record in terms of the frequency of matches that they have been involved in that has landed in the 2.5 goals market, as they beat the likes of Croatia 3-2 and Luxembourg 3-1, as well as drawing 2-2 away at Serbia in late March, where Diogo Jota’s brace was cancelled out via goals from Fulham’s Aleksandar Mitrović and Eintracht Frankfurt’s Filip Kostić.

Italy host the Czech Republic at Stadio Dall’Ara in Bologna as Roberto Mancini’s side are preparing for Group A of the Euros where they will face the likes of Wales, whilst the away side are in Group D with England and Scotland.

Mancini’s men come into this match in good form, having won all of their last five international matches against Bosnia & Herzegovina, Northern Ireland, Bulgaria, Lithuania and San Marino, with the latter finishing 7-0, whilst all the others resulted in 2-0 wins for the Azzurri.

Meanwhile, the Czechs have only had one game that has seen the over 2.5 goals market land in their last five matches, which was in the 6-2 hammering of Estonia in late March in the World Cup qualifiers, where West Ham midfielder Tomas Soucek managed to score a hattrick, whilst Patrik Schick, Antonin Barak and Jakub Jankto also got on the scoreboard.

North Macedonia face Kazakhstan at the Philip II Arena in Skopje, as the hosts look to put themselves in the best possible stead ahead of what will be their first-ever European Championship.

Three of North Macedonia's last four matches have seen over 2.5 goals scored, in a 3-2 defeat at Romania, before a thumping 5-0 victory at home to Liechtenstein and a famous 2-1 win away at Germany on 31st March, as goals from veteran striker Goran Pandev and Napoli’s Elif Elmas condemned Joachim Low’s side to their first defeat in World Cup qualifying since 2001.

Kazakhstan who are ranked 122nd in the FIFA World Rankings are in poor form, having not won any of their last five matches. The over 2.5 goals market landed in just two of these, in 2-1 and 3-1 defeats to Albania and Lithuania.

The final game on this list sees Hungary take on Cyprus, as the home side prepare for what looks like the impossible task in Group F, where they will face France, Germany and Portugal in their group.

Marco Rossi’s side have been in decent form of late, winning three of their last four matches in all competitions. Three of these games also saw the over 2.5 goals market land, in 4-1 and 3-0 victories against Andorra and San Marino, as well as in a 3-3 draw with Poland where a late Robert Lewandowski equaliser denied the hosts a win, having taken a 3-2 lead thanks to goals from Roland Sallai, Adam Szalai and Willi Orban.

Cyprus’ form is rather indifferent, having won two of their last five matches 2-1 and 1-0 against Luxembourg and Slovenia, as well as suffering 4-0 and 1-0 losses to Montenegro and Croatia, with a 0-0 draw against Slovakia separating the two draws.