World Cup Qualifying Group E : Switzerland aim for third straight World Cup
World Cup Group E Qualification with Albania Switzerland, Iceland Cyprus, Slovenia Norway odds and live streaming, as Bet365 report they have a wide variety of games from tonight available to watch for punters and fans alike.
Switzerland are labelled down as 17/20 favourites to defeat Albania in Tirana as they look to qualify for the World Cup for the third successive time.
It may have seemed like one of the more open groups in the European draw but Switzerland are just one game away from clinching qualification with Albania being the last hurdle in their way.
Ottmar Hitzfeld’s side are five points clear at the top of Group E and only need a point from their last two games to send them off to Brazil.
The Swiss team has maintained many of their key players for the crucial away trip to the Balkans with the likes of Xherdan Shaqiri and Gokhan Inler likely to cause many worries for the Albanian defence for much of the game
Albania  |
7/2 |
Draw  |
13/5 |
| Switzerland |
5/6 |
One aspect that the Switzerland will be keen to maintain will be the fact that they has one of the best defensive records in the entire competition having only conceded 5 goals in their first eight games.
With the likes of Stephan Lichtsteiner and Diego Benaglio having helped be key parts of this line-up, don’t be surprised to see this stat stay unchanged after the 90 minutes.
For Albania, they need to win to stand any chance of making the playoff spots as they current sit 4 points behind Iceland with just two games left to go.
The Albanians will be hoping that the defensive experience of captain Lorik Cana and Armen Daliku will be enough to keep the Swiss at bay for much of the match,
Meanwhile, the hosts will also hope that the likes of Besart Berisha and Hamdi Salihi will be able to boost their goalscoring tallies as Albania look to improve on the low overall goal ratio of one per game throughout the current campaign.
There will also be a lot at stake in Maribor as Slovenia and Norway clash to see who might be able to overtake Iceland and sneak their way into the playoff round.
Slovenia are currently 3rd in the group on 13 points whilst Norway are one point further behind in fourth with Iceland within a grasp of both sides.
It will be a tough match for the hosts who will be without their star midfield duo of Josip Ilicic and Valter Birsa who are both injured meanwhile Norway are without John Arne Riise and Espen Ruud who are also nursing long-term injuries.
