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Mismatches mean lack of betting opportunities

ANOTHER week of European Championship qualifying means another week of mismatches and massacres.

San Marino, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein are among the star attractions on Thursday night. Andorra, Malta and Azerbaijan savour top billing on Friday. On Saturday we can delight in the feats of more minnows, the likes of Armenia, Gibraltar and Scotland.

You’ve got to wait until Sunday for Mont St Michel versus Sark and I’m all over MSM like a rash.

Before that we’ve got the joys of England against San Marino and a chance for Wayne Rooney to get ever closer to eclipsing Sir Robert Charlton’s national goalscoring record. Oh how Lord Bob would have loved the chance to play against San Marino, Andorra or Gibraltar, but of course he graced the football pitches of the world back in the day, in a golden age of Iron Curtains, Opal Fruits and Frank Bough. Opponents were proper countries like Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union and East Germany.

If Uefa carry on their European carve-up at its current rate, Raheem Sterling should be closing in on his 100th England goal milestone by the time he lines up against mighty Mykonos in a daren’t-lose World Cup qualifier in 2020.

On the assumption that England to win to nil is about a 1-12 shot, I’ll look elsewhere for some Euro money-making opportunities. Unfortunately, there isn’t very much.

I think I’ll take a punt that Switzerland, neatly put in their place by Roy’s boys last time out, aren’t actually that much cop and could well go down in Slovenia, who played Estonia off the park in their opener. Yeah I know, they lost, which is why they go off an 11-5 shot this time round. Get stuck in.

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