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Honduras vs Australia Prediction & Betting tips
On the 10th of November at 22.00 o’clock our time will be in the stadium Olimpico Metropolitano in San Pedro Sula between Honduras and Australia for one of the last final round tickets for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The all-important second leg will take place on November 15 at 9:00 in Sydney.
Honduras :
On the final day of the North and Central American qualifiers Honduras surprisingly overtook group opponents USA and finished fourth, which entitles them to the upcoming World Cup play-off match against Australia. While the USA were passed to fifth place after a 1-2 defeat by Trinidad and Tobago, Panama’s surprise victory over Costa Rica was a direct challenge and Honduras drew with a 3-2 win against the already qualified Mexicans still past the USA. Honduras participated in the finals in the last two World Cups. If the team of Jorge Luis Pinto survives the two play-offs against Australia, it would be the fourth World Cup participation for the country. The team consists of No Names alone, which together have a market value of € 11 million. Honduras is an underdog in the two playoffs into it, but one should not necessarily have no chance against Australia, because the Australians could not really convince in their last encounters.
Honduras usually play with a 4-2-3-1 lineup. Since this lineup was the last to defeat Mexico, it does not really need any changes:
Escober – Alvarado, M. Figueroa, H. Figueroa, Beckeles – Mejia, Claros – Lopez, Elis, Quioto – Hernandez
Australia:
In the Asian qualifiers it was not enough for Australia to qualify directly for Russia 2018. In a tight group stage, Japan and Saudi Arabia had to be preferred. As a group third, however, Australia still got the chance to reach the World Cup play-offs by a decision-making duel against Syria. In two games, the Australian secured the place in the play-offs only with Ach and noise. Late in the extension of the second leg, the Australians met Syria to save 2: 1. Most recently, Australia qualified for the World Cup finals three times in a row, winning the play-offs against Honduras, it would be the 5th World Cup participation. Compared to Honduras, the team from Down Under has at least some players in their ranks who are internationally experienced. Mitchell Langerak, Mathew Leckie or Robbie Kruse are known to us from the Bundesliga, while other players like Mathew Ryan, Mile Jedinak or Tom Rogic earn their money from clubs in the UK. In addition, her captain Tom Cahill, who is already 37 years old but still an important part of the team, brings a lot of experience.
The Australians play in the back with a triple chain in the 3-2-4-1 or 3-5-2 system. Your coach Ange Postecoglou could therefore play like this:
Ryan – Jurman / Wright, Degenek, Sainsbury – Milligan, Kruse, Leckie, Smith, Troisi – Rogic, Cahill