Portugal welcome Sweden to Lisbon with Cristiano Ronaldo in scintillating form, but with bwin’s double/triple money offer on the table the international form of the visitors’ own globe-straddling superstar, Mr Z. Ibrahimovic, is worth endorsing with some of your hard-earned at 6/1 to score first.
New customers signing up at bwin today can earn a £20 joining bonus which would yield £120 smackers worth of pure profit if Ibra fires home first.
What’s more, with the double/triple offer in force bwin will multiply your winnings by the number of goals he goes on to pillage should he net once or twice more.
Portugal are 3/5 favourites for a first-leg victory, with the Scandinavian raiders 9/2 to win and a draw backable at a mark of 14/5.
In their last eight games in all competitions Ibra has scored 14 times to Ronaldo’s 12.
Chosing between forwards of the calibre of Zlatan and the Real Madrid star in bwin’s first goalscorer betting is a bit like choosing between your children.
You know in theory it should be the irrepressibly-keen, try-hard high-achiever, but in reality the complicated black sheep always gets the hypothetical vote.
Luckily Ibrahimovic is actually in superior form to Ronny too, outgunning him by two strikes and drawing a blank in just one of those games to his rival’s two.
Zlatan has scored 14 goals in 14 internationals since the beginning of 2012/13.
Despite making Eusebio grumpy by moving past his Portugal scoring record Ronaldo bagged just four goals in qualifying, suggesting that he is at far less liberty to express his scoring instincts amongst the Seleccao.
The man from Madeira’s international contribution of five goals in eight games since the beginning of last term pales into insignificance beside that Ibrahimovic who notched six qualifying strikes.
Discounting goals scored by Germany, Sweden shipped just five times in qualifying.
The Blagult struggled to cope with the manifold and harmonious attacking threats of Die Mannschaft in Group C, but aside from the European qualifying top scorers they were parsimonious opponents.
Knowing that giving themselves something to swing at in the return leg is reliant on limiting their hosts’ scoring the Swedes be defending with redoubled motivation, limiting Ronaldo’s scoring chances further.
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