Surprises are expected in the European qualifiers: Accumulator Tip for October 14

The October excitement in the World Cup qualifiers ends this Tuesday. There are still plenty of interesting matches on the program today as part of the qualifiers for the upcoming World Cup. We have selected the most interesting ones and analyzed them for our Accumulator tip. Portugal will welcome Hungary in the derby of the day of European qualifiers, and we can expect a spectacle in Lisbon. Italy should have an easy task against Israel, while Turkey will face the unpleasant Georgia.

Portugal vs Hungary

In Group F, Portugal is on course to officially secure a direct place at the 2026 World Cup in Mexico, Canada, and the USA. After three rounds, the Portuguese have a perfect record with maximum points. Hungary is second with four points, and Armenia is third with three. Ireland holds a purely mathematical chance of first place, with just one point from three matches. However, few believe that Portugal will throw a five-point lead over the Hungarians. To stay at the top of the group after the sixth round, Roberto Martinez's team simply needs to avoid defeats against Hungary, Armenia, and Ireland. Portugal, however, can qualify already in the fourth round with a victory over Hungary, assuming that Armenia fails to defeat Ireland.

Portugal possible starting lineup (4-2-3-1):

Costa - Dalot, Dias, Veiga, Mendes - Neves, Vitinha - Trincao, Fernandes, Leao - Ronaldo

Hungary possible starting lineup (4-4-2):

B. Toth - Nego, Orban, Szalai, Kerkez - Bolla, Styles, Schafer, Szoboszlai - Sallai, Varga

• Bet on: BTTS

Italy vs Israel

Italy, led by Gennaro Gattuso, continues its winning streak, although the path to direct qualification for the World Cup is almost certainly closed. The Azzurri's triumph against Estonia in Tallinn (3:1) will improve the mood of the Italians, who have the opportunity to resolve the issue of the play-offs on Tuesday in Udine against Israel, but it was essentially overshadowed by Norway's convincing victory over Israel (5:0), which allowed the Scandinavians to maintain not only the points difference, but also made the goal difference almost unattainable ahead of the decisive match in Milan on November 16. A play-off is now the most realistic scenario for the Italians. Israel is in third place in the group with 9 points and has a chance to reach second place, but they have suffered two very heavy defeats, they lost to Italy on neutral ground 5:4, and in the last round, Norway won 5:0.

Italy possible starting lineup (4-4-2):

Donnarumma - Di Lorenzo, Mancini, Calafiori, Dimarco - Cambiaso, Barella, Tonali, Spinazzola - Raspadori, Retegui

Israel possible starting lineup (4-2-3-1):

Da. Peretz - Dasa, Baltaxa, Nachmias, Revivo - Abu Fani, E. Peretz - Khalaily, Gloukh, Solomon - Baribo

• Bet on: Over 3.5

Turkey vs Georgia

When you're in the same group as Spain - the reigning European champions, if anyone has forgotten - it's tough to fight for first place. Overcoming and threatening them? It takes a miracle. There have been no miracles in this group so far. Instead, we saw the harsh reality when both Turkey and Georgia lost to the favorites. The Georgians fought bravely in the last round, losing 0-2 (although they were lucky not to concede as many). But Turkey? They would probably rather forget their meeting with Spain. A devastating 0-6 defeat that answered the question of whether they could challenge the Spanish. Unfortunately, no. Georgia couldn't either. So, it all comes down to the fight for second place. Turkey has the advantage here, having won their first match against each other. Another win over Georgia would leave the visitors with only a primitive mathematical hope of second place. Every game in this group has been a spectacle, full of goals. The same goes for Turkey and Georgia, who scored a lot but conceded just as many. In their first meeting, a total of five goals were scored.

Turkey possible starting lineup (4-2-3-1):

Cakir - Celik, Demiral, Bardakci, Kadioglu - Calhanoglu, Kokcu - Aydin, Guler, Yildiz - Akturkoglu

Georgia possible starting lineup (4-3-3):

Mamardashvili - Kakabadze, Goglichidze, Lochoshvili, Azarovi - Kiteishvili, Mekvabishvili, Kochorashvili - Davitashvili, Kvaratskhelia, Mikautadze

• Bet on: Over 2.5