Best Bet: Attack vs defence exercise should end in comfortable Spain win

After gameweek one in Russia it’s fair to say that few would have predicted that Iran would top Group B but a late Aziz Bouhaddouz own goal has given Carlos Queiroz’s side hope of an unlikely spot in the knockout phase.

With three points on the board there’s no question that a stalemate would be a superb result for the huge underdogs on Wednesday, and as such this may well be a 90 minute attack vs defence exercise.

Iran saw just 32.2% of the ball against Morocco last week and that figure is likely to be even lower against La Roja, who had 66.5% against Portugal by comparison.

As such, expect Spain to be on the front foot from the very first whistle, and if they can make an early breakthrough it could be a long evening for Queiroz’s men.

Spain are traditionally strong starters after all, and have scored in the first half of 11 of their last 14 matches, including their opener against Portugal.

With that in mind, our tip is in the half time/full time market, with Spain to be leading at the end of both given multiple bookmakers are offering a tempting price of 1.80.