Belarus vs Greece Prediction: Victory follows a Greek tragedy

After both teams registered positive results in their last outings, Belarus and Greece clash in Zalaegerszeg on Tuesday night (19:45 BST).

Read on for my Belarus vs Greece predictions, as well as the latest team news and match odds.

Team News

Greece captain Anastasios Bakasetas serves a one-match suspension, after the creative midfielder received two yellow cards in the space of 20 second-half minutes against Scotland.

There are two further absentees for the visitors, with West Ham’s Konstantinos Mavropanos carrying a hamstring injury and Sporting Lisbon centre-forward Fotis Ioannidis out with an unknown issue.

With only pride to play for, Jovanovic may opt to hand highly-rated teenager Charalampos Kostoulas his first international start after making his debut against Scotland.

That could result in Vangelis Pavlidis being demoted to the bench, who has only netted once in qualifying despite banging in the goals for club side Benfica.

Belarus boss Carlos Alos has a full complement to choose from, but will likely continue with his policy of prioritising younger players.

The Spanish tactician omitted experienced trio Yury Kavalyow, Sergey Politevich, and Aleksandr Martynovich from his current squad, while showing faith in the likes of 22-year-old CSKA Sofia goalkeeper Fedor Lapoukhov and teenage centre-forward Trofim Melnichenko, who left native outfit Dinamo Minsk to sign for Portuguese giants Porto in January.

Belarus vs Greece Odds

Despite having the home advantage, Belarus are 8/1 outsiders, while the draw is 9/2 and Greece are 3/10.

Over 2.5 goals is available at 8/15, while it is 5/6 for both teams to find the back of the net.

Greece to win and BTTS @ 7/4

Both teams have scored in four of Greece’s five qualifying matches, while there have been three or more goals in all of them. The Euro 2004 winners are yet to keep a single clean sheet, having seen their net breached on 12 occasions so far.

After a disastrous start to their qualification campaign which produced heavy losses to both Greece and Denmark, Belarus have shown a lot more quality over the last two fixtures. Before netting twice to claim a hard-earned draw in the Danish capital on Saturday night, Alos’ side were unlucky not to take a share of the spoils at Hampden.

Konstantinos Karetsas to score and assist @ 10/1

Considered one of Europe’s hottest prospects, Karetsas is already Greece’s most potent attacking weapon. The Genk-born wonderkid has already registered three goals for his nation, two of which have come against Scotland across Nations League and World Cup qualifying ties. Karetsas has also recorded eight assists for club and country this term, highlighting his immense creativity.

After initially navigating his way through Belgium’s youth ranks, the intelligent playmaker became the Greeks’ second-youngest player in history a mere four months after celebrating his seventeenth birthday.

He’ll win his ninth international cap on Tuesday night – don’t be surprised if he marks it with a couple of direct goal contributions.

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