Antigua and Barbuda vs the Dominican Republic betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the CONCACAF Nations League match on October 12th, 2024

Antigua and Barbuda and the Dominican Republic will play on October 12th, 2024, Saturday, in a match counting for the CONCACAF Nations League. Check the Antigua and Barbuda vs the Dominican Republic betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

The CONCACAF Nations League is a biennial international football competition for the national teams of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Launched in 2019, the tournament features three leagues (A, B, and C) with promotion and relegation between them, and serves as a qualifying tournament for the CONCACAF Gold Cup and the FIFA World Cup. The Nations League has been praised for providing more competitive matches for CONCACAF teams and creating new opportunities for smaller nations to showcase their talent on the international stage.

Stadium and City where Antigua and Barbuda vs the Dominican Republic will occur

The game will be played in the small Bermuda National Stadium stadium, in the city of Hamilton, with a capacity for 6000 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all the information to help you with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Antigua and Barbuda vs the Dominican Republic betting tip 2024/2025

Antigua and Barbuda is currently ranked number 131 in the FIFA Ranking, while the Dominican Republic is placed at number 152 in the world soccer's premier team ranking.

In the last match played, Antigua and Barbuda met Bermuda, in a match valid for the CONCACAF Nations League. The match ended in a loss by 0-1.

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this contest after a previous event's victory. In a dispute valid for CONCACAF Nations League, the Dominican Republic faced the Dominica team, and the score ended in favor with a 2-0.

The performance of the the Dominican Republic team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Antigua and Barbuda team.

In the last 20 years, the teams have met on 3 occasions. Both teams have the same number of wins in head-to-head encounters, with a total of 1 for each side, so there is no advantage for either team. In addition, there has also been 1 draw in this period.

These teams the last time they met which was on 10-10-2014 played out a 0-0 draw in a highly contested Caribean Cup match during the 2014 football season.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

Antigua and Barbuda

Current leaderboard

Antigua and Barbuda is coming from a defeat in the last match they played. The team of coach Mikele Leigertwood failed to stand up to Bermuda and ended up losing by 0-1. In light of this, the team arrives for this duel in 4th place of Group D.

If the CONCACAF Nations League were to conclude now, Antigua and Barbuda would be relegated, since they are in the 4th place of the group. However, with 4 games still to play, Antigua and Barbuda can still reach the position 1 on the league table and can get a maximum of 12 points if they win their remaining matches.

In short tournaments with international teams, the tradition and name are usually a good indicator of what the team is aiming for in the championship. Since Antigua and Barbuda is playing in a lower league division of this UEFA Nations League, they will try to do their best, so that they can get 1st place in the Group and get promoted in the next edition of the tournament.

Although historical data is an important parameter, it is not the only factor that should be considered when assessing Antigua and Barbuda's chances in this CONCACAF Nations League. The momentum of the team coached by Mikele Leigertwood is also something that should be taken into consideration.

Therefore, the 131th position in FIFA's ranking also serves as an indicator. As the current moment is not the best, Antigua and Barbuda arrives as a strong shooter in this CONCACAF Nations League 2024/2025. That means the players come in without too much pressure, and they might even develop their best soccer.

Antigua and Barbuda analysis

In the previous edition of the Nations League, Antigua and Barbuda competed in the A League and finished in the 3 position of their group. Therefore, their main aim for this tournament is to regain their spot in the higher division.

At the end of matchday 2 we see that Antigua and Barbuda conceded more goals than they scored, with 3 goals conceded and 1 scored.

The Antigua and Barbuda team seeks to control the game by trying to achieve an average ball possession of 59%. This is based on the observation that ball possession above 50% typically gives teams some control over their opponents.

the Dominican Republic

Current leaderboard

On the other hand, his team is looking for another victory since they left the field with 3 points in the previous match. In the previous round, his team faced Dominica and managed to win by 2-0. So for this game, the team arrives in 1st place in the group.

If the CONCACAF Nations League were to conclude now, the Dominican Republic would be promoted, since they are in 1st place of the group. However, with 4 games still to play, the Dominican Republic can still reach the position 1 on the league table and can get a maximum of 18 points if they win their remaining matches.

Many considerations apply to both teams. So perhaps the most determining factor for the Dominican Republic's ambition in this CONCACAF Nations League is the team's record in the competition as well. After all, it is expected that the more traditional teams will reach the finals. Just like Antigua and Barbuda, the Dominican Republic will try to get the 1st spot in the group to be promoted in the next edition of the Uefa Nations League. For this reason, this match can be really interesting.

On the other hand, when we check the team's position in the FIFA ranking, we see that the Dominican Republic arrives for this CONCACAF Nations League in position 152. This demonstrates that regardless of the number of titles they have won or not, the Dominican Republic comes to this CONCACAF Nations League without much pressure. As the moment is not the best, there is not much pressure from the fans. This can even be beneficial since the players can feel at ease and play more freely.

the Dominican Republic analysis

the Dominican Republic main goal in this Nations League is to surpass their performance in the previous edition of the tournament. In that edition, they occupied the spot 2 in the group in which they participated.

We have reached matchday 2 in CONCACAF Nations League and at the moment the Dominican Republic has made 5 goals and conceded 2.

the Dominican Republic has an average of 5.5 shots in the goal mirror per match, and can be considered an extremely offensive team and prone to scoring goals, and of course winning.

the Dominican Republic is a more offensive team than Antigua and Barbuda, having 113 attacks vs. 15 from Antigua and Barbuda, having scored 5 times, in comparison, Antigua and Barbuda converted into goal 1 time.

Best goalscorer from the Dominican Republic

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Ronaldo Vásquez Herasme is the player to highlight. Helping the Dominican Republic with 2 goals scored this season, the Attacker has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

Most goals are scored between 75-90 as some study shows, which makes this a good time to bet for those following the live game.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Antigua and Barbuda 0 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team the Dominican Republic 3 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

At the bookmaker Bet365, the market of Total Goals Under 2.5 is with great odds.

Corners Top Betting Tips

For favorable betting results, note that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 6.25 corners per game.

Antigua and Barbuda is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.5 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Antigua and Barbuda in this match.

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Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 2.5 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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