Poland VS Montenegro Match Prediction

Poland and Montenegro have played three times since Montenegro broke away from Serbia. Poland won the reverse fixture back in March by a score of 1-2. The other meetings took place in the last cycle for the World Cup. They drew 1-1 at home in 2013, and they drew 2-2 in 2012.

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Poland vs Montenegro Betting Tips and Odds

Bovada have the following odds available for this match:

Poland are at -280 to win, a draw is at +395, and a Montenegro win is at -280.

Poland are favorites as group leaders and also have got to be one of the teams that people are taking a look at to when it all.  In most World Cups, a team from close by typically wins. Since Russia is not going to be a favorite, that might just fall to a strong Poland side. They've never lost, albeit it's short history, to Montenegro, so that is a big helper to the bookmakers.

Poland have a ton of motivation ahead of this match. Not only is their spot at the World Cup on the line, but they are also looking to ensure that they are seeded for it. The importance of that cannot be overstated. Seeding could mean everything as it could give them an easier group, and it could well make them a real dark horse contender to win the trophy close to home.

As things stand in the group, Montenegro must win in this match just to have a chance of going through to a playoff. They then have to hope that Denmark loses, and they need to make -2 goal difference. So that means either Denmark need to lose at home to Romania by two or that they need to beat Poland by two.

Poland -1.5 is at -105 odds to win

Poland vs Montenegro Prediction

Poland need just a point to advance, but they will get much more than that on the way to being seeded.

Correct Score Prediction: Poland 3-1 Montenegro

Team News

Adam Nawalka has no worries to face that will force him to rotate his squad from the one that trounced Armenia.

Key Man

Robert Lewandowski's hat trick on Thursday night made him the top man in history for the Poles, and he still has a fair number of years to go. On top of that, he's got another chance in this match here to officially wrap up qualification with a goal or two.  So far in the group, he has scored an incredible 15 times to lead all scorers in Europe. That is more than the bottom three teams in the group have managed as entire squads.

Team Form

Poland have four wins and a loss in their last five matches:

won 1-6 at Armenia
3-0 home win vs Kazakhstan
4-0 loss at Denmark
3-1 home win vs Romania
1-2 loss at Montenegro

Poland Predicted Starting Line-up

Expected Line-up: 4-2-3-1

Team News

Ljubisa Tumbakovic will likely be without Stevan Jovetic after he came out after just 20 minutes on Thursday. This is a very big miss, and that could spell doom for their hopes, if it isn't already over for them. 

Key Man

Without their talisman up front to lead the line and create for them, Montenegro are going to be in a bad way and will have to find someone to help them nudge themselves over the line. A man that could just do that for them only came on a sub on Thursday, but has four assists in qualification so far. That man is Damir Kojasevic. The 30 year old winger plays his football in Montenegro, but he's shown an impressive ability to pick out a pass and could be just what they need to get an unlikely win.

Team Form

Montenegro have two losses and three wins in their last five matches:

home 0-1 loss vs Denmark
1-0 home win vs Romania
0-3 win at Kazakhstan
4-1 home win vs Armenia
1-2 home loss vs Iran (Friendly)

Montenegro Predicted Starting Line-up

Expected Line-up: 4-2-3-1

Poland play host to Montenegro on Monday with one foot firmly in the finals. A win or a draw for them seals it no matter what, but they will not go into this match lightly as seeding for the World Cup could be at stake. In order to possibly be seeded, they must win this match. That gives them something to play for here, and it's only going to make their potent attack all the more dangerous. They would be seventh in the ranking if they win, which would be enough to get them seeded and a much better chance in a World Cup that's already relatively close to home for them.

Robert Lewandowski is now Poland's record goal scorer on 50 goals after his most recent exploits in front of goal.