The league's strongest side will play their penultimate encounter in Group 1 of the Nations League C. Of the 16 teams in League C, probably only Greece are comparable to the Turkish team. Gustavo Poyet's side also have no goals conceded and no points lost after four games in the group. Despite coming to Istanbul from Turkey's closest pursuer, in a Ligue C context, we are talking about Luxembourg, currently 95th in the FIFA national team rankings. Needless to say, bookmakers have the home side as the clear favorites with odds of 1.25 to win.

After failing to qualify for the Nations League last season and the UEFA European Championship that followed, Turkey have already emerged somewhat differently for the 2021 World Cup qualifiers. Güneş's men lost just one match in the Netherlands in all of Qatar's Mundial qualifying. However, that was enough to deny them first place in the group and qualify for the play-offs against a fatal Portugal from second place. Under Stefan Kunz, the Turks had already scored 14 unanswered goals against the Faroe Islands, Lithuania and Luxembourg in June's Nations League encounters. In League C, Turkey have made it clear they are temporary visitors.

Luxembourg have improved their level of play in recent years and are deserving representatives of League C. It is difficult nowadays to consider the team of this country a "midget team", as it was even 5-10 years ago. Nevertheless, before the trip to Turkey, it should be understood that the visitors have a transfer value of the squad that is around ten times cheaper than the home team. Also, the national team leader, Spartak's Christopher Pereira, has been out until around December this year due to injury. Luxembourg beat Lithuania and the Faroe Islands in the League of Nations in June, before losing on home soil to Turkey (0-2) and failing to do so again, 2-2, against the Faroe Islands.

In terms of the bet on offer, we can certainly expect Turkey itself to score two or three goals at home. Meanwhile, the visitors, despite their status as clear underdogs, can also be expected to score. At least, they have nothing to lose. We're betting on a high-scoring encounter.