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Cyprus vs. Belgium: Euro 2020 Qualifying Odds, Live Stream, TV Info

Tom Sunderland
Mar 22, 2019

Belgium will look to carve out a clear advantage at the top of Group I by beating Cyprus on Sunday to press ahead in theirย UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying campaign.

Cyprus sit level at the summit after thumping San Marino 5-0 on Matchday 1, while Roberto Martinez's side defeated Russia 3-1 to get their quest up and running with a victory.

Belgium now travel for their first away fixture, with captain Eden Hazard hoping to follow up his brace against Russia on Thursday with another impressive display at the GSP Stadium in Nicosia.

Sunday's hosts snapped a streak of four matches without a win when they beat San Marino, but the Red Devils will provide a much greater threat to Group I's incumbent leaders.ย 

Date:ย Sunday, March 24

Time:ย 7:45 p.m. GMT/3:45 p.m. ET

Venue:ย GSP Stadium, Nicosia

Live Stream:ย Sky Goย (UK),ย Univision Deportes en Vivoย (U.S.)

TV Info:ย Sky Sports Red Button (UK)

Odds

Cyprus:ย 22-1

Draw:ย 36-5

Belgium:ย 1-6

Preview

More than six weeks after his last brace for Chelsea, Hazard made a match-winning return to the Belgian fold on Thursday and helped the hosts win their first group game in Brussels.

The 28-year-old had failed to score in his previous four appearances for the national team but put that form behind him, scoring on the brink of half-time and again in the 88th minute.ย 

Journalist Kristof Terreur pointed to Hazard's heightened attacking instincts since Martinez made him captain:

Manchester City duo Kevin De Bruyne and Vincent Kompany will be unavailable for the visitors due to injury, while a foot problem has also seenย Romelu Lukaku withdraw from the squad. Right-back Thomas Meunier and midfield anchor Axel Witsel are also sidelined.

Copenhagen strikerย Pieros Sotiriou scored two penalties in four minutes against San Marino on Thursday, but the Copenhagen attacker was taken off after 27 minutes due to injury.

He's a doubt for Sunday's a clash as a resultโ€”an opportunity he may regret as Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois looks to be in shaky form of late, viaย Soccer AM:

These two teams last met in qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and Belgium came out as 7-0 aggregate victors over two matches, beating the Nicosia hosts 3-0 in September 2016.

There's a temptation to consider the most recent victory for Ran Ben Shimon's sideโ€”the joint-largest in their historyโ€”as cause for excitement. Commentator Eric Krakauer posted to the contrary:

Belgium should have the resources to overcome several absences, with Crystal Palace striker Michy Batshuayiโ€”on loan from Chelseaโ€”a potential pick to capitalise up front in the absence of Lukaku.ย ย