International Tips: Brazil to claim narrow first-half lead

Luiz Felipe Scolari's Brazil side are the World Cup favourites

After nine winning tips from ten last week, Michael Lintorn targets friendly joy in Switzerland, Brazil and Mexico's games...

Switzerland v Peru
Tuesday, 19:30
Live on Betfair Live Video

Match Odds: Switzerland 1.4640/85, Peru 10.09/1, The Draw 4.3100/30

England were subjected to a harsh amount of criticism for supposedly making Peru look competent in their 3-0 Wembley victory, but the reality surely is that there is no such thing as a hopeless South American international side.

Switzerland, one of the World Cup top seeds, are likely to show that there was nothing shabby about the Three Lions' result by producing an even less emphatic scoreline when they clash in Luzern, where Ottmar Hitzfeld's bright young things defeated Jamaica 1-0 last time out.

The Group E competitors have scored more than two goals in just one of their last 16 fixtures and excel at preventing opponents from harming them, keeping seven clean sheets in 11 outings since the start of 2013.

Recommended Bet: Back under 2.5 goals @ 1.758/11

Brazil v Panama
Tuesday, 20:00
Live on BT Sport 1

Match Odds: Brazil 1.111/9, Panama 38.037/1, The Draw 12.5n/a

The chance to travel to Brazil to face the most successful team in international history should be a treat for a nation that have never been to a World Cup, but Panama will feel a twinge of regret due to feeling that they rather than Mexico should have been facing the hosts in Group A later this month.

They were heading for a two-legged play-off with New Zealand ahead of the World Cup regulars before conceding two injury-time goals at home to USA, allowing Mexico to overtake them. Los Canaleros remained competitive in their one game since, a 1-1 draw with Serbia, yet have lost both prior meetings with Brazil 0-5.

Brazil have won two of their last three matches by that same brutal margin, a 13.012/1 proposition, though the best bet for this friendly may hide in the half-time score market. Panama have trailed 0-1 at the break in three of their last four contests, with their hosts leading 1-0 in three of their prior five, the two exceptions being a 0-0 and a 2-0.

Best Bet: Back Brazil to lead 1-0 at half time @ 3.45n/a

Mexico v Bosnia
Wednesday, 02:30

Match Odds: Mexico 2.3611/8, Bosnia 3.412/5, The Draw 3.3512/5

In a turn of events fit to make Denis Norden proud, Mexico are hinting at getting their act together just in time for the World Cup having endured a tortuous qualifying campaign. Triumphs over Israel and Ecuador in the last week enhanced their figures to five wins and two draws in seven encounters.

All bar one of those showdowns, and eight of their last nine if you stretch the sample size further, produced three goals or more. They scored three or more in five of those aforementioned seven games, while managing only three clean sheets in their 13 most recent attempts.

A collision with one of the most exciting sides at the World Cup, a Bosnia squad boasting the likes of Edin Dzeko, Miralem Pjanic and Vedad Ibisevic, is almost certain to keep the over 2.5 goal streak alive. They netted 30 times in their ten World Cup qualifiers.

Recommended Bet: Back over 2.5 goals @ 2.0811/10