Against All Odds: Belgium and USA to serve up a goal-fest

You don't get many more animated managers than Jurgen

There's more last 16 action from the World Cup tonight and Paul Robinson thinks we'll be in for at least three goals when Belgium take on the United States.

Belgium v United States
Tuesday July 1, 21:00 BST
Live on BBC 1

Belgium picked up maximum points from their three Group H fixtures but you wouldn't exactly call their performances convincing. They needed two late goals to edge past Algeria in their opener and they then went on to beat both Russia and South Korea 1-0 in a pretty unimpressive manner.

With so much attacking talent at his disposal, manager, Marc Wilmots, must be disappointed that his side have only managed four goals thus far. Eden Hazard has been below his best and Romelu Lukaku is doing his best to prove Jose Mourinho right. This could be a decent fixture for them to get going though as the American defence is pretty leaky and if they can find the net early on, their confidence in front of goal will start to return.

The United States surprised many, including myself, by qualifying from a group that contained Germany, Portugal and Ghana. I had them earmarked for the wooden spoon but they got off to an incredibly fast start against the Africans and never looked back.

Jurgen Klinsmann has a rich World Cup pedigree and you should never rule him or his teams out on the biggest stage of them all. The Stars and Stripes aren't blessed with any world class players but they perform as one and should give the Belgians a real game. I can definitely see them scoring - the 1-0 defeat to Germany ended a six match run of them scoring twice each time - but I have genuine concerns about their defending.

The market is suggesting that this will be a low-scoring encounter but at around the 1.684/6 mark, I'm willing to take the chance on there being at least three goals. That's why, I'm making under 2.5 my lay of the day.

Recommended Bet
Lay Under 2.5 goals in Belgium v USA @ 1.684/6 

2014 P/L (1pt each bet)

Wagered: 175 pts
Returned: 189.30 pts
P/L: + 14.63 pts (after commission)
(2013 P/L: + 3.80 pts)
(2012 P/L: + 9.60 pts)