Griffin Wong gives his best Same-Game Parlay (SGP) on DraftKings Sportsbook for Tuesday’s World Cup Play-Off match between Kosovo and Turkey.
Everything that the Kosovar and Turkish football federations have worked towards over the last four years all comes down to this: 90 minutes on the pitch at the Fadil Vokrri Stadium in Pristina this afternoon. The game will provide the final opportunity for one of these teams to break a generation-long World Cup drought; for the Crescent-Stars, it would be their first appearance since finishing third in 2002, and for the Dardanians, it would be their first ever.
The teams will kick off at 2:45 p.m. ET (8:45 p.m. local), with the winner joining the United States, Australia, and Paraguay in Group D at the World Cup this summer.
While the match will take place in Pristina, some 4,500 miles away from the eastern coast of the United States, there are plenty of ways for fans stateside to get in on the action at DraftKings Sportsbook. Users can take advantage of any of the hundreds of prop bets available or combine them into a same-game parlay (SGP).
Turkey is a -115 favorite on DraftKings Sportsbook (-225 to make the World Cup), with a draw available at +270. Kosovo is +320 (+175 to advance).
Best Same-Game Parlay (SGP) for Kosovo vs. Turkey
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Arijanet Muric 4+ Saves
Hakan Çalhanoğlu 1+ Shots on Target
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Both of these teams have some defensive question marks, as the Crescent-Stars kept just one clean sheet during the group stage and the Dardanians allowed three goals to a relatively weak Slovakia side, including a pretty slow free-kick that Muric definitely could’ve gotten a hand to. The difference should come in the attack, where Turkey simply has more talent: Arda Güler and Kenan Yıdlız alone have a higher combined market value than Kosovo’s entire squad. The Crescent-Stars’ front line has been clinical throughout qualifying, ranking fifth in goals per shot on target and 14th in goals, and they posted a few monstrous results, including a 6-1 throttling of Bulgaria.
Arijanet Muric 4+ Saves
If the Dardanians manage to pull off the upset without captain Amir Rrahmani, it’ll be because their last line of defense, Muric, holds strong. They arguably shouldn’t have made it to this stage at all, as they gave up 20 shots (eight on target) to Slovakia, but Muric made five saves from eight opportunities, his third performance of at least four saves in six national team appearances this qualification campaign. He’s also reached the four-save threshold 15 times in 29 appearances for Sassuolo, where he ranks sixth in the Serie A in save percentage. Without Rrahmani, Kosovo’s back line isn’t quite good enough to stop Turkey from uncorking 10-plus shots, so Muric should have plenty of opportunities to parry away four of them.
Hakan Çalhanoğlu 1+ Shots on Target
The Crescent Stars’ captain played a major role in his country’s 1-0 semifinal win over Romania, as while he didn’t record a shot on target, he uncorked a season-high six shots, which bodes well for his involvement in the attack this afternoon. If Çalhanoğlu manages six shots again against the Dardanians, it’d be a surprise if he didn’t put one on target, given his 33.3% on-target rate for Inter in Serie A. Despite battling some injuries on and off throughout 2026, the 32-year-old is still in strong form, putting at least one shot on target in four of his eight matches this calendar year. He also had one in three of his five matches with Turkey during the group stage.