England v Australia Betting Preview
The Socceroos have pretty much made light work of their World Cup 2018 qualifying process but they will face some stiffer competition when they take on England at the Stadium of Light on Friday night. England came through a battling contest against Turkey last weekend at the Etihad with a 2-1 win. That was a good, tough work out for them and there was a positive feel about the Three Lions set up. Will Roy Hodgson use this one to explore the depths of his squad before their final warm up match against Portugal on June 2nd?
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England v Australia Betting Tips
England will be looking to follow up on their weekend victory over Turkey with another win on Friday night. They take on Australia at the Stadium of Light and this should be a chance for Roy Hodgson to get a look at the depth of his full squad. England were pretty good in patches against Turkey, taking some good attacking initiative but there were also spells where they drifted out of the game. So some tweaking is still needed by the looks of things, especially in defence but a good win against the Aussies will continue to build momentum and confidence ahead of Euro 2016. It’s likely that there will be changes to the starting eleven, particularly with the Manchester United players joining up after missing the weekend’s game because of their FA Cup final. So what can England expect in facing Australia? Well this should be a winnable match for the Three Lions, but do you recall that game at Upton Park in February 2003 when the two sides last met? That game where the Socceroos produced a 3-1 win?
Sven Goran Eriksson was the man in charge on that occasion and Wayne Rooney incidentally made his full international debut for England that night too. That 3-1 loss in London is England’s only defeat against Australia from the six previous occasions that they have met up. The Three Lions have won three of those previous six clashes. There weren’t a lot of goals flying around in those fixtures with four of the six having gone under 2.5 goals. If you want to back Friday night’s clash to go the same way as that then you can go under the goal line for a price of 13/10. That’s a big priced option though because the consensus is that England should win this game pretty comfortably. Will this be the night young Marcus Rashford makes his international debut for the Three Lions? He is in at a quote of even money in the anytime goalscorer market for the game. He could get his chance with Jamie Vardy out because of his wedding on the weekend, while Wayne Rooney and Harry Kane are both around the even money mark as well to score.
England boss Roy Hodgson will be cutting his 26 man preliminary squad down by three after this so an important game for some of the squad players. Australia have other targets in their sights with another round of World Cup 2018 qualifying games to come. They are in the AFC now and have pretty much made light work of the qualification process so far to reach Russia 2018. In their eight qualification matches played so far they have netted 29 goals and you could back Friday’s friendly to see both teams score for a price of 11/10. After their game against England, they move on to face Greece in a friendly. Australia have won just one of their last ten international friendly matches and have scored only the four goals in their last five as well. So they aren’t a prolific friendly side and on they aren’t even taking their full squad to the Stadium Of Light. Their Asian based players like Tim Cahill and Nathan Burns aren’t going.
England v Australia Betting Odds
England 1/4, Draw 19/4, Australia 10/1
England v Australia Predictions
The Aussies have failed to score in three of their last five games against England and with a weakened squad aren’t likely to put up too much of a fight. England, even with a look at their squad should be putting a win on the board in this one. It’s tempting to have an England to win to nil wager, but there is bigger appeal in an England/England half time/full time bet being produced.
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