England v Peru Predictions & Betting Odds 30th May 2014

Three Lions to enjoy Wembley send-off ahead of Brazil 2014

Wayne Rooney
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Three matches to go now for Roy Hodgson’s Three Lions before the start of the 2014 World Cup. This will be their Wembley send off too, as their two friendly matches following this against Ecuador and Honduras will be played in Miami. With two losses in their last three Wembley friendly matches, England really need to start getting some momentum behind them.

England v Peru Betting Odds at online bookmaker Paddy Power
England 1/3, Draw 4/1, Peru 9/1

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England v Peru Betting Tips:
There is the likelihood, that while many subs will be used throughout the match, something close to what England’s starting eleven will be against Italy in Manaus on June 14th should be sent out by Hodgson at Wembley on Saturday. After rounding off their World Cup qualification duties, England lost back to back friendly matches at Wembley against Chile and Germany, which really put a big dampener on their spirits ahead of Brazil 2014, but there is time to make amends. They sort of did, at least result-wise, in a 1-0 win over Denmark in their last friendly. But the Three Lions have now only scored one goal in their last three games. That seriously need to be fixed. Fingers can be pointed at the defense too, as they have only managed one clean sheet in their last six friendly games at Wembley.

Going forward, just two of England’s last nine international goals have been scored in the first half of matches. So expect another relatively slow start from them. It could actually lean punters towards a Draw/England Half Time/Full Time wager in this one at a price of 3/1. However, England’s form in warm up matches ahead of internal tournaments has been pretty good. They have won their last six international friendlies which have been direct warm-up matches ahead of an international tournament. The last time that they lost a tournament warm-up match was back in in 1990 against Uruguay. Since then, England have an unbeaten W14 D8 record in said warm-up type matches.

In the anytime goalscorer market for England v Peru betting, Wayne Rooney is trading as 4/6 favourite. The Manchester United man has netted more goals for his country since Roy Hodgson took over, than anyone else (8). Both Daniel Sturridge and Rickie Lambert are even money, which suggests that England should get the opportunity to get a few goals on the board in this one. They should, and therefore going over 2.5 goals for a price of 4/6 should be something of a certainty if England have any kind of ambitions about getting out the group stage.

While England have won just one of their last five against South American nations, Peru haven’t won an international game for almost a year now. Since their last win in 2013 against Ecuador, Peru have posted a D2 L4 record. They aren’t a threat going forward, but will present England with a test of putting out a stubborn defence to break down, as they have conceded just one goal in their last seven international friendlies, their last two ending in 0-0 draws against Mexico and South Korea.

Prediction
This is the type of opposition (similar to Costa Rica who they’ll face in Group D) which England should take full control of. At home, they should have all the initiative in this game, and as Peru aren’t going to offer much going forward, England should have the crop of players to break through, even if it takes a while. Shoot for the Three Lions to win to nil at even money.

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Form (all competitions)
England DWWLLW, Peru LDLLLD

Stat Attack
England have met Peru twice before, winning both and scoring 4 in each win
England have won just one of their last five against South American sides
Peru have posted a W0 D2 L4 record in their last six games
England have scored only one goal in their last three friendly matches at Wembley