England v Russia Betting Preview – Euro 2016, 11th June
Will England put the win on the board against the Russians that would pretty much put them in control of Group A? After all the hype about England’s talented young squad, this is where they now have to turn up and actually deliver a result. Fortunately for them, they will have seen Russia struggle to just one win in their last five matches ahead of Euro 2016 and without their star man Alan Dzagoev, the stars could be aligning for the Three Lions to make an explosive start to the tournament.
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England v Russia Betting Tips
Time for the Three Lions to roar and roar loudly at France 2016. Roy Hodgson’s men couldn’t have done more in qualifying for the finals in winning all ten of their matches, but that will mean nothing if they fail to deliver on another major international stage. England have never won the European Championship and in act, have never won a knockout stage match (90 mins) on foreign soil in the European Championships. Before worrying about that, they need to get through the group stage. This is a big opener between the two strongest sides in Group B and it could be a group decider. England have won five of their last six games now (L1) and have posted win in eight of their last ten (L2). The defeats in this sequence of form came in them being outclassed by Spain and then looking defensively hopeless against the Netherlands in friendly matches.
England don’t have any issues with putting the ball in the back of the net, because in eight of their last nine victories they have scored at least two goals in each. Harry Kane is the big goalscoring hope for the Three Lions and he is 11/8 to net in this one, with Wayne Rooney and Daniel Sturridge at 7/4. Marcus Rashford and Jamie Vardy are 2/1 options to net. So there’s no questions about the attacking threat that they carry, but there are big questions over their defence which has kept one clean sheet in their last five. You can take a price of 11/10 on both teams to score in this fixtures. These two have only met twice before (following the collapse of the Soviet Union) and the head to head is level at one win each. Can England hit the ground running? Will they stick to their attacking ethos?
You can back the game to go under 2.5 goals for a price of 4/7 which has to have some appeal. This is a game which neither is going to want to lose at the end of the day and because Russia have an aging back line, they aren’t likely to get too far out of their shell. The big loss that Russia have suffered is that they go without Alan Dzagoev because of a broken toe. Their only win in their last five games played was a triumph over Lithuania and that was the only game in their last five that they earned a clean sheet in as well. Croatia and France have beaten Russia recently and they only managed a 1-1 draw with Serbia in their final warm up match. Artyom Dzyuba was their top scorer in qualifying and he is a 5/2 shot to net in the game. They could be playing this in high temperatures in Marseille which won’t suit Russia, who aren’t the quickest or youngest side in the world.
England v Russia Betting Odds
England 10/11, Draw 12/5, Russia 15/4
England v Russia Predictions
This could be a little bit of a frustrating game for England early on. Russia have experienced at the back, but there’s some aging legs there. England have the youngest squad at the tournament and that pace and energy could be the difference in the end in a low scoring game. Look for England to edge the win and you could swing a brave wager on them to take the win to nil. A draw/England half time/full time bet should have appeal too.
