England v Spain Betting Preview – International Friendly 15th November
The Three Lions suddenly are boasting a pretty solid defence, so will they be able to shut down Spain when they come for a visit on Tuesday night? England did manage to land a home win over Spain the last time that they played hosts to them, which was back in 2011. After England’s 3-0 home win over Scotland in the World Cup qualifiers on Friday, even though this is just a friendly this is going to be a tougher game for the Three Lions. Spain are going along in their usual fashion and goals may once again be at a bit of a premium when these two meet. There have been just the five in the last four meetings in England.
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England v Spain Betting Tips
England’s defence has been standing strong since their collapse at the European Championships against Iceland. They haven’t shipped a single goal since then and you are probably looking at another low scoring affair here with seven of the last eight games between these two having gone under 2.5 goals. So with so many meetings between these two having gone under the 2.5 goal line, you can take a price of 7/10 on this one to go the same way at Bet365 when they meet up on Tuesday. So in games where there doesn’t appear that there will be many goals flying around, there is increased value in the Correct Score market, where a 0-0 draw is an 8/1 punt or backing a selection to win 1-0 will fetch you around the 7/1 mark depending on who you back.
England last played host to Spain back in November 2011 and a strike from Frank Lampard gave England the 1-0 win. Both teams have failed to score in each of the last eight meetings between these two and both teams not to score is trading at a price of 5/6. That’s a pretty big trend running and it can lead you down another betting path of either Spain at 3/1 or England at 15/4 to win to nil with Bet365. Harry Kane has gone back to Spurs to hasten his comeback from injury so won’t be tested here. Daniel Sturridge, who got the opener against Scotland on the weekend, is running at a price of 9/4 in the anytime goalscorer market for this one. The Three Lions have gone W1 L4 in their last five against Spain and have won just two of their last eight against them.
Spain eased to another win in their World Cup 2018 qualification campaign victory on the weekend and they have now gone unbeaten in their last five matches. The big game in that sequence was their game in Italy for the qualifiers, which ended in a 1-1 draw. That goal which they conceded in that game is the only one that they have let in across their last five matches as well. So they are tight at the back at the moment as they usually are and that’s because opponents struggle to get the ball. There’s no Diego Costa for this as he is nursing an injury at the moment and isn’t being risked. In the anytime goalscorer market, Spain have Aritz Aduriz and Nolito at a price of 5/2 with Iago Aspas at 9/4.
So with the lack of goals a prominent feature of England v Spain match ups, it’s probably not going to get too exciting. The two nations met up last November and Spain won that one 2-0 and were more than comfortable in the game on home soil. Given that this isn’t likely to produce a lot of chances, but Spain can boast the extra quality, in the half time/full time betting market at Bet365 you have a price of 9/2 on the Draw/Spain outcome. So Spain are now unbeaten in their last five games (W4 D1) and they are a tough side to crack. There have been just the seven goals netted in the last five games between the two nations and this may all point to a low scoring draw between the two of them.
England v Spain Betting Odds
England 19/10, Draw 9/4, Spain 7/5
England v Spain Predictions
Look for a low scoring game and that leads you to the likes of the under 2.5 goals and both teams not score market options. This is probably going to end up being low key as England will struggle to get the ball. England aren’t exactly playing convincing stuff at the moment and their defence should have been punished by Scotland on Friday. Expect Spain to do it and edge their way to a one goal margin victory.
