Germany U21 v Spain U21 Betting Preview – U21 Euro 2017 30th June
Two of the favourites going into the U21 European Championships this year will meet up in the final on Friday for the honour of being crowned champions. It is Spain who will be going as favourites for the title as well after they have simply just cruised all the way through the tournament without breaking a sweat. As for Germany, they had a long semi final match up with extra time and penalties against England to reach the showcase match.
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Germany U21 v Spain U21 Betting Tips
Germany had to dig deep in their semi final clash against old rivals England, as they had to grind through extra time before holding their nerve in a penalty shootout to get to the final. During the group stage, Germany opened with a 2-0 win over the Czech Republic and then a 3-0 over Denmark. They then lost their last group stage match 1-0 against Italy and that was a bit of a surprise as they only needed to draw to hang on to the top spot. Then came their epic duel with England, where they came from behind late on to tie 2-2. The Germans have scored seven goals in their four games then so far and over 2.5 goals at bet365 is a price of 5/6 for this match up. Germany have won the U21 European Championships once before, back in 2009.
This will be the third time that Germany has contested the U21 European Championship final. David Selke is their top scorer in the tournament with two goals and the young hotshot is a price of 12/5 in the bet356 anytime goalscorer market. These two European giants have met before, four times actually at the U21 European Championships and Germany have a W1 D1 L2 record against the Spaniards (which includes two games as West Germany back in 1982). Their most recent coming together was in the 2013 group stage with Spain taking a 1-0 win on that occasion. In the bet365 correct score market for this year’s final, the shortest priced option is a 1-1 draw.
Previous meetings at U21 final tournaments
1982 quarter-finals
Spain 1-0 Germany
Germany 2-0 Spain
2009 group stage
Spain 0-0 Germany
2013 group stage
Germany 0-1 Spain
The big question is this one really is whether Germany can match up to Spain’s firepower? The Spaniards have averaged three goals per game in the Championships so far. They opened with a 5-0 demolition of Macedonia, then beat group rivals Portugal 3-1 before seeing off Serbia 1-0. Then Spain rattled their way past Italy in the semi finals, thanks to a hattrick from Saul Niguez in a 3-1 victory. So it wouldn’t be a surprise to see the Spaniards run up some goals in this one and another 3-1 win for them at the tournament returns a price of 14/1 at bet365. You are looking at a price of 3/4 at bet365 on both teams to score in the final across 90 minutes of action.
The head of the bet365 anytime goalscorer market is stacked with Spanish options, with Ramirez Sandro and Moya Borja Mayoral as 5/4 joint favourites. Then there is Inaki Williams and Marco Asensio and Gerard Deulofeu a 2/1 followed by Niguez at 12/5. Spain are four time winners of the U21 European Championships and this will be their seventh appearance in the final. A win puts them level with Italy’s record five titles. Even though they missed out on the 2015 edition, they have now made it to the final in each of their last three appearances at the tournament. This has the making of being a very special final and Spain are 4/9 at bet365 to lift the trophy.
Germany U21 v Spain U21 Betting Odds
Spain U21 5/6, Draw 3/1, Germany U21 3/1
Germany U21 v Spain U21 Predictions
Spain to win: This has the making of being a top class game and it could be pretty open as well. Spain though with their extra scoring power and confidence should have the edge in the match and there are vulnerabilities in the German back line that they can expose. Both teams to score and Spain to win looks a valuable punt.
