Italy U21 v Germany U21 Betting Preview – U21 Euro 2017 24th June
This will be a test of Italy’s mettle in his one. They have to come out and put a win on the board over the group leaders to stand a chance of getting through to the semi finals. But with Germany having won both of their games so far and not conceding, that’s a tough ask now for the Azzurri. Italy were stunned in their last game, losing 3-1 against the Czech Republic.
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Italy U21 v Germany U21 Betting Tips
Well, Italy find themselves in a real spot right now and the five time champions of the U21 Euros may be exiting the tournament at the group stage. They were convincing enough in their opening fixture in beating Denmark 2-0, but then they went and suffered a shock 3-1 loss against the Czech Republic in their second match. So that leaves them with a huge problem because they will need to find a way to beat the strong Germans in order to stand a chance to get through to the next stage. Actually, if Italy win and the Czech Republic beat Denmark, then the Germans, Czechs and Italians would all finish on six points. Italy do have scoring power in the match and Domenico Berardi is a 2/1 option with Alberto Cerri at 5/2. Italy have lost their last two meetings with Germany at this level by a 1-0 scoreline and one of those meetings were at the 2009 U21 European Championships. A repeat Germany 1-0 win is a price of 8/1 at bet365 for this one. With Germany only need to hold on to a draw to win the group, this is probably going to be tight and under 2.5 goals at bet365 is a good price of even money.
Germany have had an easy route to the top of Group C. They opened with a 2-0 win over the Czech Republic and then cruised to a 3-0 win over Denmark. So they have been running along nicely and each of their goals in the tournament from Germany have been scored by a different player and Davie Selke is a 13/8 outright favourite in the anytime goalscorer market for this one. As a note, Germany scored 35 goals in their ten qualification matches, making them the top scorers. Both teams not to score at bet365 in this one is a price of 11/10. Italy had taken seven clean sheets in their ten qualifiers so to see them crumble against the Czech Republic and that will have given plenty of optimism to Germany. The Germans are the team in form with a W4 D2 record in their last six and that is up against Italy’s current form of W2 D1 L3. The Germans just need to hold out for a point and that will be it for them to win the group. That would leave the Italians down and out.
Italy U21 v Germany U21 Betting Odds
Germany 7/5, Draw 12/5, Italy 9/5
Italy U21 v Germany U21 Predictions
Draw: It is hard to see Germany not picking up the point that they need to secure a place in the semi-finals here. They have been good and Italy have an uphill battle here to get the win that they need to have a chance at progressing. Settle for the draw.
