Slovakia v England Betting Preview – World Cup 2018 Qualifier 4th September
Can new England boss Sam Allardyce get off to a winning start then? His first competitive game in charge comes against Slovakia on Sunday in the first World Cup 2018 qualifying match for the Three Lions. England faced Slovakia at Euro 2016 in the group stage and despite being dominant couldn’t find a way to break their resistance and had to settle for a hugely disappointing 0-0 draw at the end of the day. Slovakia have won just the one of their last five games played though and England go as favourites here. The Three Lions won all five of their away games in Euro 2016 qualifying, can they land a win here?
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Slovakia v England Betting Tips
Slovakia will be hoping to pick up from where they left off at Euro 2016 by frustrating England. They aren’t a side who are in any kind of great form at the moment with a W2 D2 L2 record over their last six games. In their final group stage match of Euro 2016, Slovakia conceded 28 shots against a much changed England set up and only managed the four themselves. They weren’t in the contest but still managed to get a 0-0 draw from the match. So this may not be the easiest of openers for new England boss Sam Allardyce. Slovakia don’t look an overly convincing side, there’s not a lot of balance and they can look a very scrappy side at times. But they beat Russia at Euro 2016 and were a little unlucky to lose against Wales. They have played host to England just once before and they lost that fixture 2-1. That was back in the Euro 2004 qualifiers. From the four previous matches that these two have contested against each other, England are ahead with a W3 D1 L0 record.
So after another hugely dispiriting summer tournament, England have to start all over again. There has not really been a big shake up of the squad at all from new boss Sam Allardyce, other than tossing a debut call up to West Ham Michail Antonio. So it basically same-old same-old from England as they head into this qualifier. That’s not a bad thing because they were great through qualification for Euro 2016 and that appears to be whether their strengths are. They won all ten of their Euro 2016 qualification matches of course and three points here would give them huge confidence. England go into this with a W3 D2 L1 record in their last six games played and will likely have their tails up because of the new manager and trying to impress him. No room for complacency with Allardyce around. Up in the anytime goalscorer market for the the match you have Daniel Sturridge and Harry Kane are 15/8 joint favourites, with Jamie Vardy at and Wayne Rooney at 9/4.
Under 2.5 goals on Slovakia v England betting is going to return you a quote of 8/15 so it’s clear what the bookmakers think of this one. There is a big price of 11/10 on both teams to score in this one so it pretty much says that they are expecting a tight game. That means that you are going to go and find some value in the Correct Score market where an England 1-0 correct score is trading at a price of 9/2 as the shorted option in the market, with England 2-0 at 15/2. The margin of victory is highly unlikely to get any bigger than that. This is just about getting a win on the board as away games in qualification are always are. It’s not about the performances really out on the road, it’s digging in, staying strong and doing a professional job. Sam Allardyce likes the tough, tricky scraps and this may be a good game for him to get his feet under the table in his new job. England are 2/1 to win to nil after shutting out Slovakia in their last two meetings.
Slovakia v England Betting Odds
England even money, Draw 11/5, Slovakia 3/1
Slovakia v England Predictions
Not the easiest of openers then because of how Slovakia frustrated England at Euro 2016. But a lot of that was down to Roy Hodgson and his team selections and tactics. So there are plenty of reasons for England to be positive heading into this one and players usually have their tails up for the first game under a new boss. England 1-0 correct score looks a great option to roll with this for this one.
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