Slovenia v England Betting Preview – World Cup 2018 Qualifying 11th October
These two nations come back together after having squared off in Euro 2016 qualifying. England won both of those meetings but they had a battle on their hands out in Slovenia, taking a 3-2 win against a plucky Slovenian side. England have won both of their opening qualification matches for World Cup 2018 and will be confident after having already won in Slovakia. But Slovenia have carded an unbeaten start as well having taken four points from their two games and they will have been boosted in confidence after beating Slovakia 1-0 in Ljubljana on the weekend. Can they stop England’s qualification march?
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Slovenia v England Betting Tips
It was always going to be a winning start that England made under Gareth Southgate’s temporary tenure, as they rolled off a predicted win against Malta. It was only a 2-0 win though which probably provoke a lot of punters’ goal-line bets on the game. The damage was done in the first half and England cruised the second period, the players looking as if they were already thinking about this game against Slovenia. This is a much bigger test than for Southgate who went with Daniel Sturridge, Theo Walcott and Jesse Lingard up front, much to people’s surprise. Will Southgate be brave enough to stick with Wayne Rooney again who came in for more flack with a display that saw him offer no threat whatsoever in the game? So it is six points from six so far in qualifying and the Three Lions will be looking for a repeat of a victory that they took in Slovenia in Euro 2016 qualifying.
That was a 3-2 win in game which England didn’t make things easy for themselves at the back. Still it was three goals on the board and that followed a 3-1 home win over Slovenia. So it may just be worth backing both teams to score in this one for a price of 11/10 as that has happened in three of the four previous meetings between these two. All of those meetings incidentally, have ended in victories for England. So clearly England weren’t at their best against Malta and frankly didn’t need to be. In the anytime goalscorer market, Daniel Sturridge and Marcus Rashford are 7/4 options for the game, with Jamie Vardy and Theo Walcott at the 8/5 mark. It will be interesting to see how England go in this one, a game which they can win on the road and the Three Lions to win by a 1 goal margin will return to a price of 9/4.
Slovenia have taken four points from their opening two matches then with a 2-2 draw against Lithuania in which they had to fight back from two goals down, and then a confidence boosting 1-0 home win over Slovakia. So there is a hint there that England will be running into a resilient side, but they have only gone W2 D2 L2 over their last six games, but that having been said, they have won their last two games in Ljubljana and both of them by a 1-0 scoreline. A Slovenia 1-0 correct score will fetch you a price of 17/2. Milivoje Novakovic is their big threat going forward really and actually just about the only one that they have and he is a price of 3/1 in the anytime goalscorer market. Slovenia have scored just the four goals in their last six games, two of them coming in that draw with Lithuania. They have failed to score in three of their last five.
Slovenia v England Betting Odds
England 3/5, Draw 14/5, Slovenia 19/4
Slovenia v England Predictions
England can eek out a win in this one. It really doesn’t matter at this point if it is just a 1-0 win, they just have to go there and put the three points in the bag. A much tougher test though for Gareth Southgate, but England have the players to deliver the win. A low scoring game under 2.5 goals and England to sneak the win.
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