Czech Republic v England
Friday 11th October 1945hrs
Football – International – Euro 2020 Qualifying
Pick Over 2.5 goals
Bookmaker Marathonbet
Odds: 5/4 (odds taken 1800 GMT, Wednesday 10 October)
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1 | X | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 109/20 | 13/4 | 53/100 |
* (Betting Odds were taken from 22Bet on October 10, 2019 at 18.00)
This qualification campaign has virtually been a stroll for England so far but they face the nation who are currently in second place on Friday in the Czech Republic. The hosts will be hoping they can go level on points with a win.
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Czech Republic Preview – Can Czechs inflict first defeat on England and go joint top of their group?
It’s been a challenging campaign for the Czech Republic so far, in a group they are second seeds in. A 5-0 thrashing away to England was hardly the start they would have looked for. Although it was always likely to be their hardest fixture, the manner of the defeat was hard to take. Fortunately, they had back to back home games in an attempt to recover from that loss which they duly won. A 2-1 success versus Bulgaria and 3-0 victory against Montenegro got them back into the group and had them in decent enough shape before going to face the surprise package of this group, Kosovo. A 2-1 loss had them right up against it in their quest to qualify and left them with little margin for error. Again, the Czechs bounced back from a loss in this section to get back to winning ways next time out. A comprehensive 3-0 win away to Montenegro, coupled with England beating Kosovo, has them in second place again.
With three games left to play in this section it is going to go down to the wire. The Czech Republic are a point ahead of Kosovo and have that opponent to face in the first of a double header next month. They finish their campaign a few days later with a tricky looking encounter away to Bulgaria.
England to score in both halves
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England Preview – Will England’s dominance of Group A continue and go a step closer towards confirming their qualification?
Four games played and four wins for England. It’s how most would have predicted it for Gareth Southgate’s men and they appear to be well on course to topping the group and reaching next summer’s finals. For the most part it’s been a thoroughly dominant performance with 19 goals scored. The group leaders have scored five goals on three occasions, including in the reverse of this fixture. Kosovo and Montenegro have also hit by the same amount whilst Bulgaria were spared somewhat, losing only the four. It was last time out against Kosovo where they got their biggest shock and hardest game. In what was one of the games of the group stage, England eventually ran out 5-3 winners. It’s a contest that yet again exposed how vulnerable they can be in defence, though.
Southgate has had the advantage of rotating his team in this group stage as he builds towards the finals. It would take an extremely unlikely collapse to see them not qualify. Despite having played a game less the English are top by a point. They face Bulgaria away on Monday before their final two games next month – at home to Montenegro and away to Kosovo.
Key-Facts – Czech Republic v England
- The Czech Republic have suffered two defeats already in this campaign but sit in second spot a point ahead of Kosovo
- England have been impressive in this section so far and top the group despite having played a game less
- Each of the qualifiers these teams have played so far have had at least three goals scored in the,
