England v Costa Rica Betting Preview – U20 World Cup 2017 31st May
England’s young Lions made a pretty strong impact in the opening round of the U-20 World Cup by winning their group. That puts them through to the round of sixteen where they will face up against Costa Rica. This should be a winnable match for England and the prize for it would be a match up against either Mexico or Senegal in the quarter finals and the young Lions would be favourite there whoever they were to face.
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England v Costa Rica Betting Tips
England were pretty tidy and neat getting through Group A of the U-20 World Cup as winners. They opened with a bang to set themselves up so well as they crushed Argentina 3-0 in their opener. They were dialled back in a bit when Guinea held them to a draw in their second match, but then England came out and delivered a narrow win over hosts South Korea in their final group match to win the group ahead of the Koreans. That was a good win as South Korea had won their two previous group games. England scored five and conceded just the one in their group stage. Under 2.5 goals at bet365 for this one is a price of 4/5 with an England to win to nil wager coming in at a tempting 21/20 price. England’s goals in the tournament so far have all been scored by different players, so just watch in-play betting for the value in strikers through that. This isn’t a tournament at which England U20 have a great track record in this tournament at all, with a third place finish in 1993 their best effort and haven’t been past the second round since then. They failed to qualify for the 2015 event but look very solid this time around.
In the bet365 correct score market an England 1-0 or an England 2-0 will return you a price of 5/1 and with them scoring just one goal in each of their last two games and Costa Rica being tight in defence, the 1-0 scoreline in favour of Paul Simpson’s Young Lions has some good appeal for the game. Costa Rica finished third in the group behind Zambia and Portugal with a W1 D1 L1 record. They scored two goals and conceded just the two goals as well along the way. One of their strikes was a penalty, so they shouldn’t pose England too many problems. Both teams not to score in the fixture at Bet365 is a price of 8/13. As this is expected to be a tight game, but with England prevailing, a Draw/England U-20 half time/full-time bet is a good quote of 13/5 for the game. This will be the first-ever meeting between the nations at the U20 World Cup. Costa Rica’s best ever finish with a 4th place in the 2009 edition, but lost out in this round in the 2011 edition and failed to make either the 2013 or 2015 editions.
England v Costa Rica Betting Odds
England 4/11, Draw 15/4, Costa Rica 15/2
England v Costa Rica Predictions
England to win: There should just be enough for England to grind their way through this one as they did against hosts South Korea in the group stage. England have a decent looking attack and Costa Rica aren’t going to offer much in that department. So look for England to progress and the 1-0 correct score has masses of appeal.
