England v Germany Betting Preview – International Friendly 10th November
A high profile friendly for England to try and impress in and after meeting with Germany they will go on to face up against Brazil as well. So they are really testing themselves against the best in the world and the question is, how well will they handle themselves? Both England and Germany will be at the World Cup next summer of course and even though this is just a friendly fixture, there’s nothing quite like getting one over on an old rival.
England v Germany Betting Tips
So the journey to the World Cup 2018 really starts here for England with qualification having been secured. They are boldly taking on the best in the world to see where they themselves are at. However, with so many key players missing, it may be hard for Gareth Southgate to get much out of this. Raheem Sterling, Harry Kane, Dele Alli, Harry Winks and Jordan Henderson are out, while Gary Cahill is a doubt as well. So England won’t be at full strength but that should play its part in the game producing goals. Over 2.5 goals at bet365 is a price of 19/20. England have produced a W4 D1 L1 record in their last six games but they have lost their last three home games against the Germans. While the THree Lions have a good record of seventeen wins in their last nineteen Wembley fixtures, they tend to struggle in fixtures like this.
England are just W1 D1 L3 in their last five home friendly matches against sides in the top fifteen in the world. Notable results in that sequence was a 2-2 draw against Spain last November when they managed to avoid winning despite being 2-0 up in the 89th minute. Just back in June they faced France in a friendly and lost that game with a truly dreadful performance, with only Harry Kane doing anything of note with a brace. Both teams to score at bet365 is a price of 8/11 and with Kane out, it leaves Jamie Vardy as England’s shortest priced anytime goalscorer option at 2/1, with Tammy Abraham at 15/8 as he hopes to make his debut for his country. England just don’t produce the goals that they should and they limped to 1-0 wins over Slovenia and Lithuania recently to close out their World Cup 2018 qualification campaign.
The Germans are steaming along on a six match winning streak but their recent defensive output has been damaged by Manuel Neuer’s injury, but still, as you would expect, they can easily cover things up with the amount of attacking power that they have. Germany have scored 21 goals in their last six games and have netted at least three in four of those six. That’s not an output that England can match. Germany strolled through World Cup qualification as expected but along the way they did ship against Northern Ireland, the Czech Republic and Azerbaijan so that suggests that there will be goals in this. The Germans can list recent friendly wins over Spain, Chile and Mexico, with Spain and Chile ranked higher than England and Mexico just beneath the Three Lions. Germany have far more quality in depth than England do and that was proven by pretty much a youth team winning the Confederations Cup in the summer. England’s full squad would have struggled to do that. Timo Werner is the 5/4 outright anytime goalscorer favourite, with Sandro Wagner at 7/4.
England v Germany Betting Odds
Germany 11/10, Draw 12/5, England 12/5
England v Germany Predictions
Germany to win: The depleted English may struggle to contain the threats that Germany have at their disposal over the ninety minutes. There’s a vast difference in the quality of depth that the two nations can put out and Germany look value to sneak the win in a high scoring game.
