England v Nigeria Betting Preview – 2nd, June 2018
Things are getting serious now for England with the 2018 World Cup just around the corner. The Three Lions warm up against Nigeria on the weekend ahead of the tournament, and it will be important for them to stay in a positive frame of mind and to try and get some good momentum going ahead of the tournament, especially in front of goal. Nigeria will pose a threat to them after having secured a place at Russia 2018 after a comfortable qualification campaign.
England v Nigeria Betting Tips
England are in solid form, enough to make a decent case for themselves in this international friendly as they look ahead ahead to the 2018 World Cup. Their goal output has been a bit disappointing recently though despite boss Gareth Southgate putting out a more attacking formation and trying to get the players to adopt a more positive mindset. To be far their style of play has improved, but will the goals flow for them? England have only managed the four goals in their last six games. In their World Cup 2018 qualification campaign the Three Lions did have a relatively easy group but still they produced an average of less than two goals per game. Under 2.5 goals at bet365 is 3/4 odds* (Betting Odds taken at 4:37 p.m. on May 30th, 2018) and given their recent run of results that looks a pretty solid option. At the back England have been strong having conceded in just two of their last eight fixtures and they are unbeaten in eight as well. That’s not bad at all considering their last four games have been against tough opponents in Germany, Brazil, Netherlands and Italy. England have just the one goal in their last four games and an England one nil correct score option at bet365 is at 9/2 odds* (Betting Odds taken at 4:37 p.m. on May 30th, 2018).
The Super Eagles of Nigeria put together a strong qualification campaign to get to the World Cup finals. In the last qualification round, they were actually placed in a tough group alongside Cameroon, Algeria and Zambia. But Nigeria came flying out of the box and produced a W4 D1 L1 record on the board along the way, earning convincing home wins over Cameroon and Algeria. So rightly they should have a bit of confidence behind them as they head to Russia 2018 where they will be taking on Argentina, Iceland and Croatia in a really competitive Group D. Nigeria have only suffered the one defeat in their last six fixtures and that lone defeat was a friendly loss against Serbia back in the March international break. Notably, before that though they did record back-to-back victories over Argentina and Poland so they are a threat. So if you want to back the Africans to get on the scoresheet at Wembley then both teams to score at bet365 is at 6/5 odds* (Betting Odds taken at 4:37 p.m. on May 30th, 2018). There is every reason to suggest that they will turn up at Wembley and give England are pretty rigorous workout.
England v Nigeria Betting Odds*
England 2/5, Draw 3/1, Nigeria 6/1* (Betting Odds taken at 9:21 p.m. on May 28th, 2018)
England v Nigeria Predictions
Will England go with their likely starting 11 for the World Cup in this one or will Gareth Southgate use it to get a late look at some options? England have been struggling in front of goal lately, and that’s something that’s going to need change if they are going to have a successful World Cup campaign, but for now it may be worth backing the Three Lions take a one goal margin victory.
