England v Switzerland Betting Tips – International Friendly, 11th September 8.00pm
England’s defeat against Spain on the weekend proved that they are not quite ready to compete with the elite in the world, despite their great run at Russia 2018. That was a humbling experience and next up for them in Switzerland. The Swiss opened their Nations League account on the weekend by smashing six goals past Iceland. Read our predictions for England v Switzerland.
England News and Form
England lost their opening Nations League fixture as they went down 2-1 at home against Spain on the weekend. They had opened up a lead through a fine goal from Marcus Rashford but were quickly pegged back. Rashford actually had the best chances in the end to tie the game and he can be backed at 9/5 in the anytime goalscorer market* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on September 10th, 2018 at 6:35 p.m.) for this one. It is pretty likely that boss Gareth Southgate will change up the starting eleven quite a bit for this friendly.
Maybe that will help in their search for a creative midfielder as no-one could touch Spain in the middle of the park. England have actually started conceding a lot of goals and because of that, for our England v Switzerland predictions we are going with both teams to score at even money* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on September 10th, 2018 at 6:35 p.m.). The Three Lions were on a twelve-match winning streak at home before that loss against Spain, so overall on home soil they are a pretty reliable bunch. Southgate does have a long-term plan, he needs to find a couple more pieces to help out now though.
Switzerland News and Form
Switzerland showed up big time on the weekend as they hammered Iceland 6-0 in their opening Nations League match. That was a great performance and with a fresh look in midfield, they produced some find stuff. That will have lifted their confidence massively and it leads us to back this one to go over 2.5 goals at 11/10 odds* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on September 10th, 2018 at 6:35 p.m.). Overall the Swiss are in pretty good form as they are W9 D4 L2 in their last fifteen games since the end of August last year. They look as if they could give England a really good workout on Tuesday.
Their midfield area again was particularly impressive as they looked to some new players over the weekend. They will likely stick with that for their visit to England. Xherdan Shaqiri had a really good game for them in a more central role and the Liverpool man is a decent 10/3 odds option to get on the scoresheet in the anytime goalscorer market for this one* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on September 10th, 2018 at 6:35 p.m.). England though will, of course, test their defensive capacity a lot more than Iceland did.
England v Switzerland Head to Head
England have won their last two meetings with Switzerland and both of those were 2-0 wins for the Three Lions. England absolutely dominates the head to head as they are W15 D5 L3 against Switzerland. They are W5 D1 in their last six. The English are undefeated in their last ten matches against Switzerland.
England v Switzerland Betting Odds*
England 4/6
Draw 13/5
Switzerland 17/4
* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on September 10th, 2018 at 6:35 p.m.)
England v Switzerland Predictions
Draw: England were humbled against Spain and Switzerland were in a pretty confident mood against Iceland. We can see this one ending up in a draw as both sides may well make changes for the friendly. Nothing at stake so the draw tops our England v Switzerland predictions.
