With a look at what lies in wait for the home nation at Euro 2016, then you wonder about the drawn outcome in certain matches. The drawn outcome in betting is called the bookmakers friend, because that’s generally when they cash in because punters tend to gravitate mostly to picking a winner in a match, disregarding the option of parity. Somehow having a punt on a draw doesn’t feel like a win in the same way that backing a winning team does. Still, it is there and given the tough groups that Ireland and Northern Ireland at Euro 2016 have, it has be taken into consideration.
Northern Ireland go into the European Championships with the longest unbeaten streak of form out of all the 24 nations heading there. That’s some achievement from Michael O’Neill’s men, who ended their international friendly warm ups with a 0-0 draw against Slovakia on Saturday to extend their unbeaten streak. They face a tough time of things at Euro 2016 as they have to do battle with Germany, Poland and the Ukraine in Group C. So while qualification for them from there is going to be tough, they may well dig in for draws.
The Ukraine aren’t a powerfully expansive attacking unit and the Northern Ireland defence is pretty immense right now. Can it withstand the attacking power of Robert Lewandowski’s Poland and that of the reigning world champions Germany? After topping their qualification group for Euro 2016 against all the odds, this is really going to be a massive test of the Irish confidence and organisation in the Finals. In Euro 2016 odds at Ladbrokes Northern Ireland v Poland on June 12th is a price of 5/2 to be settled in a draw.
Ireland are likely going to be involved in some tight games as well as they take on Sweden, Italy and Belgium in Group E at the Finals. There are a lot of evenly-matched games that are likely to take place in Group E where Ireland are underdogs at a price of 5/4 to qualify and 12/1 to win the group. But you can see them battling along and scrapping it out with Italy and Sweden in particularly, but can they get enough on the board to make it out of the group? Ireland open their campaign on June 13th against Sweden, where the draw is 2/1 to occur.
England v Wales on June 16th is one of the most highly anticipated fixtures of the Euro 2016 group stage. Who knows what is going to happen there, even though England are 3/4 odds on to win the match, this is a special game and they know that Welsh aren’t going to practically give them an easy game at all. Why would they? Could Gareth Bale do some damage to the English on the day? The Welsh are 5/1 underdogs for the game in Euro 2016 odds at Ladbrokes while the draw on that is one is an 11/4 quote.
So don’t forget about the drawn outcomes when it comes to following the Home Nations at Euro 2016. It’s likely to happen and perhaps even trip one of them up at some point. Sometimes a draw can end up being a huge point for an underdog, while it can equally be a devastating blow for a fancied side in a game. If you are following the home nations at Euro 2016 betting then Ladbrokes have a great promotion which could come in very, very handy.
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