Spain v Czech Republic Betting Preview – Euro 2016, 13th June
It can be argued that Spain aren’t as strong as they were four years ago. But they are the reigning European Champions and are looking for their third title in a row. This should be a fairly comfortable start from them and as Spain usually do, they are likely to control possession for very long periods. The Czech Republic are the outsiders in Group D at Euro 2016, but they will have watched Georgia beat Spain in a friendly recently and maybe take some hope away from that. Tough game for them though to open with though.
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Spain v Czech Republic Betting Tips
All eyes on Spain to see what kind of form that they can produce at Euro 2016. They are the reigning champions and therefore have a big reputation to live up too. They were solid and comfortable through qualifying, winning nine and losing just the one against Slovakia. During their ten games they did only concede the three goals and it’s not their defence that you worry about. It is their goal output against stubborn defences. Their defence needs to be strong because you don’t see Spain outscoring the likes of Germany and France in the tournament as Spain are still searching for a world class number nine to lead the line. So they have to be efficient and therefore you can look under 2.5 goals on this one for a price of 3/4 with online betting site Betfred. That’s probably going to be a bit of a banker. You could also look at Spain to win to nil for an 11/10 quote.
Spain should win this fixture, hands down and there is some evidence for that in the recent friendly fixtures. Both Spain and the Czech Republic faced South Korea just before Euro 2016, Spain hammered them 6-1 and the Czechs lost 2-1. That paints a pretty clear picture. But then you have that Spain defeat against Slovakia to confuse things, but that was a game that so easily could have been won, the ball just wouldn’t go in the net for them on the night. You would expect Spain to be strong and confident after their World Cup 2014 group stage meltdown, they need to prove themselves again after that horror-show. Alvaro Morata could be a bright young star of the tournament and he is 11/10 in the anytime goalscorer market. A Spain 1-0 correct score will fetch you odds of 5/1 on this one.
The Czech Republic have scored just one goal in the last four against the Spaniards. The last time that they went up against the reigning European Champions was in Euro 2012 qualifying and the Czech Republic lost both of those. Spain hold a W3 D1 record from the four previous games between the two nations. The Czech Republic beat Iceland and Turkey to the punch in qualifying, but they are not a side in any kind of from heading to France. They have gone W2 D1 L3 in their last six games, losing against Scotland and South Korea during that sequence of games. You can see them struggling to get the ball off Spain and do anything with it when they do. There is likely going to be a lot of chasing shadows done by the Czech’s in this one but they may be of the mindset to play for a draw and take their chances against the other two nations in the group.
Spain v Czech Republic Betting Odds
Spain 1/2, Draw 10/3, Czech Republic 7/1
Spain v Czech Republic Predictions
The Spaniards should be comfortable at the end of the day in this but all they need really is an efficient performance here to take down the Czech’s. It not very likely to be an explosive game at all and would look for a low scoring win to nil for the Spanish.
