ENGLAND bring the curtain down on their Euro 2024 preparations with a Wembley friendly against Iceland tonight and will be looking for a convincing performance as much as another victory.
The Three Lions beat Bosnia 3-0 at St James' Park on Monday but that scoreline flattered them and only a handful of fringe players boosted their chances of featuring at the finals.
It looked like tonight's friendly with Iceland would be the final chance for some to win Gareth Southgate over but instead news of who will be binned from the squad heading to Germany broke well before tonight's midnight deadline.
That shows Southgate already has a vision of his strongest team and you'd imagine the England boss will field most of his main men in this final run-out before the tournament.
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England vs Iceland Top Betting Tips
England's biggest problem heading to the Euros is a defence weakened by injuries but they still managed to keep a clean sheet against Bosnia.
Another win to nil in this game only pays 4/6 at Bet365 but combining England to be winning at half-time and full-time with under five goals takes you to 5/4 in a bet builder.
From what Southgate has said in the build-up to this game, it looks like Ivan Toney and Harry Kane will probably get a half each as the main striker.
Both are odds-on for anytime scorer but if you back them to score a header you can get a decent price. Kane is 5/1 in that market with Toney a little bigger at 6/1.
England won 11 corners in Monday's friendly with Bosnia and the combined total of the two teams was 13. So it could pay to back over 10 corners tonight at 6/4.
Scotland v Finland Top Tips
Scotland will be looking for a rousing Hampden send-off ahead of the Euros as they face Finland in their final friendly.
The Scots ended a seven-game run without a win by beating Gibraltar on Monday but it was hardly emphatic as they only scored two times against the minnows.
Finland lost 4-2 to Portugal earlier in the week and might fancy their chances against a defence that hasn't looked convincing of late.
Backing BTTS at Hampden pays a decent 11/10 at Bet365 and if you add over 2.5 goals it boosts the odds to 13/8.
Germany vs Greece Top Tips
Germany face Scotland in the Euro 2024 opener a week today and the tournament hosts finish their build-up with a friendly against Greece tonight.
After impressing in wins over France and the Dutch, the Germans could only draw 0-0 with Ukraine on Monday night in a disappointing game.
Playing Kai Havertz up front didn't really work in that game so I'd imagine Niclas Fullkrug will operate at the spearhead against Greece.
The Dortmund striker was rested on Monday after his Champions League final exploits but should get some game time here ahead of the Euros.
Fullkrug is 7/5 for anytime scorer and that looks decent while over nine corners also appeals at evens after we saw 13 in that stalemate with Ukraine.
Thursday's Football Tips: Super Singles
- England HT-FT and under five goals 5/4 Bet365
- BTTS in Scotland v Finland 11/10 Bet365
- Over nine corners in Germany v Greece Evs Bet365
Upcoming Match Previews & Tips
- Fri 19:00 Romania vs Liechtenstein
- Fri 19:45 England vs Iceland
- Fri 19:45 Scotland vs Finland
- Fri 16:30 Czech Republic vs Malta
- Fri 19:45 Germany v Greece
- Fri 19:45 Poland v Ukraine
Racing Tips
Cairnzy is hoping for a Royal flush at Goodwood and also has a pick for Brighton on a busy day of racing.
As always, post your betting tips for today in the comments section below.
Cricket tip for tomorrow:
Ireland v Canada 15:30
Lorcan Tucker o14.5 Runs 5/6
Incredible odds here, bats at 3, some solid scores in recent games and Ireland are 1/4 favourites.
Goodluck all :)
Good spot bud👍
Cheers mate!
Cricket is unpredictable but Canada have a pretty toothless bowling lineup, other bookies have the line at between 17.5 and 21.5 :O
LOST – very disappointed in that as it was a silly run out to give away :(
Haiti 🇭🇹
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St. Lucia 🇱🇨
22:00
World Cup CONCACAF Qualifiers
Haiti clean sheet NO 5-4 (St Lucia to score in other words) NAP
side bet
BTTS and over 2.5 goals 15-8
Both bet365
Haiti on a downward spiral recently being relegated to group B of the concacaf nations league.
st Lucia kept there place in group B getting 10 points in 2nd place behind Guadeloupe, st Lucia were the only team to beat Guadeloupe who now replace Haiti in group A.
ST LUCIA lost their final group game but is best ignored as it was a dead rubber.
There have been 3 head to heads in the past which were all BTTS but are too far back to be relevant.
Saying all that it’s the world cup and I expect Haiti to get the win they need and hopefully concede in a 2 or 3-1 victory.
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Finished Haiti 2 st Lucia 1 ⚽
Inplay
Honduras v cuba
Under 2.5 mgls
2.05
Panama v guyana inplay
Guyana to score 2.65
Double , – 5.1
Lahti-inter Turku btts+o2.5@11/10
Good luck today all
Another crack in Iceland for goals and corners ,
IR Reykjavik vs Vestmannaeyjar 🇮🇸 6.30pm
Grotta vs throttur 🇮🇸 8.15pm
Over 3.5 match goals
12+ corners,
Betbuilder double 15.25/1 ,
Goodluck with the bets 👍
starts in 15 minutes
BRISBANE STRIKERS U23
last 3 games have had a spread of 26 goals
they are playing eastern superbs
last match in march finished 4-4
over 5 13/10
Hello Family Here Are My Picks Of The Day
Shelbourne FC vs Dundalk FC
Pick: 1
ASO Chlef vs JS Kabylie
Pick: 1
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Hello Family Here Are My Picks Of The Day
Shelbourne FC vs Dundalk FC
Pick: 1
ASO Chlef vs JS Kabylie
Pick: 1
Last match they played finished 3-3 mate , and is that not the price for over 4.5 goals ?
Ignore me I’m looking at the full team not the u23’s
another game im looking at for goals
starts in 15 minutes
SOUTH MELBOURNE VS MANNINGHAM UNITED BLUES
last match was 5-2 in march
havent looked at the odds yet
but maybe an over 4.5 or over 1.5 first half
good luck
went with a builder over 1.5 first half over 4.5 match
8/5 ish
England v Iceland
Over 3.5 goals at 5/6 (NAP)
Over 4.5 goals at 2/1
Over 5.5 goals at 9/2
Only a friendly but it’s the last one so you would expect Southgate to more or less go with his starting line up v Serbia. Bellingham won’t play as he doesn’t join up with the squad while tomorrow.
Best of luck
finished 1-0 half time phhffft
in play bet
i know nothing about korean football
CHUNCHEON FC VS GIMHAE CITY
chuncheon had a player sent off
gimhae city currently 4/5
sitting 4rth in the league chuncheon 12th
35 mins left
Corner in the 1st 10 min in each of the games
Scotland v Finland
England v Iceland
Germany v Greece
3/1
Longshot over 1 corner 1st 10 min the above games 56/1
Bet365
Irish League 1 – Overs Double
Drogheda v St Patricks – O2.5 MGls
Waterford v Sligo – O2.5 MGls
3/1
*Irish Premier League
Also on all 4 Irish Premier League games O1.5 MGls
5/2
Good luck.
Not even close.
Nigeria
V
South Africa
20:00
World Cup Africa Qualifiers
South Africa to score 10-11
Side bet
BTTS 11-8.
Both bet365.
Not really strong enough for a NAP stake but has an outside chance given their recent meeting in the afcon semi final which Nigeria won 2-1 but all the stats suggested 2 evenly matched teams and south africas expected goals rating was 1.30 which suggests they can be a threat on the break.
South Africa have also scored in the last 6 head to head since 2014.
South Africa also beat the powerful Moroccan team in the afcon tournament 2-0 and drew 3-3 away to Algeria last time in a friendly so they have a squeak of scoring.
Nigeria have done very good individuals even without the injured oshimen and lookman should be buzzing after his hat trick in the Europa league final
Prediction 2-1
England to score in both half superboosted to EVENS with Bet 365…
Lahti-inter Turku btts+o2.5@11/10❌
No home goal. Finished 0-2
Scotland v Finland
Pen scored 9/2 Hills
Worth a punt at that price .
Early corner bets LOSERS
Not even close
Poland vs Ukraine
1st half goals
Over 2.5 is 5/6!
23 mins left!
Boom! 💥
There’ll be a 4th!!
Too easy 3-1 42 mins
Didn’t go well
Hello Family Here Are My Picks Of The Day
Shelbourne FC vs Dundalk FC
Pick: 1. ✅✅✅✅
ASO Chlef vs JS Kabylie
Pick: 1. ❌
Pen scored at Hampden 9/2 WINNER
Pulled me out of a hole . Well done all winners
Nigeria
V
South Africa
20:00
World Cup Africa Qualifiers
South Africa to score 10-11
Side bet
BTTS 11-8.
Both bet365.
Not really strong enough for a NAP stake but has an outside chance given their recent meeting in the afcon semi final which Nigeria won 2-1 but all the stats suggested 2 evenly matched teams and south africas expected goals rating was 1.30 which suggests they can be a threat on the break.
South Africa have also scored in the last 6 head to head since 2014.
South Africa also beat the powerful Moroccan team in the afcon tournament 2-0 and drew 3-3 away to Algeria last time in a friendly so they have a squeak of scoring.
Nigeria have done very good individuals even without the injured oshimen and lookman should be buzzing after his hat trick in the Europa league final
Prediction 2-1
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Finished 1-1
Both bets won 🇳🇬🇿🇦👍