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England vs Spain Prediction & Betting tips
As part of the newly introduced Nations League meet on Saturday, the 08.09.2018 England and Spain each other. It is quite possible to speak of a high-carat, which is the purpose of the League of Nations. Instead of dealing with boring test games, the viewer may now hope for more competitive character and thus more excitement.
In league A takes in the fourth groups in addition to England and Spain even the vice-world champion from Croatia.
The game will be played at Wembley Stadium. Kick-off is at 19:45.
England:
After a very successful World Championship Gareth Southgate meets now an ex-world champion. With the fourth place during the World Cup, the mostly young team should have fueled a lot of self-confidence. If you look at the last games of the “Three Lions”, you can see that England has lost up to two defeats during the World Cup against Belgium, the last time in a friendly match in France in mid-June 2017 with 2: 3. This was followed by some victories and draws against well-known opponents such as Germany, Brazil, Italy or the Netherlands.
The linchpin of course remains Harry Kane of the Tottenham Hotspurs. However, he has to do without his strike colleague Raheem Sterling from Manchester CIty. Due to some back problems, he can not participate in this Prestige duel. The English Football Association FA announced this on Monday on its website. Although the overall balance against the Spaniards is positive, the bookmakers appreciate this game as very balanced. If you also add truncation during the World Cup as a further gauge, this assessment amazes us a bit. Whether our opinion differs from that of the bookmakers and whether we have a different opinion on the match between England and Spain in terms of potential bets, we reveal in the conclusion.
Spain:
Spain has to travel to England without Diego Costa. Due to unspecified “family problems” he can not support his teammates.
Neutrainer Luis Enriuqe has to do without the retired champions Andres Iniesta, Pique and Davis Silva. However, if you interpret the squad nomination correctly, he is not exactly annoyed in this regard, because he wants to provide for a certain makeover. Similar to the Causa DFB-Elf, also here after the early World Cup out a fresh start.
A first personnel measure of the 48-year-old successor of Fernando Hierro surprised meanwhile. Left-back Jordi Alba, part of the Barça Axis, with whom Enrique celebrated numerous successes, is not in the squad. In addition, Enrique waived midfielder Koke from Spanish runner-up Atletico Madrid and winger Lucas Vazquez from Real Madrid.
Even in the tactical field Enrique wants to break new ground. He wants to replace the 4-2-3-1 system practiced during the World Cup with his favorite version of the 4-3-3.
Is this new beginning really necessary? Of course, there are some players who could not play two big tournaments because of their age. But in terms of results nothing speaks against the quality of the squad. The defeat against the hosts during the World Cup once omitted, the last defeat dating from 2016. The record since 2017 is eleven victories from 18 games. However, one must not forget that this balance was largely created under the dismissed coach Julen Lopetegui.
Even in our Spain analysis, only the World Cup remains the last yardstick. They could never really convince here. The 3: 3 against Portugal to kick off the World Cup was still the best game. There followed a straight 1-0 against Iran and a 2-2 against Morocco. The Aus followed, as already described in the second round against the hosts Russia on penalties.
Again, it is striking that a comparison between Germany and Spain is appropriate. Both nations tried to defeat defensive opponents via a dominant ball possession football. Both the DFB-Elf and the “La Furia Roja” did not succeed. While Spain is looking forward to a recovery with a new coach, Germany is looking for an error analysis with the same coach. Of course, both teams can trust to find their way back to their old strength. The match between England and Spain is, according to the betting odds of the bookmakers, at least completely open, so that betting on the victory of the respective teams in case of success brings a similar profit level.
England vs Spain head to head matches
15.11.16 FI England Spain 2 : 2
13.11.15 FI Spain England 2 : 0
12.11.11 FI England Spain 1 : 0
11.02.09 FI Spain England 2 : 0
07.02.07 FI England Spain 0 : 1