You Bet England Can Hold On To Ball And Hit The Target
Under Roy Hodgson, England have not yet managed to achieve over 50% possession in three games, but William Hill think that could all change against Sweden on Friday. The firm make the Three Lions 8/11 to have 50% possession or more during the match (Evens that they do not). Against France, England had just one shot on target, but again, Hills think that they will better that against a somewhat weaker Sweden team. It is 5/6 for England to have 7 or more shots on target during the game (with the same price offered for fewer than seven).
Hodgson has claimed that he does not pay much credence to statistics but we are sure that he will be acutely aware of the fact that England need to improve in the attacking third and we think that he will set England up in such a way to do so, said Hills spokesman Joe Crilly.
England are 11/10 to win their game against Sweden and with Danny Welbeck expected to start again for Hodgsons side, he is 6/1 to open the scoring.
The early kick off in Group D sees the Ukraine take on France and Andriy Shevchenko is 11/1 to bag another two goals or more in the match. France are 11/10 to win, while the home side are 5/2.
11/4 Sweden; 11/10 England; 21/10 Draw
First Scorer: 6/1 Danny Welbeck; 13/2 Andy Carroll; 7/1 Ashley Young; 15/2 Jermain Defoe; 8/1 Zlatan Ibrahimovic; 9/1 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain; 9/1 Theo Walcott; 10/1 BAR
England possession vs Sweden: 8/11 over 49.5%; 1/1 under 49.5%
England shots on target vs Sweden: 5/6 over 6.5; 5/6 under 6.5
Man of the Match (Sweden vs England): 6/1 Steven Gerrard; 6/1 Zlatan Ibrahimovic; 7/1 Ashley Young; 7/1 Danny Welbeck; 8/1 Andy Carroll; 10/1 Ola Toivonen; 10/1 Markus Rosenberg; 11/1 Alex Oxlade Chamberlain; 12/1 BAR
5/2 Ukraine; 11/10 France; 9/4 Draw
Joe Crilly
Press Officer
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