The long-awaited 2024 European Championships is set to be kicked off by hosts Germany and Scotland in the opening game on Friday night, followed by a barrage of football in the coming weeks.
With three games scheduled each day for the foreseeable future, there is sure to be plenty of drama, action and excitement for everyone to spectate and enjoy.
In this article, we will be focusing on the matches taking place over the opening weekend and picking out our top tips and booking codes for a selection of the fixtures:
Spain vs Croatia
Spain against Croatia is a game that has seemingly popped up on multiple occasions in recent years, and none are more memorable than the meeting between the two during the round of 16 in the last Euros.
In a spectacle that went the entire 120 minutes the game jumped back and forth before Spain eventually secured the victory with two goals in the first half of extra time, eventually taking a thrilling 5-3 victory.
Both teams have scored plenty of goals in the build-up to this tournament, with Spain scoring 10 across their last two matches and Croatia netting nine times in their last three, and we expect this match-up to involve plenty of goals once again.
While Croatia are unbeaten in their last six matches across all competitions, we believe that Spain, who have lost once in their last 12, will prove too strong in this match and secure the victory.
Spain & over 3.5 goals, 6.10
Italy vs Albania
Italy are heading into this tournament on the back of a difficult few years as a footballing nation since winning the World Cup in 2006. The then-holders of the World Cup failed to make it out of the group stages in 2010, and once again exited at the group stage in 2014 before failing to qualify altogether in 2018. Italy then went on to secure their first Euro trophy since 1968 with a penalty victory over England in the final of the 2020 Euros, before once again failing to qualify for the 2022 World Cup.
The reigning champions will be hoping to be at their best once again for this tournament as they look to defend their trophy, and a positive run of results in recent matches has seen them lose just one of their last 11, leaving them in good form ahead of this tournament.
While Albania have won both of their warm-up fixtures ahead of the tournament, we expect that Italy’s depth of talent in their squad will prove too much for them with Italy eventually taking the three points.
Italy to win, 1.42
Poland vs Netherlands
Wout Weghorst may not always be the first name on the team sheet for the Netherlands, or be best known for his elite goalscoring ability, but the big striker scores consistently when stepping on the pitch for his country.
Weghorst has netted in four of his last six games for the Netherlands, including in both of their warm-up fixtures against Canada and Iceland, and the striker has also proven himself on the biggest stage after his two late goals in the eventual loss against Argentina in the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup.
While Weghorst may not start the game against Poland with any of Memphis Depay, Cody Gakpo or Donyell Malen expected to start, Weghorst is almost always brought on in the second half, and we expect the striker to get yet another goal in this one.
Wout Weghorst to score anytime, 3.50
Serbia vs England
England’s warm-up to this tournament has been far from ideal considering the high expectations that have been put on the Three Lions ahead of the competition, with many believing that England are one of the favourites to lift the trophy.
A run of seven wins in nine, with the other two being draws, was brought to an end after a 1-0 loss to Brazil in March, and England have since gone on to lose, draw and win in the following three matches.
A disappointing loss to Iceland in their previous outing may leave some doubt amongst players in the dressing room ahead of their opener against Serbia, who have been extremely inconsistent in recent matches.
Serbia do boast a squad full of players that could cause harm to the England backline, most notably Aleksander Mitrovic and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic. While we do expect England will eventually get over the line, we expect this will be an extremely tight game with the game being won by a single goal margin.
England to win by 1 goal, 3.65
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3 Comments
by Samuel okpara
Good choice but I think Spain won’t score over 3.5..its going to be a serious match between the two …England this time os not ready for this tournament…it’s not going to be an easy one for them
by Emmanuel
Seriously that is a nice thing because I’ve didn’t s Spain an England will be a very very serious match so we are expecting that the match may not be Spain scoring over 3.5 goals are because it’s going to be a very very serious match so we are just hoping that maybe the match may be draw or actually Spain can do it again but we are just hoping on God
by victor
this is serious i don’t know if spain will go a long way in this euro.