England Under 21 v Moldova Under 21 Betting Tips and Prediction

England Under 21’s play Moldova Under 21’s on Thursday night as they look to banish the memories of a disastrous summer in Israel.

With Gareth Southgate now in charge it is a new ear for the England U21 side following the European Under 21 Championships in the summer where they were beaten in all three matches, scoring just one goal.

The pressure obviously got to them in Israel and Stuart Pearce has since been relieved of his duties as boss so this new qualifying campaign is the ideal opportunity to the England youngsters to right the wrongs of last summer.

England beat Scotland 6-0 in a recent friendly and that should give them the confidence to get back to competitive winning ways here. They are a short price to win this match with the bookies at odds of 1/16 (Bet365) the draw is 11/1 at Paddy Power and Moldova are 55/1 with Bet Victor to pull off a shock.

With a much changed squad from the one that went to Israel Southgate has said he is happy with the new faces and looking forward to the challenge ahead.

“It’s always the case with a new qualification period that there’s a new group of players coming through and one or two who have played in the side previously.

“This time, with a different group of staff and for myself and Steve Holland, it’s been a fresh challenge and we’ve really enjoyed it.

“The guys that are here have been very bright in training and we’re actually spoilt for choice in several areas of the field.

“It’s a shame for the lads that aren’t here but we’re looking forward to seeing the guys that are here play on Thursday night.” 

Norwich’s Nathan Redmond and Manchester United man Wilfred Zaha should both get starts on Thursday night while Harry Kane and Conor Wickham will likely battle it out for a place up front. Wilfred Zaha looks a decent bet at odds of 5/1 with Betfred to score the first goal of the match. His direct style is sure to worry the Moldova defence and he will like his chances of scoring.

Usually when we tip on England under 21 matches the staple is to go with England to win to nil but this time the price is too short at 8/13 so instead we need to look to the handicap markets or the ‘to win both halves’ market. England are 5/6 with Paddy Power to do this and in a match where it is difficult to see Moldova scoring that looks a great price.

Finally look at the correct score market for an attractive price, 3-0 is 11/2 but we are siding with a 4-0 England win at odds of 7/1 (Paddy Power).

England U21 v Moldova U21 Betting Tips

England to win both halves – 5/6 Paddy Power

England to win 4-0 – 7/1 Paddy Power

Wilfred Zaha to score first – 5/1 Betfred

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