Slovenia vs England Predictions, Betting Tips and Preview

Slovenia vs England betting tips and predictions for tonight’s World Cup 2018 qualifying match including a first goalscorer tip and the best odds.

 

England will be hoping to continue their 100% start to World Cup Qualifying when they travel to Slovenia on Tuesday. Here are some tips and predictions for the game live on ITV.

 

Slovenia are unbeaten in group F after drawing with Lithuania on match-day one before beating Slovakia on Saturday 1-0 to make it four points out of a possible six in the group. This will be arguably England’s toughest assignment as Slovenia only lost one match at home in their last qualifying campaign and that was courtesy of a late Wayne Rooney winner last year. I think this game will be similar to the Slovakia game in match-day one for England as they will have a lot of the ball and will have to try and break them down and we all know that the English football team struggle with that. England beat Malta 2-0 on Saturday night but the performance was still disappointing. Some of the Malta players weren’t even playing football full-time and England could still only manage two goals against them. This just backs up my statement about England struggling to break teams down when they have ten outfield players behind the ball. The one good thing about Saturday night was that England didn’t really get out of second gear and will be fresh for this game and the players know that if they get a win here then they will already have one foot in the World Cup Finals in Russia in 2018.

 

Slovenia vs England Predictions

 

My first Slovenia vs England betting tip is going to be for the second half to have the most goals in. I think this game is going to be tight from the first whistle with Slovenia more than happy to get ten men behind the ball and try and get to half-time at 0-0. As we all know, England do struggle when teams like to play that way against them and it could cause problems. As well as this, the second half has provided more goals than the first in three of the four previous fixtures against each other so I will be backing this at 6/5 at Bet365.

 

Second half to have the most goals – 6/5 with bet365: sign-up to get a £200 bonus.

 

First Goalscorer Tips

My second Slovenia vs England prediction is going to be for Daniel Sturridge to score first. He looked bright against Malta on Saturday and scored a great header. He also has the tricks and ability to unlock a defence that is sitting deep and I think odds of 5/1 for Sturridge to score first are fantastic value and you can find this at Paddy Power.

 

Sturridge to score first – 5/1 with Paddy Power: sign-up get 5/1 for England to win.

 

Slovenia v England Team News

Slovenia’s most recognisable player is goalkeeper Jan Oblak who plays for Atletico Madrid and over the past two seasons he has shown what a fine goalkeeper he is. Robert Beric and Josip Illcic who play for Saint-Etienne and Fiorentina respectively are both threats but thirty-seven-year-old Milvoje Novakovic averages around a goal in every three international games and scored against England the last time they faced each other. As for England, Ryan Bertrand and Tom Heaton have had to withdraw from the squad because of injury but the starting eleven could look similar to the one that played on Saturday. Wayne Rooney drops to the bench and I think Daniel Sturridge has to start as he impressed against Malta before being substituted.

 

 

Slovenia vs England Head to Head

These sides have faced each other four times and England have won all four of them. However, in every game Slovenia have either taken the lead or been in the game right until the dying minutes so it hasn’t been comfortable for England. When they played each other last year, they were involved in a cracker of a match where England won 3-2 thanks to a brilliant display from Jack Wilshere.

 

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Slovenia v England Betting Odds

England are favourites for this game and rightly so when you look at their qualifying record and record against Slovenia and the best odds for England to win are 4/6 at William Hill. If you fancy England not to win then head over to Bet365 where you can find 29/10 for the draw and 11/2 for the Slovenia win. The most popular correct score is 1-0 to England which is 9/2 at William Hill but 2-1 England could be worth a punt and this is 17/2 at 888sport.

 

Slovenia vs England Betting Tips

Second half to have the most goals – 6/5 with bet365: sign-up to get a £200 bonus.

Sturridge to score first – 5/1 with Paddy Power: sign-up get 5/1 for England to win.

 

Bet on this match with Ladbrokes and if it ends a draw you will get losing bets refunded on selected markets. This means you can have a risk free bet on the match up to £25 if it ends a draw.

 

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