England have gone 17 games against Poland without defeat since a 1973 loss in World Cup qualifying, winning 11 of those subsequent meetings. However, matches between these teams are traditionally competitive, including March’s 2-1 Wembley victory for the Three Lions.
Scotland have already drawn once with Austria during World Cup qualifying and we’re backing these teams to share the spoils again. Denmark are currently running away with Group F but this duo will be hoping to challenge current second Israel for the runners-up spot.
Ireland’s World Cup qualification hopes look in tatters and they have never beaten Group A leaders Serbia in six meetings. However, we still believe the men in green have been playing better than their bare results suggest and do have a big performance in them.
Netherlands will seek to avenge a 4-2 loss in Turkey at the start of their World Cup qualifying campaign and have fared much better since. Louis van Gaal is a steadying influence on this talented Dutch team, plus Virgil van Dijk’s return from injury is a major boost.
Louis Van Gaal had to settle for a share of the spoils with Norway in his first game back in the Oranje dugout and now faces another tricky assignment as Netherlands welcome Montenegro to Eindhoven. Both of these sides sit a point behind pace-setters Turkey in Group G.
It is second in Group G versus fourth as only one point separates the top quartet in the most competitive pool of the European section of World Cup qualifying. Netherlands are the favourites for this clash as Louis Van Gaal begins his third spell in charge.
Qatar have been entertaining guests at the CONCACAF Gold Cup but face a tough test when taking on USA in the semi-finals in Texas. The hosts have reached the final 11 times in 15 renewals of this tournament, including when narrowly beaten by Mexico in the 2019 decider.
The CONCACAF Gold Cup quarter-finals conclude with arguably the pick of the last-eight matches when the United States face Jamaica. At least one of these teams have reached each of the last eight finals and this is a repeat of the 2017 showpiece, which the USA won 2-1.
Mexico head into the quarter-finals as the 6/4 favourites in the CONCACAF Gold Cup winner odds and will hope to prove why when they face 22/1 outsiders Honduras. Mexico have won the Gold Cup a record 11 times including three of the last five editions so there is plenty of reason to think they are the team to beat.
Qatar are playing at the CONCACAF Gold Cup as part of their preparations for hosting next year’s World Cup and it has been so far so good. They qualified for the quarter-finals as winners of Group D with seven points from their three matches and are favourites to reach the last four.
With Euro 2020 now over, attention is shifting to the upcoming domestic football season but the competition’s impact may be felt here as well. Until the first ball of a new campaign is kicked, the attention of fans tends to be fixated on the transfer market, where the Euro 2020 stars will have drawn the attention of the game’s big spenders.
The delayed European Championship captured our attention this summer, with domestic football taking a back seat after a long season. Club and league rivalries are still bubbling away though, so we tracked the fortunes of every player during the tournament in our Euro 2020 stats to see who contributed the most to it.
Colombia have looked solid during the Copa America knockout stages and are rated a percentage pick to edge out Peru in the third-place play-off. Some star names will be missing from both teams but Los Cafeteros appear to have the better strength in depth.
Harry Kane has been trimmed to 3/1 in bwin’s Euro 2020 top scorer odds after grabbing England’s winning goal against Denmark. The Tottenham striker took his tally to four, just one behind joint leaders Cristiano Ronaldo and Patrik Schick ahead of Sunday’s final.