England vs Lithuania Preview

March 26, 2015
By: Deke Hardman

Roy Hodgson

Friday evening’s match from Wembley sees England face Lithuania in the fifth round of group matches in qualifying for the 2016 European Championships.

Roy Hodgson’s men go in to the game sitting on top of Group E having won all four of their previous fixtures, and they are currently on a six game winning run including friendlies.

Hodgson has had to make a number of alterations to his squad, but now has a fully fit party to select from, with Tottenham Hotspur duo Ryan Mason and Harry Kane the only uncapped members.

Much focus has been on 21 year old striker Kane, who has been in fine form for Spurs this season with twenty-nine goals in forty-one appearances in all competitions.

He is set to partner captain Wayne Rooney in attack, with the Manchester United man just three goals just short of Sir Bobby Charlton’s all time international scoring record.

Kane is 4.33 (10/3) to open the scoring with a variety of firms, while Rooney can be backed at the same price with Bet 365.

The home win is 1.13 (1/8) with a number of bookmakers, with the visitors as highly priced as the 34.0 (33/1) on offer from Betfair, who have the draw at 11.0 (10/1).

Igoris Pankratjevas’ side have won two of their four games in the group so far to leave them in fourth place, joint on points with both Slovenia and Switzerland.

They will be without striker Lukas Spalvis who has a knee problem but midfielder Fedor Cernych has recovered from a foot injury in time to feature.

Deivydas Matulevicius is 26.0 (25/1) to get the first goal of the fame with Bet 365, ahead of Ricardus Beniusis, who is a 29.0 (28/1) chance with the same firm.

Four of England’s last six wins have come without them conceding, so you may be tempted to back the home win to nil at 1.45 (9/20) with Bet Victor.

Alternatively, there is a widely available price of 2.5 (6/4) for there to be over 3.5 goals in the game, as there has been in three of the Three Lions’ last four fixtures.

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