Switzerland vs England Preview

September 6, 2014
By: Deke Hardman

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Monday evening’s game at FC Basel’s St Jakob-Park sees Switzerland host England in the opening round of Euro 2016 qualifiers.

This is Switzerland’s first game since they crashed out of the World Cup in the last sixteen, when extra time winner from Angel Di Maria secured victory for Argentina.

Prior to that result, they lost just two of their previous twenty-one games – a run which includes their unbeaten World Cup qualification campaign where they won seven of their ten matches.

Monday’s game is new manager Vladmir Petkovic’s first in charge, and the former Lazio boss has included three uncapped players in his squad while the only player currently plying his trade in England is Philippe Senderos of Aston Villa.

Ladbrokes price Bayer Leverkusen forward Josep Drmic is at 8.0 (7/1) to get the first goal of the game, with Bayern Munich’s Xherdan Shaqiri an 11.0 (10/1) chance with same firm.

The home win is 2.63 (13/8) with Bet 365, who have the draw at 3.25 (9/4) while England are slight outsiders at 3.0 (2/1) with a variety of firms.

A penalty from newly appointed captain Wayne Rooney was enough to see England edge past Norway in a rather drab friendly at Wembley on Wednesday evening in their first game since crashing out of the World Cup at the group stage.

Daniel Sturridge has been ruled out of the game after picking up a thigh injury in training, so new Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck is set to deputise.

The 23 year old former Manchester United man is 11.0 (10/1) with Bet 365, as is Raheem Sterling, with Rooney favourite at 7.5 (13/2) with the same firm.

These two sides met in qualifying for the 2012 European Championships, with England winning in Basel by three goals to one, while the return fixture at Wembley nine months later ended in a two all draw.

With this in mind, you may want to take advantage of Bet Victor’s offer of 5.75 (19/4)for there to be four or more goals this time around while the same firm price both teams to score at 2.15 (23/20).

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