by Todd @ BetOnline.com
Sports betting players should have gathered enough information to make their picks for the second volley of group-stage games, and in Group D, England finds a Swedish team that has to go for it after losing to the Ukrainian co-hosts in their opener. That could work out just fine for England, who will prefer to counterattack with their best player on the bench. Friday?s meeting should be an intriguing affair.
The Swedes opened the scoring through Zlatan Ibrahimovich, but then allowed a pair of goals shortly afterwards and finished with a 2-1 loss to Ukraine in a match where they should have gotten at least a point. Ibrahimovich was by far the best Swedish player, but the rest of the side failed to take the chances that their captain set out for them and that was a fear that some soccer betting players would have had coming into the tournament; Ibrahimovich was going to be head and shoulders above his teammates and he was. He was also at fault for the second Ukraine goal when he lost counterpart Andriy Shevchenko, but Ibrahimovich shouldn?t have been involved there in the first place.
England notched a 1-1 draw with France as Joleon Lescott scored for the Three Lions before Manchester City teammate Samir Nasri tied it up before the first half ended, and then the two teams settled for a draw. England was always going to choose to defend with Wayne Rooney out through suspension, and they won?t have him for this game, so England will likely be a counterattacking team once again. But there were some positives as captain Steven Gerrard put in a good shift, while Ashley Young was lively, but he tailed off near the end of the match.
England comes into this soccer betting encounter as a +110 favorite with Sweden valued at +265, and a draw is listed at +220. The Three Lions roared to a 1-0 win over Sweden at home in a friendly back in November, and they were without Rooney there as well. They?ll look to get behind the Swedes, who have to press forward to get something out of the game because a loss would basically send them home with one game to play in the group stage. It looks like that will be the story as Sweden?s defense isn?t good enough to hold off an English counterattack, while someone besides Ibrahimovich has to step up and make some plays on the offensive end and there were no encouraging signs in the Ukraine match....
lean towards England in your online betting book on Friday.
Sports betting players should have gathered enough information to make their picks for the second volley of group-stage games, and in Group D, England finds a Swedish team that has to go for it after losing to the Ukrainian co-hosts in their opener. That could work out just fine for England, who will prefer to counterattack with their best player on the bench. Friday?s meeting should be an intriguing affair.
The Swedes opened the scoring through Zlatan Ibrahimovich, but then allowed a pair of goals shortly afterwards and finished with a 2-1 loss to Ukraine in a match where they should have gotten at least a point. Ibrahimovich was by far the best Swedish player, but the rest of the side failed to take the chances that their captain set out for them and that was a fear that some soccer betting players would have had coming into the tournament; Ibrahimovich was going to be head and shoulders above his teammates and he was. He was also at fault for the second Ukraine goal when he lost counterpart Andriy Shevchenko, but Ibrahimovich shouldn?t have been involved there in the first place.
England notched a 1-1 draw with France as Joleon Lescott scored for the Three Lions before Manchester City teammate Samir Nasri tied it up before the first half ended, and then the two teams settled for a draw. England was always going to choose to defend with Wayne Rooney out through suspension, and they won?t have him for this game, so England will likely be a counterattacking team once again. But there were some positives as captain Steven Gerrard put in a good shift, while Ashley Young was lively, but he tailed off near the end of the match.
England comes into this soccer betting encounter as a +110 favorite with Sweden valued at +265, and a draw is listed at +220. The Three Lions roared to a 1-0 win over Sweden at home in a friendly back in November, and they were without Rooney there as well. They?ll look to get behind the Swedes, who have to press forward to get something out of the game because a loss would basically send them home with one game to play in the group stage. It looks like that will be the story as Sweden?s defense isn?t good enough to hold off an English counterattack, while someone besides Ibrahimovich has to step up and make some plays on the offensive end and there were no encouraging signs in the Ukraine match....
lean towards England in your online betting book on Friday.
