England vs Malta prediction, today’s lineups, odds and bet builder tips
England vs Malta prediction, lineups, odds and bet builder tips for England's penultimate Euro 2024 qualifier
England resume their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign when they welcome Malta to Wembley on Friday night. The Three Lions secured their place at next year's tournament with a 3-1 home win over Italy last month. That victory against the Euro 2020 winners also sealed top spot in Group C for England with two games to spare.
As such, Gareth Southgate may take the opportunity to experiment a little with his squad when England meet Malta in their penultimate qualifier on Friday night. Unsurprisingly, minnows Malta have been the whipping boys of the section, losing each of their seven matches to date.
England vs Malta Prediction
England ran out comfortable 4-0 winners in June’s reverse fixture and another stroll to victory should be on the cards at Wembley on Friday night. While the Three Lions have already booked their ticket to Euro 2024, Southgate is unlikely to stand for any complacency from his players in their remaining two qualifiers.
What’s more, this match with Malta will be one of the few remaining opportunities for certain members of the England squad to stake a claim for a seat on the plane to next summer’s showpiece. Given the embarrassment of riches that Southgate has at his disposal, even a much-changed Three Lions starting XI should be capable of winning with room to spare against rock-bottom Malta.
Michele Marcolini's men have failed to pick up a single point from their seven Group C outings and will arrive in the English capital having lost each of their last 16 European qualifiers. The Reds were on the wrong end of a 4-0 reverse in Italy last month and star-studded England should inflict another heavy defeat on one of international football's perennial strugglers.
England vs Malta Lineups
How are both teams expected to line up on Friday night at Wembley? Here are the predicted lineups from WhoScored.com with all the relevant team news.
England Predicted Lineup vs Malta
Pickford; Walker, Guehi, Maguire, Trippier; Alexander-Arnold, Rice; Saka, Foden, Rashford; Kane
Malta Predicted Lineup vs England
Bonello; S. Borg, J. Borg, Pepe; Attard, Muscat, Guillaumier, Camenzuli; Teuma; Jones, Mbong
England vs Malta Team News
Gareth Southgate has seen a handful of players withdraw from his initial squad through injury, including the in-form Jude Bellingham and James Maddison, as well as defenders Levi Colwill and Lewis Dunk.
The visitors should be without any fresh injury concerns.
England vs Malta Odds
England are short priced 1/66 favourites on bet365 to make it six wins from seven in Group C. Malta are massive 150/1 underdogs on Sky Bet to pull off a shock for the ages while the draw is as big as 35/1 on Paddy Power.
England vs Malta Bet Builder Tips
England Half-Time/Full-Time
England Over 1 Second-Half Goal
Both Teams to Score - No
Grant Heaney’s Bet Builder for England vs Malta can be backed @ 4/5 on bet365.
With England expected to cruise to another comfortable win on Friday night, kick-off the bet365 Bet Builder by taking the Three Lions in the Half-Time/Full-Time market.
Southgate has an absolute plethora of talent to pick from and his top-heavy attack can strike at least twice after the break against a Malta side that have been the whipping boys of Group C.
Malta are unlikely to trouble England’s backline on Friday night so round off the bet365 Bet Builder by backing the hosts to keep a clean sheet against the side ranked 171st in the world.
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