The World Cup Finals in Russia are nearly upon us and England have just one more friendly match before they jet off. The Three Lions will welcome Costa Rica to Elland Road on Thursday night, in a repeat of their group stage clash of World Cup 2014. Costa Rica enjoyed a superb World Cup four years ago, topping a group containing England, Italy and Uruguay, but they have struggled to reach the same heights since then. The game between these two sides finished 0-0 out in Brazil four years ago, but England have to be confident of beating Costa Rica this time around.
This game will present Gareth Southgate with his final chance to run the rule over his players before the World Cup opener against Tunisia and there will be plenty of players hoping to get a chance to impress. The likes of Jack Butland, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Jordan Henderson, Jamie Vardy and Marcus Rashford will all be looking to start the game after missing out on a starting place in the 2-1 win against Nigeria on Saturday. Costa Rica have lost to Panama and Tunisia in recent months, and so this game should give England fans a good barometer of where their team are at.
To coincide with Thursday’s match, Coral are running a big odds boost new customer offer for you people to take advantage of. They are offering odds of 33/1 on a goal to be scored in the match; that’s any goal by either side and even though this game finished 0-0 four years ago in the World Cup, I can’t see the same result occurring on Thursday. To take advantage of this great offer, you must have never held a Coral account before and after registering you must deposit a minimum of £5 into your account. Once you have deposited your funds, you must place your first real money bet as a single on the ‘England v Costa Rica – A Goal to be Scored at 33/1’ selection in the ‘My Markets’ section on the website or app. The maximum bet allowed for this offer is £1 and if your bet loses you will receive a free £5 bet.
I’m expecting England to pick up a comfortable win in this game, before they head off to Russia and so if you’re not already a Coral customer, this could well be a great way to pick up £33 worth of free bets to use on the World Cup!
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