England vs Slovakia

England came to the tournament as the main favorite, and we are still waiting to see the reason for that. After just an average performance in the group stage, England will face Slovakia in the round of 16 game at Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen on June 30th.

England vs Slovakia: Initial situation

It feels like England played just enough to go through to the knockout stage, winning only one of the three group stage matches. Still, that doesn’t change the fact that they are the main favorites to win the tournament and a huge favorite against Slovakia. The Slovaks fought to the last breath to get to this point, and it seems they have nothing to lose against the favorites.

England Stats & Form

England finished on top of Group C even though they won only one of the three games. They started quite well, beating Serbia 1-0 with Cade Bellingham’s early goal, which ended up being their only win in the group stage. In the second match, England also took an early lead, with Harry Kane scoring in the 18th minute, but the final score of 1-1 was set before the halftime break. England was in a solid position going into the final matchday of the group stage and played a scoreless draw against Slovenia. They had 72% of the possession, but none of their 12 shots ended behind Jan Oblak’s back.

England has four wins, four draws, and two losses in the last ten games. Their last four and seven of the last ten games ended under 2.5 goals in total.

Slovakia Stats & Form

Slovakia finished third in Group E with 4 points, as many as every other team in the group, but they went through simply a better goal differential against Ukraine even though they lost the head-to-head game against them. Slovakia started the tournament with their biggest win in recent history, which proved to be crucial for their advancement to the knockout stage. They defeated Belgium 1-0 with an Ivan Schranz goal in the seventh minute of the game. The same player put Slovakia in the lead against Ukraine, which was the score at the break, but Ukraine managed to turn things around and win 2-1 in the end. It all came to the last game against Romania, where a draw was in the interest of both teams. Slovakia again was the first team to score, but Romania equalized from the penalty spot, and both teams celebrated a 1-1 draw in the end.

Slovakia has six wins, two draws, and two losses in the last ten games. Four of the last five and seven of their last ten games ended over 2.5 goals in total.

England vs Slovakia: Head to Head

These two teams have played six times before, with England winning five of those games and one finishing in a draw. These two played in the qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup, and England won both of the games, 2-1 at home and 1-0 on the road. They also played in the group stage of the 2016 EURO when the score was 0-0. In four of their previous six games, there were at least three goals in total.

England vs Slovakia Odds

England is a huge favorite going into this game with -220 odds going in their favor while the odds for Georgia’s win are at 700. The odds for a draw are 350.

The total goal margin is set at 2.5 with 110 for over and -133 for under.