England vs Iran Prediction | Game Preview and Betting Tips
The premier match of Group B will be played between England and Iran. Arguably the matchup between the strongest and the weakest nation of the group, at least on paper. However, Team Melli has proven as a tough team to get by.
Will England struggle in their opening match, you can find that out with the help of our England vs Iran prediction.
England vs Iran – Form and Team News
England had a terrible display in the Nations League in the lead-up to the tournament. They finished fourth in their group, causing them to drop down from League A to League B the next year.
The Three Lions haven’t won a single match in six games. They drew three and lost three. In fact, they only scored four goals in total, with only two of them being from open play. If England are to start their campaign with a win, they need to take Iran seriously.
On the other hand, Iran went through a coaching change just before the start of the tournament. Dragan Skocic, the man who led them to the championship will now be replaced by Carlos Queiroz. Coaching change this deep prior to the start of a major competition is never a good thing.
If Iran is to rally under Queiroz and start performing, they need to do it fast. Also, it appears that star attacker, Sardar Azmoun, should be fit enough to start this match despite his injury woes this season.
England vs Iran – Starting Lineups
Here is what we should expect in terms of the starting eleven for both teams.
- England: GK: Jordan Pickford; DEF: Kieran Trippier, John Stones, Eric Dier, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw; MID: Declan Rice, Jude Bellingham; ATC: Phil Foden, Mason Mount, Harry Kane.
- Iran: GK: Danny Ward; DEF: Sadegh Moharrami, Hossein Kanani, Majid Hosseini, Ehsan Hajsafi; MID: Ahmad Noorollahi, Saeid Ezatolahi, Milad Sarlak; ATC: Sardar Azmoun, Mehdi Taremi, Alireza Jahanbakhsh.
England vs Iran – Betting Tips
Even with all the struggles, Gareth Southgate has had entering this tournament, we think that the match against Iran is the best way for them to start their campaign. England have an easy opponent and are heavily favoured at odds of 1.36.
That said, we don’t expect too many goals. The best that Iran can do is make England a bit uncomfortable at the start of the game. Therefore our England vs Iran prediction also points to the Under 2.25 goals market at 1.86.
It is very much probable that England will bag this one by 2:0, given at odds of 5.50.
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