PREVIEW: Estonia v England

[dropcap]E[/dropcap]ngland will again be long odds-on to beat Estonia at 5pm although not as short as they were against San Marino.

A friend described the Euro 2016 Qualifiers as ‘a process that goes on forever and then everyone qualifies anyway’. It’s not quite that easy but I take his point.

England scored ‘only’ five against San Marino but shouldn’t really find Estonia that much harder.

The Baltic side have failed to score in five of their last seven matches and have lost four of their last five competitive games.

England have also recorded 3-0 wins in both the times they have met previously.

Estonia v England
Euro 2016 Qualifier
5pm, LIVE ITV

HEAD TO HEAD RECORD
(Maximum 10 matches)
Oct 2007 Euro Championships
England 3-0 Estonia
Jun 2007 Euro Championships
Estonia 0-3 England

Despite recent wins over Switzerland and Estonia I’m still very much ‘jury out’ on whether this is the start of ‘New’ England – the dismal memories from Brazil very much still lingering.

However, manager Roy Hodgson saw plenty of promise from his substitutes against San Marino which must give hope for the young guns.

Andros Townsend scored in the 5-0 win at Wembley, while Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain set up Danny Welbeck’s goal and Adam Lallana also impressed.

Not too easy to find a bet but England HT/FT at around 8/11 with Star Sports will do nicely.

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