In the second round in qualifications for the UEFA Euro 2016 in Group E, England will host San Marino at Wembley Stadium.
England have started successful in qualifications after they beat Switzerland away 0-2 in the first round. It wasn’t an easy match for England national team, both teams had their chances, but England players waited patiently and Welbeck scored twice, both goals from the counter-attacks.
After today’s match, England will definitively stay at the first position with 6 points. Only miracle can stop England to fail to win tonight.
San Marino have one of the worst national teams in the world. They have managed to win only once in their history in 2004 when they beat Liechtenstein in a friendly match 1-0.
They have only two professional players in squad who earn their living playing football. Other players are amateurs and taking their time off to play for the national team, they have their other regular jobs.
They have already met four times in their history in the qualifications for the FIFA World Cup and England national team was better side in all four matches.
San Marino vs England 0-8
England vs San Marino 5-0
San Marino vs England 1-7
England vs San Marino 6-0
Odds for home win is not worth at all, also betting on high number of goals could be a risky bet.
An interesting info that I found reading about this game is that Wayne Rooney is currently standing at the 4th position at the all time top goalscorers table. He scored 41 goals.
On the 3rd position is Jimmy Greaves who hit the net 44 times, at the 2nd position is Gary Lineker who scored 48 goals, while Sir Bobby Charlton is the all time top score with 49 goals.
The only player in this moment who can become the national top scorer in the next period is Rooney. Talking about it Rooney said: “Obviously it would be a great achievement by myself, and I’d be delighted to do that.“
Tonight he will have the great chance to increase their number of goals. He will play in attack along with Welbeck and they will have plenty of chances. I expect Rooney to score at least twice.
England vs San Marino Betting Tip: Wayne Rooney to score 2 or more goals @ 1.66 (Bet365)
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