The Euro under-21 Championship has reached the semi-final stage, with two of the tournament favourites going head-to-head on Wednesday evening.
The defending champions England take on the Netherlands at the Tehelne pole in Bratislava on Wednesday evening in a very intriguing encounter, with the winner progressing into the final.
Now, let’s take a closer look at some football betting angles for Wednesday’s Euro U21 Championship fixture:
England U21 v Netherlands U21 – Wednesday, 5pm
- The Young Lions went into their quarter-final showdown as the slight outsiders against Spain but managed to extend their unbeaten run against La Rojita’s to eight games, after setting up this semi-final clash with a 3-1 victory.
- The result on Saturday may have come as a surprise for many given that’s just the third game that England U21’s have won in their last eight games in all competitions, having picked up just one win in their three group games.
- If history of this fixture is anything to go by, a win here for England might not be as straight forward, they’ve not beaten the Netherlands U21 in their last seven meetings (W0, D6, L1).
——————————– - The Netherlands also scraped through their group with just one win but find themselves in the semi-final stage after a resilient performance against Portugal.
- Michael Reiziger’s side found themselves down to 10 players after just twenty-one minutes but they managed to stay organised at the back and not only did they secure back-to-back clean sheets, they found a winner with just six minutes left to play.
- The Jong Oranje haven’t won this competition since 2007, a year in which they knocked out England at this stage. I’m expecting a tight affair in this one and we could see this one go all the way.
Prediction: England U21 1-1 Netherlands U21, England U21 To Win On Penalties.
