25th November 2022 – 20:00, Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor
England and USA will wrap up Friday’s action in the World Cup 2022 group stage 2nd round. The EURO 2022 runners-up want to pick up where they left off, while the CONCACAF team searches for the first win in the tournament.
England Preview & Team News
England is expected to win Group B with ease and certainly has the potential to go far in the World Cup, seeing as they made it through to the final of EURO 2020. People expected England to beat Iran, but nobody thought that Southgate’s men were capable of scoring six goals on their way to their biggest World Cup win. Disappointingly, when England was tested at the back, which wasn’t often, Iran did score twice, and that will be a concern for England when they come up against a higher-quality side. It was the fourth straight time that the Three Lions were not disciplined in the backline, conceding five goals in the previous two matches. Nevertheless, they head to this one in a good mood, confident that they can celebrate another victory.
USA Preview & Team News
People often forget that the USA made it through to a third place in the first-ever World Cup in 1930 and appeared in two of the next three tournaments as well. From 1990-2014, the United States qualified for every World Cup but failed to make it to Russia in 2018. After making it to the quarter-finals in 2002, the USA will be hoping that their players can adapt to the heat of Qatar more than the European nations and that that might allow them to go far in this competition. Nevertheless, they will need to do much better than against Wales, where they didn’t manage to keep their narrow lead intact. It will be a highly-important match for the Yanks, as a defeat could make their chances of progressing to the knockout round much slimmer.
Full-Time Winner Odds & Prediction
England controlled the game against Iran and managed to beat the Asian team easier than expected. Although the USA is a much tougher opponent, we believe the Three Lions will continue with good displays.
Goals Market Prediction
England’s defense has been pretty leaky recently, while the USA team has a talented offense. Given that the Yanks need to go for a win here, we don’t think either team will manage to keep a clean sheet.
England vs USA
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