Sunday sees the excitement of the long-awaited Euro 2024 Final featuring Spain and England. Which club will become champions? Let’s hope it’s a good final.
SpainWWWWWW 🎯
Spain, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 2-1 Euro 2024 victory vs France.
In that match, Spain had 58% possession and 6 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. For Spain, goals were scored by Lamine Yamal (21') and Dani Olmo (25'). France had 9 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Randal Kolo Muani (9') was the scorer for France.
Their more recent scorelines show that much respect should be given to the Spain rearguard. Spain have been mean at the back, resulting in the total number of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper during their last six matches standing at 3. However, it remains to be seen if such a trend might persist in this next game.
EnglandWDDWDW 📈
England will come into the match following a 1-2 Euro 2024 win with the defeat of Netherlands in their last game.
In that match, England had 58% possession and 9 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. For England, the goalscorers were Harry Kane (18') and Ollie Watkins (91'). Netherlands got 7 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Xavi Simons (7') scored for Netherlands.
A sequence of steadfast showings from the England defenders has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded amounting to 4 from their previous 6 outings combined. In that period of time, their forwards have scored 7.
👥 Head to head
Looking over their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 17/11/2004 shows that Spain have won 3 of them & England 2, with the number of draws being 1.
In all, 16 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 9 of them from La Furia Roja and 7 created by The Three Lions. That’s an average goals per game of 2.67.
The previous league fixture featuring the two was Nations League match day 4 on 15/10/2018 when the final score was Spain 2-3 England.
On that occasion, Spain managed 60% possession and 20 shots on goal with 10 on target. Goals were scored by Paco Alcácer (58') and Sergio Ramos (98').
At the other end, England had 4 shots on goal with 4 on target. Raheem Sterling (16', 38') and Marcus Rashford (30') scored.
The referee was Szymon Marciniak.
ℹ️ Team News: Spain
We are thinking that La Furia Roja could make use of the 4-2-3-1 formation this time and select Unai Simon, Daniel Carvajal, Robin Le Normand, Aymeric Laporte, Marc Cucurella, Rodri, Fabian Ruiz, Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo, Nico Williams and Alvaro Morata.
📋 Team News: England
We’re of the thinking that The Three Lions seem likely to begin the game with a 3-4-2-1 lineup, settling for Jordan Pickford, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Marc Guehi, Bukayo Saka, Luke Shaw, Kobbie Mainoo, Declan Rice, Phil Foden, Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane.
🔮 Prediction
We’re inclined to think that England will need to apply a lot of pressure to get anything against this Spain side who we think might well be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.
We’re going for a narrow 1-0 victory for Spain at the end of this game.
Let’s see how this one goes.
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