4 Tips for Tuesday's Euro 2020 Round of 16 Action - 29/6/21

On Tuesday night, England take on Germany at Wembley Stadium in what is the first competitive meeting between the two sides since Germany’s 4-1 demolition of the Three Lions at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Gareth Southgate’s side topped Group D having beaten both Croatia and the Czech Republic 1-0, with Raheem Sterling scoring the winner in both games, as well as drawing 0-0 with Scotland.

Germany scraped through Group F, having won just one of their three matches which came in the 4-2 hammering of Portugal on matchday two, where Atalanta’s Robin Gosens managed a goal and two assists. Joachim Loew’s sides other two matches were a 1-0 defeat to France in their opening match, following an own goal by Mats Hummels, as well as a 2-2 draw with Hungary on matchday three.

Kai Havertz & Raheem Sterling Both to Score – 28/1

Kai Havertz and Sterling are priced at 28/1 on boosted odds to score in this match. Both players have been in good goalscoring form so far at Euro 2020, as Chelsea’s Havertz found the back of the net against Portugal and Hungary, playing a vital role in Die Mannschaft staying in the tournament at present, whilst Sterling has scored both of England’s goals at the Euros in their 1-0 victories against Croatia and the Czech Republic.

Both Teams to Score & Over 2.5 Goals - 11/8

England against Germany will likely be a game that will have plenty of goals in it despite the Three Lions only finding the back of the net on two occasions compared to the six Die Mannschaft have scored.

The last time both teams scored in an England game was in their 2-1 victory against Poland at Wembley in late March where Harry Maguire scored the winner late on. Southgate’s side have scored in eight of their last nine international matches, with their 0-0 draw with Scotland on matchday two being the anomaly.

Meanwhile, Germany haven’t kept a clean sheet in their last six matches across all competitions since their 2-1 defeat to North Macedonia in World Cup qualifying in March, Low’s side followed up this shock defeat by beating Latvia 7-1, as well as drawing 1-1 with Denmark in the run-up to the tournament.

In what will be the final round of 16 match of the tournament, Sweden go head to head with Ukraine at Hampden Park with the winner of this game taking on one of England or Germany in the quarter-finals.

Sweden managed to pull off a shock by finishing as top of Group E ahead of Spain, having drawn 0-0 with Luis Enrique’s side on matchday one, as well as beating Slovakia 1-0 and Poland 3-2 in their final group stage match in a dramatic encounter that saw Viktor Claesson score a stoppage-time winner against the Pole, following a second-half brace by Robert Lewandowski wiping out the Swede’s 2-0 advantage.

On the other side, Ukraine are coming into this round of 16 match as one of the best third-placed teams, having managed just three points in Group C, following their narrow 2-1 win over North Macedonia where goals from Andriy Yarmolenko and Roman Yaremchuk earned them all three points. Andriy Shevchenko’s side were also narrowly beaten 3-2 by the Netherlands on matchday one following a late winner by PSV full-back Denzel Dumfries, as well as being beaten 1-0 by Austria on matchday three.

Sweden to Win 1-0, 2-0 or 2-1 – 9/4

Sweden have found the back of the net in nine of their last 10 games across all competitions, scoring more than two goals in just three of these games against the likes of Kosovo, Armenia and Poland. Prior to their 3-2 win against Poland, the last team to score two or more goals against them was France, in their 4-2 defeat back in November 2020 in the Nations League.

Meanwhile, Ukraine have conceded more than one goal in their last 11 games just three times, one being on matchday one against the Netherlands, whilst the other two were in back-to-back Nations League defeats in November to Germany and Switzerland. In these 11 games, Shevchenko’s side have failed to score more than one goal eight times, with their opening two group stage games seeing them score four times, as well as their 4-0 hammering of Cyprus on 7th July.

Emil Forsberg to Score & Sweden to Win – 11/2

Having tipped Sweden to win above, the player in focus here is RB Leipzig midfielder, Emil Forsberg.

The 29-year-old creative midfielder has been in inspired form for Sweden and has been one of the stars of Euro 2020, finding the back of the net three times in his last two matches against Slovakia and Poland (2), playing a vital role in the Swedes progression. The former Malmo man also managed to get himself two-goal contributions in Janne Andersson’s sides final warmup game before the tournament in a 3-1 victory against Armenia.