England vs Senegal Betting Tips & Guide

England and Senegal go head to head on Sunday in the FIFA World Cup’s Round of 16.

This match will take place at Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor at 7 pm GMT and will be televised on ITV 1 and will be the first international meeting between these two nations with Gareth Southgate’s men coming into this game as firm favourites at super boosted odds of 1/1, while Senegal are priced at 13/2.

The winner of this fixture will face the victor of France against Poland in the quarter-finals of the competition in Qatar.

England managed to finish as winner of Group B with seven points to their name, following 6-2 and 3-0 victories over Iran and Wales on either side of a 0-0 draw with the USA.

On the other hand, Senegal were runners-up in Group A, as after a 2-0 loss to the Netherlands in their opening match, the Lions of Teranga went on to beat Qatar 3-1 and Ecuador 2-1 to accumulate six points.

England

Interestingly, Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford is the Three Lions top scorer at the 2022 World Cup, following a goal in England’s 6-2 thrashing against Iran, as well as a double in their 3-0 victory over Wales, while Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka follows in closely with two goals after a brace versus Iran. Rashford is priced at 9/2 to score first or last on Sunday.

Harry Kane is priced at 5/4 to score his first goal of the competition, having won the Golden Boot with six goals in Russia 2018. The Tottenham Hotspur man has also been boosted to score a header, having done so three times in qualifying for this competition. At present, the 29-year-old is just two goals behind Wayne Rooney’s all-time top scorer record for England on 51 goals.

Senegal

On the other hand, Senegal have had five different goalscorers in Qatar, with Boulaye Dia, Famara Diedhiou and Bamba Dieng all scoring against the host nation in a 3-1 victory, while Watford’s Ismaila Sarr scored from the penalty spot in their crucial 2-1 win over Ecuador in Group A, before Chelsea defender Kalidou Koulibaly bagged a winner with 20 minutes to go.

Due to Sadio Mane’s pre-tournament injury which ruled the Bayern Munich out of this competition, ex-Bristol City man Diedhiou is their joint-active top scorer at this competition with 11 goals in 26 games, level with Sarr who has managed this tally in 51 appearances. Diedhiou and Sarr are both priced at 5/1 to score anytime.

England

Gareth Southgate’s men are yet to be shown a yellow card at the World Cup after three matches, having played Iran, the USA and Wales.

Senegal

Meanwhile, Senegal have received six yellow cards so far at the 2022 World Cup, with three of them coming against the host nation, Qatar, while they received two against the Netherlands and one in their 2-1 win over Ecuador on matchday three of Group A.

Everton’s Idrissa Gueye has received the most yellow cards, having been booked against both Ecuador and the Netherlands. Other players that have received yellow cards at this World Cup for the Lions of Teranga include Boulaye Dia, Ismail Jakobs, Nampalys Mendy and Pathe Ciss.

Senegal are priced at 4/5 to have the most booking points which is a good price, especially when doing a BuildABet.

England have had a total of 17 corners in three matches, with eight of these coming against Iran, three versus the USA on top of the six they were awarded against Wales. England are priced at 5/6 to have six or more corners against Senegal on Sunday.

Aliou Cisse’s men have had six corners against all of there three opponents in the Netherlands, Qatar and Ecuador, meaning that they have had 18 in total. They are priced at 11/4 to have 5+ corners against England.

Four corners for each team is priced at 15/8 to happen, but, if you’re feeling optimistic that each side will manage as many as they did in their last matches, then six or more is priced at 11/1.

England captain Kane has managed to create assists against both Iran and Wales, having tended to drop deeper when England are in posession - Raheem Sterling (vs Iran) and Phil Foden (vs Wales) were the benefactors in this case.

On top of this, Senegal have had six corners in each of their three World Cup matches against varying levels of opponents. England could be seen as overdue to receive a booking at the tournament having not received one yet. As mentioned above, Senegal have received six yellow cards in three matches.

Rashford to score, 30+ Senegal booking pts and draw 0-0 at HT in 90 mins - 25/1

Rashford is England’s top scorer at the World Cup so far, having found the back of the net three times, doing so once against Iran as well as twice against Wales.

When England beat Rob Page’s men, the score was tied at 0-0 at half time, before a lightning start to the second half saw England race into a two goals advantage, before the Manchester United forward completed his brace.

On top of this, Senegal have received three yellow cards once already at this tournament, doing so against Qatar.

Maguire to score a header & England to score a penalty in 90 mins - 100/1

England defender Harry Maguire is arguably the Three Lions' biggest goal threat from set pieces. The 29-year-old has scored seven times in 51 matches for his country and was unlucky not to add to his tally when he hit the crossbar against Iran on matchday one.

Kane is England’s regular penalty taker - the Three Lions captain has scored 16 penalties for the national side since making his debut at senior level in March 2015. This means that just over 31% of his goals at international level have come from the penalty spot.

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