S.P. Read Esq: Germany v England

Our daily columnist and pundit S.P. Read Esq. looks ahead to Wednesday’s international friendly between GERMANY v ENGLAND and finds the best opportunities available on Star Spreads, the home of sports spread betting.

Germany v England live on ITV would normally be a game to be relished but it’s accompanied by those two wealth warning words ‘international friendly’.

Punting enthusiasm has to be tempered solely on the basis that anything tends to go in these types of matches and it’s probably just as likely to finish 3-3 as 0-0.

If you’re not convinced – the fact that Gareth Southgate has named an ‘experimental squad’ surely tips the balance?

Star Sports go 500/1 about a repeat 5-1 win favour of England – the same score as it was in 2002 during qualifiers for the World Cup.

That was back in the Sven-Göran Eriksson era, Pierluigi Collina was the man in black, England’s scorers were Owen (hat-trick), Gerrard and Heskey and, for the real historians amongst you, quite appropriately 5ive were top of the charts with Lets Dance. Means nothing to me as I’m so old that even 2001 was far too modern 🙁

Back to tonight and England’s manager Gareth Southgate is experimenting with a three-man defensive system.

Keane, 24, will start alongside captain Gary Cahill and Manchester United’s Chris Smalling, with Manchester City’s John Stones facing Lithuania in Sunday’s World Cup qualifier at Wembley.

West Bromwich Albion’s Jake Livermore makes his first England appearance since the friendly with Italy in August 2012.

England: Hart; Keane, Smalling, Cahill; Walker, Dier, Livermore, Bertrand, Lallana, Alli, Vardy.

Tonight’s game at the Signal Ignal Idun Park will see Germany’s captain Lukas Podolski take centre-stage in his last match.

Podolski said: ”Sensational, it can’t be any better for the last game than to run out as captain. I can only say thanks.”

Germany v England
International Friendly
19:45 ITV / ITV HD

HEAD TO HEAD RECORD
(Maximum 10 matches)
Mar 2016 INTERNATIONAL Germany 2-3 England
Nov 2013 INTERNATIONAL England 0-1 Germany
Jun 2010 WORLD CUP Germany 4-1 England
Nov 2008 INTERNATIONAL Germany 1-2 England
Aug 2007 INTERNATIONAL England 1-2 Germany
Sep 2001 WORLD CUP Germany 1-5 England
Oct 2000 WORLD CUP England 0-1 Germany
Jun 2000 EURO CHAMPIONSHIPS England 1-0 Germany
Jun 1996 EURO CHAMPIONSHIPS England 1-1 Germany
Jun 1993 INTERNATIONAL Germany 2-1 England

A trade. Must I? Oh go on then, I’m not going to over-complicate things and go with buying Germany’s win index at 17.5 with Star Spreads. I think they might just be a little less ‘experimental’ than England.

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PROFIT/LOSS SINCE JAN 1 2017: LOSS 1260.00 points

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