England vs Senegal at the City Ground, Nottingham tonight in an international friendly encounter match that takes place just four days before the opening game of the 2025 Club World Cup in the USA.
The fixture’s place in the football calendar is one of a handful of reasons, along with the Three Lions’ insipid showing in Andorra on Saturday to suspect this match could be a low-scoring affair, but a lack of attacking elan isn’t expected to stop one England man from finding the net.
Under 2.5 goals
@ Evens
Harry Kane to score
@ 11/10
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Wealth of evidence suggests City Ground goals should be sparse
England have much to prove to their new-ish manager Thomas Tuchel and their long-suffering supporters alike after scraping to a 1-0 win over Andorra in Barcelona on Saturday.
Coming at the end of a long, long campaign for many of the Three Lions’ elite campaigners, an element of fatigued flatness against hosts hell bent on not being battered was understandable.
Further attacking struggles likely await against Senega,l who arrive in Nottingham unbeaten in 23 straight internationals – unless you count a 2024 AFCON Final shootout loss to Ivory Coast.
The Lions of Teranga haven’t conceded more than once in a game for 25 successive matches now and that has to bring the evens about under 2.5 total match goals into the equation.
England have kept five successive clean sheets and have yet to ship in three games against moderate foes under Tuchel, so it’s likely they should shut out opposition that only avoided a 1-0 defeat to the Republic of Ireland last Friday thanks to Ismaila Sarr’s 82-minute equaliser.
Under 2.5 goals
@ Evens
Relentless skipper value to bag for fifth game in succession
If England are to score against the Senegalese then there’s little hesitation in backing Harry Kane to be the man who finds a way, with this friendly fixture representing one of those happy occasions where he can be backed to score anytime for his country at a decent price.
The Bundesliga winning marksman has found the net in his last four internationals, including when bagging from about 2.5 yards out against the Andorrans and can be backed at 11/10 to bag at the City Ground.
Senegal have kept clean sheets in seven of their last nine internationals, but the combined ranks of Burkina Faso, Burundi, Malawi, Sudan and Togo won’t have tested their defence with a striker of Kane’s quality.
Harry Kane to score
@ 11/10
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