EM test match, Sunday, 09.06.2024
The time for talk and predictions is slowly coming to an end. EURO 2024 kicks off in just a few days and the Sokoli are now putting the finishing touches to their preparations.
As the EURO 2024 schedule has given them a tough program, they need to gain confidence against the Dragons.
In my Slovakia Wales betting tip, I’m not expecting a shooting match, but there could be goals on both sides!
The Eagles from Kriváň are still flying under the radar. Yet they have recently qualified for a European Championship for the third time in a row.
Behind the top team from Portugal, the Slovaks secured second place in the qualifiers. A cornerstone of this was their defense
They conceded just eight goals in these ten games. Half of them from the two matches against the Portuguese alone.
It was only on Wednesday against San Marino, admittedly a soccer dwarf, that they demonstrated this strength again with a 4:0 victory
Will the Welsh be able to crack the Sokoli defense? They have scored at least one goal in six of their last seven international matches.
If you place your bets for your Slovakia Wales betting tip outside Germany, you can expect odds of around 2.00 at Bet-at-home Sportwetten if the hosts keep a clean sheet.
Offensively, a lot can be expected from the Dragons. The individual quality is definitely there with players like Brennan Johnson.
Coach Robert Page will use the international phase to bring in the new generation after missing out on qualification for the European Championship finals
With Gareth Bale retiring from the national team in the winter of 2022 and Aaron Ramsey also no longer playing a role, a younger generation must now step up.
In qualifying, it was Daniel James who caught the eye with two goals and two assists.
More important, however, was Harry Wilson, who was directly involved in seven of the Dragons’ ten goals with three goals and four assists
However, he has not been nominated for the international phase, probably for reasons of load management. Will the visitors be able to generate any danger going forward without their creative forward?
In the over/under bets for the Slovakia Wales betting tip, very few bookmakers are predicting a shootout.
In general, the odds for a match with less than 2.5 goals before kick-off are just over 1.70. Probably also because the visitors are likely to lack excitement
So we should rather put our hopes on the home side to score a few goals in offense.
After all, the Falcons only have a few days left before their Group E opener against Belgium.
Coach Francesco Calzona is therefore likely to try something out in attack on the one hand, while the defense must be secure in front of keeper Martin Dubravka on the other.
In qualifying for EURO 2024, we saw that they are often there against teams at eye level and make few mistakes at the back
It remains to be seen whether this will also be the case in this last test before the opening game. Traditionally, nobody wants to get injured in games like this.
But this pairing is interesting. On the one hand, the team that is playing its dress rehearsal. On the other side, a team that is undergoing radical change. There’s a lot in it.
That’s why my Slovakia Wales tip is: Both teams meet!
