Czech Republic vs. England: The best player prop bets for Euro 2020
England and the Czech Republic are both guaranteed a top three finish in Group D whatever happens on Tuesday, and both will be in the Last 16 later this week. However, the question of who will finish on top is still up for debate, with a win or draw enough for the Czechs, while the Three Lions need to win to leapfrog into first.
Here are the three best prop bets for their hotly anticipated Group B clash.
Harry Kane Over/Under 1.5 shots on target
England have been awful in attack in this tournament, and while we can’t just point the finger at Harry Kane, the Tottenham man looks like a different player to the one we are used to seeing scoring goals in the Premier League.
This season at Spurs, Kane was averaging 26 touches per match and getting 3.9 shots off per game. That’s dropped drastically in the Euros to just 13.5 touches a game and only 1.5 shots. In the league, he was averaging two shots a game within the penalty area, and 1.5 shots on target per match. But for England in the Euros, he has managed just one shot within the area per game and hasn’t hit the target at all.
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It makes for desperate reading, and despite England’s wealth of attacking options, it doesn’t seem to be changing trajectory anytime soon. With that in mind, backing Kane to have Under 1.5 shots on target against the Czech Republic looks a lock.
Pick: Under 1.5 shots on target (-182)
Patrik Schick Over/Under 0.5 shots on target
While Kane has been struggling to see much of the ball, it’s the exact opposite for Patrik Schick, who leads the race for the Golden Boot in this Euros and has already sewn up the goal of the tournament with his screamer from the half-way line against Scotland.
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Schick has had 10 shots across two games already, and found the target six times, scoring three goals. All Czech Republic’s good attacking work flows through Schick, who has had almost 50% of his team's shots so far.
Schick scored four of the Czech’s 13 goals during qualifying, and is in red-hot form in this tournament. England haven’t conceded a goal in their two Group D games, but they have allowed their opponents a total of 19 shots across the two games. There are question marks about the Three Lions’ defense, and Schick is just the man to exploit them.
Pick: Over 0.5 shots on target (-182)
England Over/Under 5.5 shots on target
The Three Lions have had just three shots on target in the tournament so far. The only teams who have less are Finland and Slovakia. It’s a damning inditement of just how much England have struggled in attack.
In the Nations League they averaged four shots on target per game (24 shots on target in six games), and had the same tally in the 2018 World Cup (28 shots on target in seven games). Clearly this has been a problem for some time.
The Czech Republic held Croatia to just two shots on target, while Scotland managed four in a far more open game. This looks set to be more like the Croatia match, and given England’s lack of firepower, backing Under 5.5 shots on target for the whole team is the bet.
Pick: Under 5.5 shots on target (-112)
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