MY ACCOUNT
– England have five clean sheets from last six meetings with Wales
– Wales have only scored one goal at the World Cup
– Recommended bet: England to win to zero
Despite drawing with USA last time out, England are still almost certain to be heading through to the last-16 of the World Cup, even if they lose to Wales on Tuesday.
England struggled for large parts of their 0-0 draw with USA on Friday but they have got themselves into a very strong position and need a victory over Wales to be assured top spot in Group B.
The Three Lions need a point to qualify and could advance even if they are beaten.
However, Wales must secure a victory and hope for a draw in the USA’s contest with Iran.
Wales would definitely progress if they can climb above England but they would need to win by at least four goals.
Team news
Gareth Southgate named an unchanged starting eleven for the USA fixture but he is likely to be pondering a few alterations in an effort to inject fresh energy into his team.
Kyle Walker, Phil Foden, Marcus Rashford, Jack Grealish and Jordan Henderson are among the players under consideration for their first starts of the tournament and there is the option of changing systems and switching to a back three.
Wales will be forced into at least one change with goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey suspended after his red card against Iran.
Danny Ward is poised to start and Wales boss Robert Page must assess the fitness of Aaron Ramsey and Gareth Bale, who showed signs of tiredness against Iran.
The stats
England’s 0-0 draw with USA was their first goalless draw at a World Cup finals match since they shared the spoils with Costa Rica at Brazil 2014
It ended a sequence of four matches without a clean sheet.
Wales have conceded the first goal in each of their last seven matches, losing five of them and drawing two.
The Welsh have not scored a first half goal in any of their last four fixtures.
Prediction
England came into the World Cup with question marks hanging over their defence, but they kept a clean sheet against the USA and can advance to the knockout rounds with a victory and a shutout against Wales in Al Rayyan.
There was plenty of pressure for England to withstand during their draw with the USA, but they restricted their opponents to just one shot on target.
Harry Maguire’s performance was one of the standout aspects for Southgate’s side and he looks the ideal man to counter the threat of Wales centre-forward Kieffer Moore.
Wales must win the game to have any chance of progressing but they will be wary of England’s attacking qualities and their main pre-occupation could be to stay in the contest for as long as possible.
Page’s side came on strong during the second half of their 1-1 draw against the USA but they looked jaded for the majority of their 2-0 loss to Iran.
Wales’s hopes of qualifying look wafer thin, but they will be determined to give a better account of themselves and they could force England to work hard for their opportunities.
However, it is hard to imagine England playing as poorly as they did on Friday and if they get their noses in front they should go on to register a win to zero, which is available at 19/20 via LiveScore Bet.
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