England vs Montenegro Betting Tips and Predictions

England welcome Montenegro to Wembley on Thursday night knowing that just a point will secure them a top-two finish in Group A. This England team though don’t do draws, they’ve only had one in their last 20 matches and with a record of 6/6 home wins and four clean sheets the home side will be eager to rack up the goals against the visitors.

England vs Montenegro Betting Tips and Predictions: England

England gave us a scare a month ago losing 2:1 away to the Czech Republic. On that night, manager Gareth Southgate played a different formation than usual and rotated his side for reasons best known to himself, but anyway in the following match they got back to business and hammered Bulgaria 0-6 away from home.

Of course the newspapers are full of the ‘news’ that Raheem Sterling and Joe Gomez exchanged handbags at breakfast, bit of an overreaction to send Sterling home, but look, it’s not like he’s needed for this match, England will still win and win pretty easily and it’s a good excuse for Southgate to try and tinker with his starting XI again. James Maddison could finally make his debut for England after he pulled out of the last squad.

England are incredibly good at home, they’ve won their last six matches in a row, scoring 20 goals and conceding just four, keeping four clean sheets in those matches.

England vs Montenegro Betting Tips and Predictions: Montenegro

The away side have little to play for here, they’ve second from bottom in Group A with just three points, all of those points coming from draws (two with Bulgaria and one with Kosovo). Their away form is pretty bad too, they’ve only won one of their last nine matches on the road, a 1-4 win over Lithuania in the Nations League over a year ago.

Of their three away matches played in Group A they’ve only scored one goal so you’d expect England to keep yet another clean sheet here again. The odds on BTTS: No at 1.40 though are pretty bad.

England vs Montenegro Betting Tips and Predictions: Stats

Of England’s five most recent matches, they’ve won three, drawn one and lost one. Over 2.5 goals has occurred in 4/5, while BTTS has landed in 2/5.

Of Montenegro’s five most previous matches, they’ve won one, drawn one and lost three. Over 2.5 goals has occurred in 3/5, while BTTS has landed in just 1/5.

England vs Montenegro Betting Tips and Predictions: Tips and Predictions

The Asian Handicap line opened at 2.75 and there’s not been much movement.

The goal line opened at 3.5 and also hasn’t moved much.

It’s hard not to see England thrashing Montenegro again, so we’re backing England -2.75 at 1.90.