All the info ahead of Friday’s friendly between England and Australia

10 October 2023 , 16:08

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All the info ahead of Friday’s friendly between England and Australia

England’s route to Euro 2024 remains fairly straight forward following four wins and a draw form their opening five Group C qualifiers. Their perfect record may have disappeared following the most recent 1-1 draw with Ukraine in Wroclaw, but the Three Lions should be home and dry if they can defeat Italy at Wembley on Tuesday night.

Before then however, is an international friendly match against Australia.

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This is the first meeting between England and Australia since May 2016 in a friendly at the Stadium of Light, won 2-1 by England with goals from Marcus Rashford and Wayne Rooney.

England have only lost one of their seven previous matches against Australia (W4 D2), a 3-1 defeat at Upton Park in February 2003 with Francis Jeffers scoring in his only cap and Wayne Rooney making his debut that game.

The hosts are 1/5 favourites with bet365 to win the match, with the travelling Socceroos priced at 9/1 to shock their English counterparts

Gareth Southgate isn’t expected to stray too far from his tried and tested squad selection, but will have to contend without Bukayo Saka, who withdrew from the squad early last week. The likes of Jarrod Bowen, Levi Colwill, James Maddison, Eddie Nketiah and Ollie Watkins will hope that they can impress Southgate sufficiently to enter his thinking for next summer’s European Championships.

Betting odds from bet365

Match Betting: England 1/5, Draw 11/2, Australia 11/1

First Goal Scorer: Harry Kane 11/4, Ollie Watkins 15/4, Eddie Nketiah 9/2, Marcus Rashford 11/2, Jarrod Bowen 6/1, James Maddison 13/2, Mitchell Duke 16/1,

Both teams to score?: Yes 5/4 No 4/7

Correct Score: England 2-0 5/1, England 3-0 6/1, England 4-0 9/1, 1-1 10/1, Australia 1-0 25/1

To Score 2 or More: Harry Kane 11/4

To win Euro 2024: England 9/2

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