Sweden are the visitors to Wembley on Tuesday night as they bid to extend their 43-year unbeaten record against England.
That run covers 12 matches and we think they are a good price at 5/4 with Betfred in the double chance market to make it 13 on Tuesday night.
The Swedes qualified for Euro 2012 by finishing as the best runners-up in qualifying – second behind World Cup finalists Holland in Group E – and they look in decent shape for this summer’s tournament.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Johan Elmander form a strong partnership in attack and the likes of Martin Olsson, Sebastian Larsson and Ola Toivonen should provide more quality over the coming years.
Boss Erik Hamren has adopted a more attacking approach during his three-year tenure and they still look sturdy in defence with Jonas Olsson and Olof Mellberg among the backline.
England are, of course, on a high after the 1-0 win over Spain on Saturday but this represents a completely different test and Fabio Capello has already confirmed he will make eight changes.
John Terry, Gary Cahill, Bobby Zamora, Jack Rodwell and Kyle Walker are among the players to come in and that means some of the cohesion shown against the Spanish will be lost.
We also reckon the 1-1 draw against Ghana in March is worth mentioning as a pointer for this match.
The Three Lions failed to claim victory after they made wholesale changes following the qualifying win over Wales the previous weekend and Capello’s approach is very similar against the Swedes.
The Italian has already provided warning for England fans not to get carried away.
“Against Sweden, it will be really difficult,” he told the press.
“Their movement when they defend is very good and then they play on the counterattack.
“Also, now, after we have beaten Spain, they will come here thinking we are good, so they know they will have to play better – and so will we.”
Sweden did lose 2-0 to Denmark on Friday night but we reckon they will be eager to bounce back and they have the quality to trouble England’s much-changed line-up.
Hamren’s men have only lost three of their previous 13 away matches so take the 5/4 in the double chance market.
source: www.betting-zone.co.uk