England-Slovakia Friendly - National Teams Friendly Prediction

England-Slovakia
28.03 18:15
By bringing Fabio Capello as England`s team maanger, a big project has started, with a goal of bringing the English football back to the place their public expects them to be, and that means the very top. Match against Slovakia is friendly and doesn`t have a great meaning but Capello will use it to check the quality of certain players that haven`t been getting that many opportunities to prove themselves in the past. The Italian has been using the friendlies in order to give everyone a fair chance, but in the competitive games he insisted on the best results, and judging the situation in their qualifying group the English are convincingly first without a single point wasted so far, also being the most efficient team in their group with most goals scored. Capello called all of his best players for this match but it`s a big question who will be in the starting eleven. Heskey and Rooney were mentioned as a possible attacking duo, while the key role in midfield will probably be given to Gerrard. Capello also announced that he sees this game as a pretty serious clash cause it will prepare them for the next Wednesday, when his team will play a very important clash against Ukraine in the qualies. As I said the lineup hasn`t been announced but the players that got called up are the following: James, Green, Foster, Baines; Jagielka, Lescott, Cole, Terry, Ferdinand, Johnson, Upson; Barry, Carrick, Lampard, Downing, Beckham, Wright-Phillips, Lennon, Gerrard; Cole, Crouch, Heskey, Rooney.
Hard-headed
The Slovaks also made a good choice with the new coach. They gave a chance to a former Czechoslovakian player Vladimir Weiss and solid results soon started heading their way. During 2008. Slovakia drastically improved in the FIFA rankings reaching the 42nd spot and in the WC2010 qualies they are looking very good currently being in the first place of their group. Slovakian team is also using this match to prepare for an important clash on Wednesday against former countrymen Czechs. Weiss said that the good result in London would bring a huge amount of confidence to his team and the defeat, since it`s the most expected outcome, wouldn`t hurt them much. The Slovaks have a few very good, young players who are playing in quality European leagues and one of them is their offensive midfielder from Bochum Sestak. Before this game he said that Slovakian mentality is very specific and his countrymen are known for their stubbornness. He said that when the Slovaks plan to do something, they stubbornly go for it until they achieve their goals. Since their goal is to qualify for the World Cup, Sestak said it would be very nice if they would accomplish that but even if they don`t, they will be giving their best until they finally don`t do it. As this friendly against England is concerned, the Slovaks are aware they don`t stand many chances for a successful result but Weiss did announce a very offensive play in attempt to stun the favored hosts. Same as Capello, neither Weiss announced the starting eleven but this is the squad he called up: Senecki, Mucha, Kamenar; Skrtel, Pekarik, Cech, Durica, Cisovsky, Kratochvil, Zabavnik, Dobrotka, Velachovic; Sestak, Kozak, Obzera, Hamsik, Strba, Sarapa, Karhan; Vittek, Holosko, Mintal, Jendrisek, Jakubko.
Spectacle
Every match played on Wembley featuring the English national football team is a true spectacle. In a familiar and always terrific surrounding, the Three Lions` fans give an extraordinary boost to these games. England is a big favorite to win this clash and that won`t be changed no matter who Capello fields on the pitch. The Slovaks proved to be a very inconvenient opponent, having a few players that are able to make real mess to English defense, and I primarily refer to Mintal and Hamsik there. Both squads have been playing really efficient lately so I think there is no reason for that to stop now. In the last 7 games English played, goals were scored in 5 of them, while the Slovaks did it all 7 times. It`s a high probability both nets will shake once again, so a bet on over is warmly recommended. The difference between the odds on a home win and over 2.5 is quite big, while the probability of them coming in is almost the same. I will not hesitate and am going to place my funds on the over and recommend the same to you.
Tip: Over 2.5 goals, Odds 1.9