Spain vs. Poland Prediction: Euro 2020 Betting Odds
The Spaniards are -294 favourites on the soccer odds with the Poles +640 and a draw at +350.
Spain vs. Poland Betting Odds
On the draw no bet odds, Spain is -909 and Poland +460. The total is set at 2.5 goals with the over a -133 favourite; most matches favour the under. To score first, Spain is -303 with Poland +260 and no goals +1200. That both teams score is +102 with no -159. That only Spain scores is +112 and only Poland +1400.
To win Group E, Spain is a -238 favourite with Sweden +426. To finish bottom, Spain is +1208 and the Swedes +277. These countries have met 10 times and Spain has won eight, Poland one and a draw. Their last meeting was a 2010 friendly and Spain rolled 6-0. Poland’s lone win was a 1980 friendly. This will be the first match between them in a competitive tournament since 1959 in qualifying for the 1960 European Championship.
Team Spain
Projected a 2-0 Spain win over Sweden in Matchday 1, but La Roja disappointed in a 0-0 draw also in Seville. Spain did dominate in holding possession 75 per cent of the time and with 17 shots (five on goal) to just four (none on goal) for Sweden. In fact, coach Luis Enrique’s side had a whopping 852 passes completed, a team record in a European Championship, to just 103 for the Swedes. “We faced a team who decided to defend and base all their hopes on a long ball forward,” Enrique said. “Our preoccupation is to create goal chances and we did that but we didn’t tuck them away.”
Spain also had six corner kicks to one for the underdogs. No La Roja players received a yellow card. The Spaniards haven’t lost a group stage match at the European Championship since 2000 vs. Norway. Overall, Spain has dropped just one of its past 25 international matches (nine draws). Gerard Moreno is the favoured +130 anytime scorer in this match for Spain, which can neither advance nor be eliminated no matter the result Saturday.
Team Poland
Poland was favoured to beat Slovakia in Matchday 1 and we projected a 1-0 victory, but the Poles also disappointed in a 2-1 loss. A Wojciech Szczesny own goal gave the Slovaks a 1-0 lead; that was the first own goal by a keeper in European Championship history. Karol Linetty drew the Poles even in the 46th minute. However, Grzegorz Krychowiak was sent off in the 62nd minute for collecting his second yellow card (he won’t be able to play here) and the Slovaks took advantage of the 10-man Poles by netting the winner in the 69th minute.
Superstar Robert Lewandowski was largely held in check and missed an attempt from inside the penalty area wide in the 42nd minute; he’s +230 for an anytime goal in this match. That loss means Poland has now gone four straight matches overall (friendlies, WC qualifying, etc.) without a victory and has just one in its past eight. Poland will be unable to finish in the top two in the group if it loses this match but still could potentially reach the knockout round as one of the top third-place teams.