Wales vs. Switzerland Prediction: Euro 2020 Betting Odds

Payton Matthews
June 8, 2021

The Swiss are +111 favourites with the Welsh +260 and a draw at +190 on the soccer odds.

Wales vs. Switzerland Betting Odds and Analysis

Switzerland +101
Draw +193
Wales +328

On the draw no bet odds, Switzerland is -208 and Wales +147. The total for the match is set at 2.5 goals, with the under a heavy -233 favourite. To score first, the Swiss are -125 and Welsh +150 with no goals at +540. That both teams score is +115 with no at -182. That only Wales scores is +460 and only the Swiss +215.

Switzerland is the +465 second-favourite behind Italy (-196) to win Group A, while Wales is the +837 long shot. To qualify for the knockout round, the Swiss are -175 and no at +125. Wales is -118 to qualify and the same price not to. The Welsh are +125 favourites to finish bottom of the group.

Team Wales

Wales is 17^th in the FIFA world rankings. The country went 4-2-2 in Group E qualifying with a plus-four goal differential to finish second behind Croatia. The Dragons qualified in their final match with a 2-0 home win over Hungary. Wales qualified for its first-ever European Championship in 2016 and the team surprised by winning its group (ahead of rival England) and reaching the semifinals before losing to eventual champion Portugal 2-0. That was only Wales’ second appearance in a major tournament following the 1958 World Cup.

Gareth Bale is clearly the Wales star and the country’s all-time leading scorer; he’s +620 to be the first goalscorer in this match and +240 for an anytime scorer. Wales has played two friendlies this month, losing 3-0 to France and tying Albania 0-0 on Saturday. Coach Robert Page’s squad is the third-youngest in this competition with an average age of 25 years, three months and nine days.

Team Switzerland

The Swiss, coached by Vladimir Petkovic, are ranked 13^th in the world. They went 5-2-1 with a goal differential of plus-13 in winning Group D qualifying by a point over rival Denmark. Switzerland won four its final matches by a combined score of 13-2. Cedric Itten led the side with three goals in qualifying yet isn’t on the roster for this tournament in a surprise. It’s the fifth European Championship for Switzerland; it finished second in its group five years ago and lost to Poland on penalties in the Round of 16. The Swiss also reached the Round of 16 at the 2018 World Cup.

The favoured first goalscorer for the Rossocrociati is Haris Seferovic at +640 and he’s +245 as an anytime scorer. Switzerland’s final warm-up for Euro 2020 was a 7-0 rout of Liechtenstein on June 3. Mario Gavranovic scored a hat trick; he’s +260 as an anytime scorer vs. Wales. The friendly before that, the Swiss beat the USA 2-1. Switzerland is 5-2 all-time vs. Wales; the teams split home matches in Euro 2012 qualifying in their recent meetings.