England and Greece have both made a strong start to the 2024-25 Nations League. England have the edge over Greece in terms of head-to-head record, squad quality and form in 2024. However, Greece have also been boosted by a run of three consecutive wins.
Statistics, comments England vs Greece
The arrival of new coach Lee Carsley has breathed new life into the England squad. They have shown a beautiful attacking style of play, with a more diverse use of personnel. England won both of their first two matches in the B2 Nations League bracket against Finland and Ireland.
They scored 4 goals and did not concede any. This is the first time the Three Lions have kept 2 consecutive clean sheets since June 2023. If they continue to beat Greece tonight, Lee Carsley will become the first manager since Fabio Capello (2008) to win his opening 3 matches with the England team.
The opportunity for Mr. Carsley to do this is quite bright, because his opponent is only Greece. In the last 9 confrontations, England won 7 times against Greece (77%) and drew 2 matches.
England won their opening two matches in the Nations League.
Greece have also made a good start to the 2024-25 Nations League. They have not conceded a goal, like England, but have scored more impressively than the Three Lions. They beat Finland and Ireland 3-0 and 2-0 respectively, topping Bracket B2 on goal difference ahead of England.
This is also the first time since June 2022 that Greece has won 3 consecutive matches. However, Greece's opponents are quite weak. Mr. Ivan Jovanovic's team often plays poorly against stronger teams.
Greece have not won against teams ranked higher than them in the FIFA rankings in their last 6 matches, drawing 1 and losing 5. Greece need to rethink their approach if they want to get a good result against England.
England vs Greece team information
Declan Rice is deployed as a holding midfielder in Lee Carsley's team, but he is not afraid to push forward. Three of Rice's last four goals for the Three Lions have come before the 30th minute, all of which have been openers (including against Ireland).
Mr. Carsley made 4 changes in the 2 starting lineups, against Finland and Ireland. Young stars like Angel Gomes, Levi Colwill were in the starting lineup for the first time and performed quite well.
Dominic Solanke is also an interesting addition. The 27-year-old striker is set to make his second England appearance. Solanke made his England debut in 2017 against Brazil. He played just 15 minutes and has yet to score for his country. If Harry Kane is benched, Solanke will compete with Ollie Watkins for the starting spot.
England's expected lineup: Pickford; Alexander-Arnold, Stones, Colwill, Lewis; Rice, Bellingham; Saka, Palmer, Foden; Kane.
Expected Greece lineup: Vlachodimos; Rota, Mavropanos, Koulierakis, Tsimikas; Siopis, Kourbelis; Masouras, Bakasetas, Tzolis; Pavlidis.
Score prediction
England 2-1 Greece.
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