San Marino vs England Prediction & Betting Tips - World Cup

Prediction published on 13/11/2021, 03:56  by Indran | Modified on 13/11/2021 at 05:00 in World Cup Prediction

Basement dwellers San Marino play host to high flying England in this World Cup Group I match. The home team have yet to score a point as they have lost all nine of their qualifying matches. The visitors are on 23 points, three points ahead of Poland.There is little hope of San Marino getting a point in this match as they have lost all seven prior matches to England. They have conceded an incredible 42 goals in these matches while only scoring one goal. San Marino come into this match after suffering a heavy 4-0 away defeat to Hungary. They continue with the unenviable record of never winning a World Cup qualifying match. Their last victory on the international stage came against Liechtenstein in 2004 in a friendly international. San Marino best results in their last 50 matches have been two draws against Gibraltar and Liechtenstein respectively.

England are on the verge of qualifying and only need a draw to confirm their themselves as the group winner. They are unbeaten in the qualifiers with seven wins and two draws. Their nearest rivals are second placed Poland who are on 20 points and can’t realistically catch England. They would require England to lose against San Marino which would be the biggest upset in qualifying history and Poland would need a massive win in their last match as their have a worst goal difference compared to England. The visitors have only lost once in their last 19 matches across all competitions. That loss was in the Euro Championships final to Italy. They have never scored less than five goals in their previous matches against San Marino.