Germany v China
Women’s World Cup 2019 – 2.00 pm
BBC
Germany are a leading contender to win the Women’s World Cup. They will kick off on Saturday at the tournament as strong odds-on favourites to bank a win over China. Germany will be looking to improve on their fourth-place finish from four years ago in Canada. They do have the star power to pull it off. Midfielder Dzsenifer Marozsan is regarded as one of the best in the world, and they have the scoring threat of Alexandra Popp.
The leading bookies have Popp as the 3/1 First Goalscorer favourite as there should be chances coming the way of the Germans in this one. Germany are in form, not having suffered defeat in their last twelve games, winning ten of those. China have lost each of their last four games, but have scored in all but one of their last seven. They are huge 9/1 underdogs for a win over Germany though.
England v Bangladesh
Cricket World Cup 2019 – 10.30 am
Sky Sports
Tournament favourites England will be looking for a big response as they face Bangladesh in the World Cup on Saturday. After opening in positive style with a win over South Africa, they fell short in a big run chase against the unpredictable Pakistan. So that was a defeat which would have brought them back down to earth a little bit. So they will be feeling just a little bit of pressure now to perform against one of the weaker teams in the tournament.
England won’t change much but their bowling and fielding against Pakistan was the poorest that is has been in a long time. But with the bat they have huge scoring power and Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow are joint 3/1 favourites with leading bookmakers to top score for the English. They will both have their backers at that price among best bets of the day. The traders aren’t giving Bangladesh much of a chance at 5/1. They opened with a shock win over South Africa though, before narrowly losing by two wickets against New Zealand. Will they give England a game?
Croatia v Wales
Euro 2020 Qualifiers – 2.00 pm
Sky Sports
Four of the five teams in Group E of Euro 2020 qualification are sat on three points heading into the next round of matches. Wales and Croatia are two of them. The Welsh have played just one game so far, banking a tight 1-0 home win over Slovakia. So there will be more pressure on Croatia in this one, as this will be their third game of the qualification campaign. With home advantage, the top bookies have Croatia at 8/13 odds-on favourites to win the fixture.
Wales had lost four of six games heading into their Euro 2020 qualification opener against Slovakia. They are a side which generally struggles for goals and in none of their last seven games have they managed more than one goal in a fixture. This is arguably their toughest away game in the group, reflected in their 5/1 underdog odds. The Croatians are on a three-match winning streak at home, scoring at least two goals in each of those.
Estonia v Northern Ireland
Euro 2020 Qualifiers – 5.00 pm
Sky Sports
Estonia are one of the outsiders for qualification from Group C of Euro 2020 qualification. Their one game so far saw them lose 2-0 in Northern Ireland. So this is a quick turnaround in having to face the Irish again. Estonia had a dreadful Nations League campaign, but have picked up a bit in form. Estonia are W2 D1 L1 in their last four games. The one defeat in that sequence was the one against the Irish though.
Estonia have scored just one goal in their last three games. Northern Ireland have opened strongly in the group, beating Estonia and Belarus. Both of those wins were on home soil. That was a big upturn in form as the Irish had lost four of their six games prior to the start of these qualifiers. Northern Ireland have failed to score in any of their last seven away games. The leading bookmakers have them at even money to squeeze out a win in Estonia.
Scotland v Cyprus
Euro 2020 Qualifiers – 7.45 pm
Sky Sports
Steve Clarke is the new Scotland manager and will be stepping straight into Euro 2020 qualification. This is the type of game that the Scots can’t afford to be losing on home soil. They are W1 L1 in the group so far from their two games, the loss happening in their first game which was a 3-0 hammering in Kazakhstan.
They followed that up with a low-key 2-0 win over minnows San Marino. Cyprus thumped San Marino 5-0 after losing 2-0 against Belgium in their opening games of the group. Cyprus have won just two of their last eight fixtures and are 6/1 underdogs for their trip to Hampden Park, going up against the 8/15 odds-on favouritism of the Scots.
