England v Turkey predictions, betting tips, odds and lineups (International Friendly - 22.5.2016)

Saturday, 09 June 2018 02:11
Written by David Bet

England are set to begin their Euro 2016 preparations against Turkey at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Read here our ENGLAND v TURKEY betting preview with expert predictions, betting tips, enhanced odds, lineups, bookie free bets and no deposit bonuses to bet on the Three Lions!

ENGLAND v TURKEY BETTING PREVIEW

The Three Lions have won all 10 of their qualifiers for the event but since then they had mixed fortunes, with impressive friendly wins over France and Germany coupled with two losses at the hands of Spain and Holland. This match precedes next Friday's friendly against Australia, after which Hodgson will have to cut down his selection of 26 players down to 23, with their last warm-up fixture against Portugal coming after the deadline to submit final squads.

Manchester United and Liverpool's players (Marcus Rashford, Wayne Rooney, Chris Smalling, Nathaniel Clyne, Adam Lallana, James Milner and Daniel Sturridge) are not set to feature due to club commitments. Jordan Henderson is training with the squad and will be keen to get some game time after recovering from a serious injury while Jack Wilshere needs minutes if he is to prove he is fully fit. Harry kane and Jamie Vardy ar expected to lead the line.

Turkey progressed to Euro 2016 in thrilling fashion, courtesy of a late goal scored by Selcuk Inan with one minute remaining of their last qualifier against Iceland. They have recently upset the Netherlands, are unbeaten in their last 13 games (W10 D3), keeping six clean sheets and not conceding more than once in a game since November 2014 (4-0 defeat against Brazil).

Fati Terim is without captain Arda Turan, Nuri Sahin and Burak Yilmaz due to their own club commitments. 18-year-old Nordsjaelland winger Emre Mor will hope to win a first cap. The trio of Calhanoglu, Tosun and Malli are expected to start up front while Ozyakup, Inan and Tufan are likely to start in the middle of the park.

The teams have played each other on 10 occasions; England lead the head-to-head with 8 wins and 2 draws. The Turks have scored even a single goal in their ten previous encounters against England.