European U21 Championship betting

[MickeyPaul]

The 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship will be staged in the Swedish cities of Halmstad, Helsingborg, Gothenburg and Malmo on the country's west coast. Two new stadiums have been built for the tournament, the Gamla Ullevi in Gothenburg and the Malmö New Stadium, where the final will be staged on 29 June

European U21 Championship
15 Jun 17:15 England U21 v Finland U21 1.36 4.00 9.00
15 Jun 19:45 Spain U21 v Germany U21 2.20 3.20 3.00
16 Jun 17:15 Sweden U21 v Belarus U21 1.66 3.40 5.00
16 Jun 19:45 Italy U21 v Serbia U21 2.10 3.10 3.40

Outright Each-way 1/2 1-2
Spain U21 3.75
Italy U21 4.00
England U21 5.00
Germany U21 6.50
Serbia U21 7.50
Sweden U21 10.00
Belarus U21 21.00
Finland U21 51.00

Group A
Spain U21 2.25
England U21 2.87
Germany U21 3.75
Finland U21 17.00

Group B
Italy U21 1.83
Serbia U21 4.00
Sweden U21 4.50
Belarus U21 10.00

Odds from Bet365

I'm just looking around for news etc. at UEFA.com - back soon.

[MickeyPaul]

Anyone expect anything other than an England victory? England -1 @ 2.20 bet365 might be interesting.

England v Finland

A quarter of a century after they last lifted the European Under-21 crown, England will open the 2009 finals in Sweden with a Group B encounter against a Finland side new to this advanced stage of the competition.

• Stuart Pearce's team enter the tournament's curtain-raiser in Halmstad aiming to better their impressive performance in the Netherlands two summers ago when they came within a whisker of reaching the UEFA European U21 Championship final, only to go down on penalties to the hosts in the semi-finals.

• England qualified for the eight-team final round for the fourth time thanks to a 5-4 aggregate play-off victory over Wales. They arrive in Sweden seeking a third U21 triumph after previous successes in 1982 and 1984, when the entire competition still comprised home-and-away two-legged contests.

• Markku Kanerva's Finland are competing in the finals for the first time. They booked their place in Sweden by defeating Austria on penalties after a 3-3 aggregate draw in their play-off tie. The Finns' goalkeeper, Tomi Manooja, saved two spot-kicks in the shoot-out win but misses these finals through injury.

• England can take heart from the countries' head-to-head record in competitive U21 fixtures, with four wins and just one loss from six previous meetings.

[Bigkegman]

does anybody know if it's sky or setanta that is covering this ?

[MickeyPaul]

It's on sky, kegman.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12942,00.html

[MickeyPaul]

Just thinking about a cheeky wee Belarus 'double chance' @ 2.00 bet365 - anyone know anything or seen them play?

Hosts Sweden will end their long wait for competitive action when they kick off their UEFA European Under-21 Championship finals campaign against outsiders Belarus in Malmo.

• The team co-coached by Tommy Söderberg and Jörgen Lennartsson qualified automatically for the tournament and so have not played a competitive match since the crushing 5-0 home play-off defeat by Serbia in October 2006 that ended their hopes of qualifying for the previous final edition.

• They will hope to hit the ground running in Group A, a section that also includes Italy and Serbia, yet history suggests they should not underestimate a Belarus side who caused a major upset in their opening game on their previous finals appearance.

• That was in 2004 when Belarus beat eventual champions Italy 2-1 through an Aleksandr Hleb winning goal, albeit before subsequently missing out on a semi-final place. The eastern Europeans booked a return to the finals by bettering Turkey 2-1 on aggregate in a qualifying play-off.

uefa.com-UEFA European U-21 C'ship-Fixtures & Results-Match Specific

[MickeyPaul]

All the games being streamed live on the UEFA site incidentally if you're interested:

uefa.com-UEFA European U-21 C'ship-News & Features-News specific

Here's how Scotland did against Finland in qualifying which may be of use:

Finland 3 v 2 Scotland http://www.uefa.com/competitions/und...274/index.html
Scotland 2 v 1 Finland http://www.uefa.com/competitions/und...260/index.html

And the rest are here: http://www.uefa.com/competitions/und...042/index.html

[MickeyPaul]

An interesting stat I meant to bring up earlier is that England only conceded 1 goal in qualifying (before the play-off with Wales that is). Strong squad they have by the looks of it. Anyone think they may even be in with a shout of winning outright? Here's the qualifying results anyway:

Play-off for Final Tournament
10.10.2008 v Wales (A) 3-2
14.10.2008 v Wales (H) 2-2

Qualifying round
07.09.2007 v Montenegro (A) 3-0
11.09.2007 v Bulgaria (A) 2-0
12.10.2007 v Montenegro (H) 1-0
16.10.2007 v Republic of Ireland (A) 3-0
16.11.2007 v Bulgaria (H) 2-0
20.11.2007 v Portugal (A) 1-1
05.02.2008 v Republic of Ireland (H) 3-0
05.09.2008 v Portugal (H) 2-0

I can't believe I'm supporting England. Keemanan will probably pop up to laugh at me.

[MickeyPaul]

Finland missing their first-choice keeper I'm reading. Not sure what like his replacement is.

[MickeyPaul]

England -1 is odds on most places now but 2.10 available @ bluesq if anyone is into it. They certainly look capable on paper huh? I suppose Finland have a few goals in them so it's not one to be getting too excited about. Errrr.... come on England. Do it for Babs.


"Ooooo last minute penalty... saucy."

[OriginalResonance]

Pretty straightforward, if you ask me. Spain to emerge victorious against the Germans by one goal to nil, perhaps. I couldn't be sure of the exact score unless I've full knowledge of all 22 players in the match.

[OriginalResonance]

And I reckon England to win 3-1 tonight.

[MickeyPaul]

Here's hoping Reso. Will cheer me up a bit after Brazil's shocking collapse against Egypt there.

[MickeyPaul]

Can anyone point me to where the fuck this game is being streamed on the UEFA site? They're simply taking me to a fucking sky sports TV guide.

[MickeyPaul]

Found a pretty poor one here: IraqGoals Channel 1 Live! - IraqGoals.net

England look absolutely shit.

[edinlichtie]

(edit : komp - dont watch england live)