Euro 2020 odds: England tournament favourites after Scotland set up Wembley clash
With the draw for Euro 2020 now complete, England have been priced as favourites to win next summer's delayed tournament.
While England were cruising to a 3-0 friendly victory of the Republic of Ireland, Scotland were securing their place at next summer’s rescheduled finals with a dramatic penalty shoot-out win in Serbia.
Steve Clarke’s side ended a 22-year wait to qualify for a major tournament and will now join the Three Lions in Group D – with a Wembley clash between the pair slated for June 18.
Unsurprisingly, with all of England's matches scheduled to be played at Wembley, and the group completed by Croatia and the Czech Republic, they are 2/5 to finish top; Scotland are as big as 66/1.
Perhaps more of a surprise though is Gareth Southgate's men being favourites to win the whole thing – at 9/2 they're even shorter than the world's number one team, Belgium.
Euro 2020 winner odds
- England - 9/2
- Belgium - 5/1
- France - 11/2
- Germany, Netherlands - 7/1
- Spain - 8/1
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Odds correct at 11:00 GMT (13/11/20)
Home advantage, not only in the group stage but in the semi-finals and final should England get to that stage, seems to be playing a strong role in the odds.
The Three Lions' run to the last four of both the 2018 World Cup and last year's inaugural Nations League has shown their credentials as a top side under Southgate.
Combine those two factors with the recent win over Belgium at Wembley and there is a growing feeling among bookmakers that this could be the first English team to triumph at a major tournament since 1966.
Luckily for Southgate though, Scotland's triumph over Serbia led to other, more inevitable questions being fired at him, following his own side's impressive win against the Republic.
The former England defender was part of the Terry Venables-coached team that reached the semi-finals on home soil at Euro '96, beating Scotland in the group stage back then too.
Their clash with the auld enemy in seven months' time will be the teams' first meeting since a dramatic 2-2 draw at Hampden Park in a World Cup qualifier in 2017.
“We all know what those sort of occasions are like. We just hope the fans are there to see it," said Southgate.
“I would like to congratulate Steve Clarke and his squad and it will be a great occasion and my hope is that we will have a full house at Wembley to see it.
“It’s been such a difficult time for everyone in the country and I just hope it will give everyone something to look forward to because these games are great occasions.”
Odds correct at 1200 GMT (13/11/20)
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