On Sunday, December 5, the match of the 1/8 finals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup between the national teams of Senegal and England will take place. The game will take place at the Al-Bayt Stadium in El-Khaur (Qatar). The starting whistle will sound at 21:00 Kyiv time.
England
Of course, England is the favorite in this fight. The British performed well in the group stage, taking first place and losing points only in the match against the USA. Before the start of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, there were questions about attacking, but England scored 9 goals in two matches (With USA 0-0) and showed that even if Gary Kane does not score, there are other players who are able to hit the opponent’s goal . The ever-promising and unstable Marcus Rashford, by the way, pleasantly surprises at this Mundial.
By the way, at the expense of defense, Harry Maguire doesn’t fail so often anymore, and the age-old Luke Shaw plays well on the left flank. In addition, Rice plays almost perfectly as a defensive midfielder. There is only one problem – when will Kane start scoring? After all, it is on him that all hopes are in attack, no matter how Rashford, Foden and Grealish show themselves. They are young and not world-class players, not top forwards. It’s time for Kane to jump in and lead the team. Senegal is a very mediocre team, you need to go through this calmly and in your thoughts already be in the 1/4 finals.
Senegal
Senegal was lucky with the group. After all, apart from the Netherlands, there was no one there: Ecuador and Qatar are weak. But we must admit that even without Sadio Mane, the Senegalese attack well and create something. The only question is, will it be possible to do it against the European team? After all, it was not possible to score against the Netherlands …
Defense, by the way, the team is not bad. If Kane continues his no-scoring trend and the younger players start to crumble, Koulibaly, Diallo and Mendy should be able to keep a clean sheet. England must be taken on counterattacks and hoped for a supply from Maguire. Yes, and as it was said out, Shaw is no longer young. It will be almost impossible to get past Walker, so you need to build your attack through the right flank and just run across and roll up the defense. Something, but the speed of the African team does not hold.
Estimated compositions
England: Jordan Pickford – John Stones, Harry Maguire, Kyle Walker, Luke Shaw – Declan Rice – Mason Mount, Jude Bellingham – Phil Foden, Marcus Rashford, Harry Kane.
Senegal: Edouard Mendy – Kalidou Coulibaly, Yussouf Sabali, Ismail Jacobs, Abdu Diallo – Pate Ciss – Papa Guye, Nampalis Mendy – Ismaila Sarr, Boulaye Dia, Iliman Ndiaye.
Forecast
Kane is bound to score soon. Yes, and the attack in England looks menacing. Our bet will be England’s individual total over 1.5 at odds of 1.87.
England – Senegal
El-Hawr. Al Bait. 21:00 TV broadcast – Suspilne Forecast Aroged – 2:0
