Football Prediction
England face Bosnia & Herzegovina in the first of their friendly matches before the focus shifts to Euro 2024.
Gareth Southgate’s side will also take on Iceland ahead of this summer’s tournament in Germany, which gets underway for the Three Lions against Serbia on June 16. They will then face Denmark and Slovenia to complete their Group C campaign.
These matches present the final chance for the England players to impress, particularly those on the fringes of the group and hoping to secure a place in the 26-man squad for the tournament. Bosnia & Herzegovina will not be at Euro 2024 after they were beaten in a play-off semi-final by Ukraine earlier this year.
H2H / Stats
This will be the first match between the two nations at senior level.
Team News
Jude Bellingham will not feature for England, due to his involvement in the Champions League final this weekend, and Luke Shaw and Harry Maguire are set to miss out as they continue to battle injury issues. Crystal Palace duo Adam Wharton and Eberechi Eze will hope to get their chance to impress, while it be interesting to see if Ivan Toney and Ollie Watkins play, with it unlikely that both will be picked for the final Euro 2024 squad.
Kieran Trippier is likely to fill in at left-back, with Shaw out, and Marc Guehi, Jarrad Branthwaite and Ezri Konsa are among those pushing to start. John Stones and Jack Grealish are unlikely to be involved, having joined up late due to last week’s FA Cup final.
Meanwhile, Bosnia boss Sergej Barbarez – taking charge of his first game for the national team – has called up a plethora of uncapped troops, but there is still a place in the ranks for captain Edin Dzeko, the all-time leading appearance maker and record scorer for his nation. The 38-year-old is primed to win cap number 153 for the national team on Monday, but Bosnia have lost ex-Arsenal and current Atalanta BC defender Sead Kolasinac to injury.
In addition, 34-year-old Ermin Bicakcic – the most experienced defender in the visitors’ ranks – missed the final weekend of the 2. Bundesliga season with Eintracht Braunschweig due to an ankle concern and should not be seen at St James’ Park either.
Probable Line-Up
England XI: Pickford (GK), Walker, Stones, Guehi, Trippier, Alexander-Arnold, Rice, Gallagher, Saka, Watkins, Foden
Bosnia-Herzegovina XI: Vasilj (GK), Ahmedhodzic, Hadzikadunic, Mujakic, Gazibegovic, Krunic, Tahirovic, Omerovic, Hajradinovic; Demirovic, Dzeko
Verdict
Even though Southgate may tinker with his England team both before and during Monday’s friendly, the incentive for fringe players to stake a Euro 2024 claim is enough motivation to see off an out-of-sorts Bosnia side.
Bet on England Win
Reason: Any new manager bounce that the visitors’ experience under Barbarez should count for naught, as Southgate’s men get off the mark for 2024 at the third time of asking.
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Over 2.5 Goals
Reason: Dragons have to go back to June 2018 for the last time that they won a friendly game away from home – failing to score in each of their last four and losing three on the bounce – statistics which serve as another reason for pessimism before a first-ever showdown with England.
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