England U21 v Ukraine U21 betting tips - Easy win for the Three Lions? Visit Save For Later Posted by Bettingpro Staff 15 Jun 2011 Tweet Related Articles See all AFL news Share it Pin It England should have no problems beating Ukraine, who look very week without captain Taras StepanenkoUkraineTaras Stepanenko, Ukraine's captain, has been ruled out of the tournament by the groin injury he aggravated in his country's defeat to the Czech Republic on Sunday. The right-back Yaroslav Rakitskiy could take Stepanenko's armband and his place as a deep-lying midfielder.Despite a free-flowing first half with the Czechs, Ukraine's most touted attackers, Yevhen Konoplyanka and Andriy Yarmolenko, were disappointing. Maxym Biliy came off the bench, looked creative and scored. He should start this time.EnglandEngland's defensive unit kept its shape well against Spain and the individuals within it should now keep their places against Ukraine. The rest of the team cannot be so confident of getting another chance.Stuart Pearce withdrew his captain, Michael Mancienne, from the Spain match with almost half an hour still left. Mancienne's replacement as a holding midfielder, Jack Rodwell, looked much sharper than the converted defender and might be asked to play from the start against Ukraine. One of the Manchester United centre-halves, Chris Smalling and Phil Jones, would probably then be given the captain's armband.Match OddsUkraine beat England 2-1 in the final of the Under-19 European Championships a couple of years. Three Ukrainians and five Englishmen who started that match are now in Denmark. This time, Ukraine do not have home advantage and England are 1.83 favourites on betfair.Without the quick-passing Stepanenko to give the forwards head starts on the counter-attack, Ukraine could struggle to break through an English defence that looks as physically mature and well organised as its Czech counterpart.At the other end, England's dashing right-back, Kyle Walker, and perhaps a dashing midfielder - if Pearce dares pick Marc Albrighton - will threaten a Ukrainian back four that looked like it might be error-prone.England are the pick.Over/Under GoalsBoth teams scored in each of these teams' opening games. That doesn't often happen so early in tournaments. England will have more of the ball than they did against Spain and if Pearce were to play a 4-3-3 with all of Daniel Sturridge, Danny Welbeck and Scott Sinclair, his attack would be potent and his midfield outnumbered. In this case, Over 2.5 Goals would be too long at 2.12.Best Bet: Back England U21 @ 1.83 betfair Like Like Post to wall 445 Reads All AFL News Recent AFL Articles Mitchell Golby second favourite for AFL Rising Star Awards22 May 2012After being nominated as the Round 8 Rising Star, Brisbane’s Mitchell Golby looms as a smokey to wi Coleman Medal Winner odds: Lance Franklin hot favourite to win Medal17 May 2012The latest Coleman Medal Winner odds suggest Taylor Walker’s suspension means he’s unlikely to win Collingwood Magpies v Geelong Cats betting tips: Big gamble on the Pies17 May 2012Collingwood Magpies face Geelong Cats on Friday, with Sportsbet.com.au reporting a flood of bets fo AFL Premiership Round 8 betting: bookies can’t split Collingwood and Geelong15 May 2012The AFL Premiership has reached Round 8, with Collingwood and Geelong set for a close encounter on Brownlow Medal Winner odds: Scott Pendlebury favourite for Brownlow Medal15 May 2012The 2012 Brownlow Medal looks a wide open contest, with Scott Pendlebury, Marc Murphy and Dane Swan AFL Wooden Spoon betting - GWS Giants favourites to win14 May 2012Despite winning their first game, the GWS Giants are still favourites to win the wooden spoon, drif More Stories Recent Articles London 2012 Olympic Games - Ryan Giggs wants Team GB role with David Beckham22 May 2012Ryan Giggs has expressed his desire to link up with former Manchester United team-mate David Beckha Crowne Plaza Invitational tips - 28/1 Bo Van Pelt the best bet at Colonial22 May 2012Bo Van Pelt can give his regular backers their first return of the year in the Crowne Plaza Invitat BMW PGA Championship tips - 33/1 Ernie Els set for overdue Wentworth win22 May 2012Ernie Els can finally gain the big victory his form this year deserves by winning the BMW PGA Champ BMW Championship Betting – Big names headed to Wentworth22 May 2012Fourteen Major winners feature in a strong line-up for this week’s BMW Championship. Crowne Plaza Invitational Betting – Furyk aiming to end PGA Tour title drought22 May 2012The 2012 PGA Tour continues this week with the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. Barcelona v Athletic Bilbao – Copa Del Rey Final Preview22 May 2012The Pep Guardiola era at Barcelona will come to an end with the Copa Del Rey Final against Athletic More Stories Tags Betfair, England, England U21 V Ukraine U21 Betting Tips, European Under-21 Championships, Ukraine
