England vs Wales Prediction & Betting Tips (9 October)

It's a gala meeting for the Three Lions who still want to win to prepare for their trip to Latvia next week as part of the qualifiers for the next World Cup. The last friendly played by the English ended badly, already at home, against Senegal, losing 1-3. It is also the only defeat contracted in 2025 by the selection guided by Thomas Tuchel who won their five other meetings. In March and early June, England defeated Albania 2-0, Latvia 3-0 and Andorra 0-1. In September, the quarter-finalist of the last world championship did it again by beating Andorra 2-0 and Serbia on the road 0-5.  In September, Wales closed their rally with a defeat in a friendly match against Canada 0-1.

Before that, he had succeeded in his perilous trip to Kazakhstan as part of the World Cup qualifiers, winning 0-1. To talk about the qualifications, the Welsh are well engaged in the race for first place in fierce competition with Belgium and North Macedonia. They also beat the Kazakhs in the first leg 3-1 but also Liechtenstein at home 3-0. In Belgium, while the Welsh thought they were making a wonderful comeback, Rudi Garcia's Red Devils suffered a disgusting 4-3 defeat. Next week, Wales will play a decisive match against the same Belgium but at home. 

Having just returned from club injury, Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid) was not selected for this gathering, he will probably be back in November. Injured within the same club, Trent Alexander-Arnold was also ousted from the group as was the aging Kyle Walker (Burnley) and Livramento (Newcastle, 3 sel) present in September. Cole Palmer (Chelsea) was injured while Gallagher (Atlético Madrid) was not called up. Present in September, the new Arsenal attacker Madueke did not receive the phone call from Tuchel. Offensively, we still find scrapper Harry Kane (Bayern Munich) author of a thunderous start to the season without forgetting the resurgent Barça side, Rashford, scorer in the rout against Sevilla FC. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) is there like his club partners Eze, Declan Rice and Lewis-Skelly.

Defensively, John Stones (City), Guéhi (Crystal Palace), Reece James (Chelsea) and Konsa (Aston Villa) were called up. Three major absences to note on the Welsh side, that of goalkeeper Ward (44 caps), as well as captain Aaron Ramsey (86 caps, 21 goals) and winger Daniel James (Leeds, 59 caps, 8 goals). Present in September, Rhys Norrington-Davies (QPR, 14 sel) was not renewed. On the other hand, we find Tottenham striker Brennan Johnson (38 caps, 6 goals), his club partner Ben Davies (98 caps) and midfielders Harry Wilson (Fulham, 64 caps, 14 goals), Ethan Ampadu (Leeds, 56 caps) and David Brooks (Bournemouth, 37 caps, 5 goals).