England vs Australia Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 13th October 2023

England bid welcome to the Socceroos from Australia, when the pair go toe-to-toe in a Friendlies match Friday evening at Wembley.

England beat Australia by 2-1 in their most recent match, while Australia claimed a 3-1 win in the match prior to that. However, this is the first time since the England win in 2016 they face each other, while the win for Australia came back in 2003.

England scored 2.2 goals on average in their past ten matches, hitting the target 22 times. They conceded two goals, an average of 0.2 and pulled off eight clean sheets.

Australia travel to their next away match on Friday having performed a tolerable average of 1.9 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 19 goals, whilst shipping nine goals against. An average of 0.9 goals against a game. They hung on to four clean sheets in this streak.

There’s a recall to the Three Lions squad for in-form attackers Jarrod Bowen and Ollie Watkins, with both players involved for the first time since 2022.

Defender John Stones is back in the group, after missing the September matches against Ukraine and Scotland through injury. He saw his first bit of action for Manchester City this season when coming on as a sub against Arsenal. 

The match serves as preparation for the far more important game against Italy with a ticket for the Euro 2024 in Germany at stake. England have won their last 11 friendlies on the bounce. 

England vs Australia Prediction

England Form

England are unbeaten in their last three matches, first beating North Macedonia 7-0, and then drawing 1-1 with Ukraine. They were back as winners when they defeated Scotland 1-3. England took six wins in their last six friendlies matches on home soil, as they scored 13 and let in one goal.

Australia Form

In their previous three games, Australia lost 1-2 and 2-0 against Ecuador and Argentina, respectively, before drawing 2-2 with Mexico. Australia won three of a possible six away matches in the Friendlies, as well as playing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored 13 while also conceding five times.

We expect England to make home advantage count but equally, we do not expect a festival of goals against Australia. Hence, our punt on the home win in a match with no more than three goals.

England vs Australia Team News

At the time of writing, England have four players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Australia this coming Friday.

Bukayo Saka, Harry Maguire, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Jack Grealish are missing from the squad, England will field against Australiathis coming Friday.

When Australia face England at Wembley, only one of their players is not available for selection.

Gianni Stensness nurses an injury and won't be travelling with Australia.

England vs Australia H2H

England beat Australia by 2-1 in their most recent match, while Australia claimed a 3-1 win in the match prior to that.

England vs Australia Results

The scenario of both teams to score came out twice in the last two matches between England and Australia.

England vs Australia Betting Tips

Harry Kane has six strikes in six Friendlies matches for England, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with Australia.

England claimed five wins in the previous 10 matches at home across all tournaments, as well as drawing three and losing two. Australia won three of their last 10 away games, as they also drew three and lost four of these matches. It is a little hit-and-miss, whether home matches for England go over or under 2.5 goals. Over 2.5 happened six times in their last 10 at Wembley. It came out six times in 10 league matches away for Australia.

Over 2.5 goals happened two times in the past two encounters between England and Australia, with England scoring 1.5 goals on average per game. Australia averaged two goals, while both teams scored two times. England performed an average of 2.6 goals a game in their previous ten matches in which over 2.5 goals came out seven times. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Australia's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.3 goals in these matches.