England vs Iceland: The Icemen cometh and England are hot favourites to secure quarter final spot

England will play Iceland in the knockout stages
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Alex Constantinou26 June 2016

Time will tell whether England dodged a bullet when they landed a match against Iceland in the last 16 of the Euros but the bookmakers suggest they should make the quarter-finals.

Iceland scored a late winner in their final group game to set up the clash and in doing so England managed to avoid a showdown with Portugal and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Roy Hodgson’s side are 8-11 with BetVictor to win the clash in 90 minutes. Iceland, who progressed to the knock-out stage as runners-up in a group which also contained Hungary and Austria, are 7-1 to win and the draw is 14-5.

Harry Kane is yet to fire at the Euros but he is the 15-4 favourite to break the deadlock and 6-4 to score at any time. He is also priced at 5s to be England’s top scorer at the tournament (Eric Dier, Jamie Vardy and Daniel Sturridge currently share the lead on one goal each).

England have scored just three goals is as many games so far in the tournament and less than two goals in the game against Iceland is 29-20 (90 minutes only).

While Hodgson’s men are strong favourites to reach the last eight, BetVictor believe they will not get any further. You can get evens on a quarter-final exit – England would play either hosts France or the Republic of Ireland - and it is 7-2 on the Three Lions being dumped out of the competition in the semis.

Wales are also expected to join England in the quarter-finals. They are 4-9 to qualify at the expense of Northern Ireland, who can be backed at 13-8. Welsh wizard Gareth Bale is 9-2 to score the most goals at the Euros – he is currently the joint top scorer with three – and can be backed at 12-1 to score against the Irish before the game clock hits 14.59. Elsewhere, the Republic of Ireland are 31-10 to send their match against hosts France into extra-time.

England are 9-1 fifth favourites to win the Euros. France head the market at 4-1, followed by Germany (9-2) and Spain (11-2).

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