Euro 2021 Betting: Name the finalists

With Euro 2021 just around the corner, we’ve taken a look at the ‘name the finalists’ market in the hope that we can snaffle out some value based on potential routes to the quarter-finals for the teams involved.

France & Germany - 20/1

World Cup holders France are joint-favourites alongside England to win Euro 2021 with several bookmakers (5/1), and it’s certainly hard to look past them going the distance given their strength in depth and experience at major tournaments. 

Les Bleus have been placed in the trickiest group alongside Portugal, Germany and Hungary, but I still feel confident in them qualifying as group winners. If they do, their opponent for the quarter-final would be the best third-placed side from Group’s A, B or C - each of which you’d fancy them to beat. 

Germany’s route to the quarters would be trickier, should they finish as runners-up in Group F like many predict them to. Joachim Low’s side would most likely face either England or Croatia in the last-16 (Group D winners), but with their record against the Three Lions in recent history considered, could feasibly find some joy against Gareth Soutgate’s men. You’d certainly back them to overcome Croatia if they were to win Group D. 

England & Belgium - 22/1

Belgium have never won the Euros but this summer they are tipped to go far in the competition. Their potential route to the quarter-final would see them face one of the best-performing third-placed sides from Group’s A, D, E or F. 

Much like France, you would back Roberto Martinez’s side to beat the majority of those teams, though they will want to avoid meeting the third-placed nation from Group F - likely to be either Portugal or Germany.

England would actually be much better placed if they finished as runners-up in Group D. That way, they’d go up against the runners-up from Group E in the last-16, which is likely to be either one of Sweden, Poland or Slovakia - three countries you’d feel (quietly) confident in them defeating. 

Finish as winners, though, and the job in hand becomes a lot harder, with the runners-up of Group F to contend with - likely to be either Germany, Portugal or France. Indeed, if you want to win the tournament then you have to face the best sides at some point, and with such a talented squad at Southgate’s disposal, many believe that this summer may finally be the one where the potential success becomes a reality. 

Both Belgium and England have two of the most feared attack’s present at Euro 2021, so it would be one hell of a final to see them lock horns on July 11.

Netherlands & Portugal - 33/1

Bit of a bigger price, this one, but if the Netherlands and Portugal can avoid each other in the last-16 (should they both qualify), the two could viably end up meeting each other in the final. 

Portugal’s strength in depth has been well documented ahead of this summer’s tournament and with such a plethora of talent it would come as no surprise to see them challenge France and Germany for top spot in Group F, and we all know what happens when Portugal meet England in the knockout phase of a major tournament...

The Netherlands will face the best third-placed team from Group D, E or F should they win Group C as predicted but if they finish as runners-up, they would play the winner of Group A - likely to be Italy, which would be a fantastic game for the neutral. 

Avoiding a clash with the third-placed team from Group F would be ideal, and if they can do it, the Dutch stand as good a chance as any in reaching their first European Championship final since 1988.