Republic of Ireland vs England Bet Builder Tips: Three Lions focused 8/1 bet in Dublin

A tasty home nations Nations League clash takes centre stage at Dublin's Aviva Stadium on Saturday evening when the Republic of Ireland host England.

We've pieced together an 8/1 Bet Builder for the League B Group 2 match, courtesy of BoyleSports, who are offering new customers £40 in free bets when you sign up today.

On one hand the contrasting form of the respective countries makes it no surprise that England are the red-hot 4/9 favourites to claim the win on Saturday. The Three Lions have reached back-to-back European Championship finals and have never lost to the Republic of Ireland in Ireland. In fact, they've only been defeated twice in 17 encounters.

Meanwhile, the Republic of Ireland failed to qualify for Euro 2024 and have claimed just three wins since March 2023, two of which were against Gibraltar.

However, the build-up to Saturday's duel focuses on the two men in the dugout, making for an interesting sub-plot. Heimir Hallgrimsson will take charge of his first match since his appointment at The Boys in Green, while Lee Carsley has replaced Gareth Southgate as interim manager. New managers who will bring different ideas and fresh faces into the mix.

Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden, Cole Palmer, and Ollie Watkins may all be absent, yet it would still be a huge shock if the visitors failed to run out comfortable winners this weekend as Carsley looks to stake his claim to become the next England manager.

This leads us to the first ingredient of our four-pronged Bet Builder: an England win to nil. While we can expect changes in personnel following Hallgrimsson's appointment, there's no escaping the fact this is a daunting first game for the former Iceland boss. The Republic of Ireland have failed to find the back of the net in four of their last five matches and have lost eight of the last 13. On top of that, their Nations League record makes for grim reading: 2 wins, 6 draws, and 8 defeats.

The Three Lions will be expected to control the match as they look to avoid an early hiccup. Although the specific tactical approach of Carsley is unknown, it's worth noting that Carsley's England U21s memorably won Euro 2023 without conceding a single goal, winning all five games to nil.

Next up we're looking for Harry Kane to find the back of the net, as he so often does for club and country. England's all-time leading goalscorer may not have been at his brilliant best during the Euros, yet he still netted three times to win the Golden Boot (joint with five other players) and has enjoyed a fast start to the season at Bayern Munich with two goals in his opening three games.

With Bellingham, Palmer, and Foden unavailable, Eberechi Eze is poised to take a starting position following his impressive start to the season. In full flow, he is simply a delight to watch and his trickery, magic, and vision will no doubt cause the hosts numerous problems.

In just three games this season Eze has already had 15 shots, including five on target, and a goal, which means I've not hesitated in adding him to the Bet Builder to continue this trend by registering at least one shot on target on Saturday.

Finally, I've also added in Bukayo Saka to have at least one shot on target. The winger's early season numbers are impressive, having fired seven shots on goal in three games, and he scored in the 2-0 win over Wolves.

Combine these four picks together and we get ourselves an 8/1 Bet Builder with BoyleSports.

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