Slovakia v Spain Cheat Sheet

Few punters would have predicted that Slovakia would find themselves a point ahead of Spain heading into the final round of group stage fixtures. Sweden currently find themselves top of Group E on four points, with Slovakia second on three points. Spain are third on two points after failing to beat both Sweden and Poland, who find themselves bottom of the group on just one point.
Sergio Busquets is available for selection after returning from testing positive for Covid-19 and may go straight back into the heart of the Spanish midfield. Gerard Moreno missed a penalty for Spain against Poland and may drop to the bench for this one with Manchester City’s Ferran Torres set to start from the off.
Spain have been pretty hopeless in front of goal and need a result here to guarantee themselves a place in the last 16 of the tournament.


Stand out stats
No player has registered more shots on target at Euro 2021 for Spain than Red Bull Leipzig’s Dani Olmo who leads the way for Luis Enrique’s side with three, alongside Alvaro Moratra. Olmo registered two shots on target against Sweden and one against Poland and is certainly one to consider to add to your bet builders in the shots markets.
Ferran Torres has scored 19 goals in 47 appearances for club and country since the start of last season. With there being such an emphasis on Spain needing to score goals against Slovakia, Torres looks a suitable candidate to back in the anytime scorer market, with quotes of 8/5 on offer from Unibet on a price that looks like it could shorten off the back of team news and Torres being a confirmed starter.
Spain have averaged 812 passes per game at Euro 2021, the most of any side in the tournament, with the next highest being Belgium on 656 per game. With this in mind, it’s highly likely that Slovakia will not see much of the ball, but one player who has registered 2+ shots in both group games so far is midfielder Juraj Kucka. The midfielder who plays in Italy let off three shots against Poland in Slovakia’s opening game win and followed that up with two against Sweden.
The referee in charge

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