In yesterday's Day Two preview we landed all three of our predictions. In the opening game, we had Switzerland to win at 19/20 which was no doubt helped by Lorik Cana's 36th minute red card; whilst in the other game between Wales and Slovakia, we correctly called Gareth Bale anytime scorer (8/5) and Wales or Draw Double Chance (4/9). Let's get in to Day Three then..
Bizarrely, the opening game of the day is a Group D clash between Turkey and Croatia at the Parc Des Princes. This game is the hardest to call of the day. Croatia's star men Luka Modric, Ivan Rakitic and Mario Mandzukic go head-to-head with Turkey's Arda Turan, Hakan Calhanoglu and Burak Yilmaz.
As I personally can't pick a winner in this, I'd go for The Draw at 23/10 as my best bet. Turkey and Croatia were both very good in qualifying, picking up 18 and 20 points from a possible 30 respectively, so expect a close game.
Group C then gets underway in the game after Group D, as Poland 'host' Northern Ireland in Nice. Coming in to the tournament, Northern Ireland are on really good form. The Green And White Army are unbeaten in 445 days, a run involving 12 games. Poland, on the other hand, lost to Netherlands and drew with Lithuania in their warm-up games but won five straight before that - including victories over Euro 2016 sides Czech Republic, Iceland and Ireland.
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My value bet for this game is undoubtedly Robert Lewandowsi to score anytime at 20/21. The Bayern Munich forward top scored with 13 goals in qualifying, as well as scoring 42 goals in 47 games for his club. I'm also taking Poland to win at 20/27. In my opinion, Poland are the much better side and hopefully their quality shines through.
In the final game of the day, Germany and Ukraine meet at the Stade-Pierre Mauroy just outside of Lille. Die Mannschaft will be hoping to enhance their 2014 World Cup triumph with a victory at Euro 2016 and they have a really good chance of doing so. The German squad has absolute bags of talent and should definitely get their campaign off to a flyer against what I see to be the weakest side in Group C, Ukraine.
For this game I'd recommend taking Germany to win and Over 2.5 goals at 6/5. 3 or more goals have been scored in 8 of Germany's last 11, with Die Mannschaft winning 6 of those 11 games. The last time these two sides met competitively, Germany won 4-1 too.
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Also at 11/1, this treble is an absolute steal. Mandzukic was the top scorer at Euro 2012, Lewandowski was the top scorer in qualifying and Muller was the second top scorer at the 2014 World Cup with 5 goals...
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