England-Russia Top Tips & In-play Offer From Bet365

With Euro 2016 kicking off later today, Bet365’s in-play offer returns as we look ahead to the best tips for England’s meeting with Russia in Marseille. 

The in-play rules are simple. Any new or existing customer can place a bet up to £50 on the game ahead of kick-off to trigger a risk-free in-play bet of the same value. Win the in-play bet and you’ll take the profit, lose and Bet365 will refund the stake to your account.  

In this week’s Euro 2016 tipster we suggest how to get the best out of Bet365’s promotion. 

Saturday - England vs Russia (Pre-match) 

There are high hopes for England ahead of Euro 2016 having come through their qualifying group unscathed. The Three Lions were the only team to win every game to secure their place in France this summer, yet while their form in competitive action was impressive, they have taken their foot off the gas somewhat since qualification was secured. 

In the subsequent seven friendlies, England may have won five, but they have kept just two clean sheets from those seven games. They certainly have the defensive quality to see out Russia on Saturday, but their resilience has been called into question of late. Indeed, both teams have scored in four of England's five friendly meetings this calendar year, with the only clean sheet in that time coming against 10-man Portugal at Wembley. 

Russia have the means to trouble England, particularly with Artem Dzyuba and Fedor Smolov - both of whom are expected to start on Saturday - having scored 35 goals between them in the Russian Premier League last season. As such, I’m liking odds of 2.50 for both teams to score in England’s Group B opener at the weekend. Should you put £50 on this, you stand to win £125.00 on Saturday. 

Saturday - England vs Russia (In-play) 

Sticking with the goals market, the odds on an anytime scorer in-play are worth exploring. While the odds on an England scorer aren't too appealing, you can do much worse than back Dzyuba to hit the back of the net. The 27-year-old will spearhead the Russia attack at Euro 2016 after a successful season for Zenit St. Petersburg. 

Six goals in the Champions League to go with his 15 in the Russian Premier League last season was a notable return, with the 6’5” frontman boasting the physical attributes to put the England defence to the sword. Dzyuba was the fourth highest goalscorer in qualifying with eight goals to add further weight to his selection to score anytime. 

With Bet365, I’m very tempted to delve the anytime market on Dzyuba, with odds before kick off on the Russian beating Joe Hart in 90 minutes at 3.75. If you use your risk free in-play bet, with a value of £50, you stand to win £187.50 should he score at those odds. If he does not, then Bet365 will refund the £50 back into your account. All in all, though, if both bets come in, you can win a maximum of £312.50. Even if England fail to secure victory, it could be a win-win weekend for the punters!