Spain vs England: Euro U-21 Prediction (22.06.2025)

In the early hours of Sunday, June 22 at 02:00 WIB, the Spain and England U-21 national teams will face off at the Anton Malatinsky Stadium in Trnava in the quarterfinal match of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Spain finished top of Group A, ahead of Italy thanks to a higher number of goals scored. England secured second place in Group B, five points behind Germany.

Based on the group stage results, bookmakers slightly favor the young Spanish side. A win for “La Rojita” in regular time is priced at 2.20, a draw at 3.30, and a win for the “Young Lions” at 3.38. The over 2.5 goals market is valued at 2.06, indicating that analysts do not expect a particularly high-scoring match. The odds for both teams to score are set at 1.81.

Spain

Santi Denia’s team scored in every group stage match. However, “La Rojita” had the lowest goal tally among all group winners. This could be due to the quality of their opponents, as Spain’s attacking line features young talents such as Diego López (Valencia), Mateo Joseph (Leeds), Alberto Moleiro (Las Palmas), and Jesús Rodríguez (Real Betis).

One issue may be the abundance of attacking midfielders. Santi Denia almost completely changed his attacking lineup between the matches against Romania and Italy. In such circumstances, the lack of chemistry among players from different clubs could be a factor. Still, Spain’s overall attacking potential remains very high.

England

In the match against Germany, Lee Carsley’s side struggled on the right flank of defense during the first 30 minutes, which allowed the Germans to score twice. After that, England played more cohesively and dominated the statistics, but only managed to score once.

That game revealed that the “Young Lions” still have defensive coordination issues. However, they have enough attacking strength to break through even strong opponents within a single half.

Stats and Head-to-Head Record

At the previous Euro U-21 in 2023, these teams met in the final. England scored the only goal of the match late in the first half. In a friendly last year between their youth teams, the game ended in a goalless draw.

Prediction

Given the head-to-head history, bookmakers expect a low-scoring encounter. Taking advantage of this, a good betting option could be over 2 total goals at odds of 1.55.