Any early shocks? Sutton's Euro 2024 predictions - opening group games

BBC Sport shot master Chris Sutton is predicting nan result of each 51 games astatine Euro 2024.

He starts pinch nan first matches successful each group, including nan tourney opener betwixt hosts Germany and Scotland, holders Italy against Albania and England versus Serbia.

Do you work together pinch his forecasts? You tin make your ain predictions below.

Sutton is besides picking nan bid he thinks each of nan six groups will decorativeness in.

He is backing France to triumph nan European Championship, believes England will suffer to them successful nan semi-finals, and thinks Scotland will not get retired of their group.

Munich / Friday, 14 June / 20:00 BST

I americium this crippled for BBC Radio 5 Live and I americium not judge what to expect from Germany.

There is still an anticipation astir them astatine this tourney because they are nan hosts, but I don't consciousness location is immoderate arrogance aliases belief from their fans that they are going to triumph these Euros.

A tie would beryllium a disaster for them, and that is not being disrespectful to Scotland. What I mean is that Germany are hopeless to get disconnected to a flying start, for illustration they did erstwhile they were nan location broadside astatine nan 2006 World Cup, to get nan state down them.

I person a emotion Germany will get complete nan statement here, but I deliberation it mightiness beryllium a struggle. People will look astatine Scotland's caller tally of 1 triumph successful 9 games, but Steve Clarke took connected immoderate difficult friendlies for a reason, to trial his team. I really for illustration that mindset, moreover if they ended up losing to France, nan Netherlands and England.

In qualifying they were brilliant, but injuries mean they person sewage a fewer decisions to make. Up front, for example, do they spell pinch Che Adams aliases Lawrence Shankland? Adams is simply a amended all-round centre-forward but Shankland is simply a lethal finisher.

Scotland person immoderate issues astatine nan backmost too. They are beardown successful midfield, wherever their players person each had bully seasons, but they will person to beryllium brave connected nan shot and return chances erstwhile they travel around.

If they do that, you ne'er know, but it is going to beryllium very difficult for them to get thing retired of this crippled aliases get retired of this group.

Sutton's prediction: 2-0

Cologne / Saturday, 15 June / 14:00

There are a batch of teams who are overmuch of a muchness successful this tournament, and each of them person nan imaginable to make decent advancement if things autumn for them.

Switzerland possibly are not nan squad they were a fewer years back, and they flattered to deceive astatine times successful qualifying, but they are still battle-hardened and streetwise.

Granit Xhaka and Xherdan Shaqiri cognize really to get retired of a group, because they person done it connected a regular basis, but possibly this squad are connected a spot of a decline?

Hungary are decidedly worthy keeping an oculus on, though. They person taken a large scalp aliases 2 successful caller years, including beating England astatine Wembley, and Marco Rossi has built a formidable team.

They are defensively beardown and do not springiness galore chances distant but we cognize what a immense talent Dominik Szoboszlai is, and on pinch Barnabas Varga, he intends they transportation a threat too.

Sutton's prediction: 1-1

Berlin / Saturday, 15 June / 17:00

Everyone is expecting Albania to decorativeness bottommost of this group but could this beryllium a tourney excessively acold for an ageing Croatia team? They person stacks of value successful midfield, but will they person nan legs they request too?

Spain's head Luis de la Fuente has won nan Euros successful nan Under-18 and Under-19 property groups but this is evidently a overmuch bigger ask.

I spot Spain arsenic being dangerous, peculiarly because if things spell to scheme for them, they will beryllium successful nan other broadside of nan tie to France and England travel nan knockout phase. They should make a winning commencement here.

Sutton's prediction: 2-1

Dortmund / Saturday, 15 June / 20:00

Italy caput coach Luciano Spalletti has banned his players from utilizing Playstations during nan Euros, truthful he is already my head of nan tournament, sloppy of really they get on.

They amazed america by winning nan past Euros, but it would beryllium beautiful singular if they ended up going back-to-back. They will beryllium good organised, of course, and they person sewage immoderate talented players pinch a large power from Inter Milan - location are 5 players from nan Serie A champions successful his squad.

I sewage immoderate instrumentality connected nan Monday Night Club for saying Albania were 1 of my acheronian horses - I've sewage excessively galore of those, apparently - but you cannot return them lightly.

Albania won their qualifying group and play rather nonstop football. They person a wont of scoring spectacular goals and will person thing to suffer against nan holders, truthful this will not beryllium a stroll for Italy.

Sutton's prediction: 1-1

Stuttgart / Sunday, 16 June / 17:00

I americium not judge Denmark will make an effect successful Germany, because they were truthful mediocre astatine nan 2022 World Cup.

I deliberation nan Danes person made a large correction not picking Matt O'Riley, nan Celtic midfielder. People tin position Scottish shot really they for illustration but he had a phenomenal play successful nan Premiership and he would person been a amended stake than immoderate of nan players who were included successful nan mediate of nan park.

O'Riley is very creative. I get why Christian Eriksen is truthful highly thought of but location is ever a clip to move on. Eriksen whitethorn beryllium astatine Manchester United, but I would person gone for O'Riley this time.

All eyes will beryllium connected Slovenia striker Benjamin Sesko aft his shape for Bayer Leverkusen, but I reckon some teams will tie a blank here.

Sutton's prediction: 0-0

Gelsenkirchen / Sunday, 16 June / 20:00

Serbia person sewage immoderate talented attackers, but I americium expecting England to person excessively overmuch firepower for them, and to commencement their Euros pinch a cleanable sheet.

I for illustration what England leader Gareth Southgate has done this time. He has done things a small spot otherwise to erstwhile tournaments and picked his squad based connected form.

I'm a instrumentality of that approach, but now he has to play nan players he has picked. I want him to find a spot successful nan squad for Phil Foden and Cole Palmer, truthful let's dream we spot that here.

I've predicted England will get to nan semi-finals, wherever they will suffer to France. I dream I americium wrong, but that's nan measurement nan tie pans retired if some teams triumph their group and support progressing, and that's nan measurement I spot it ending up.

Sutton's prediction: 0-2

Hamburg / Sunday, 16 June / 14:00

The Netherlands are different squad who could make a existent scatter astatine this tournament.

They are missing Frenkie de Jong, who misses nan tourney done wounded and who usually knits nan squad together well, but they should still spell acold without him.

Poland are an ageing squad who only conscionable made it to Germany. They will beryllium without Robert Lewandowski to lead their onslaught successful this crippled but I don't deliberation it would make overmuch quality moreover if he was fit.

Sutton's prediction: 1-2

Dusseldorf / Monday, 17 June / 20:00

I prime France to triumph each tourney - it's boring, I know, but they are usually favourites for a reason.

I stayed successful nan aforesaid edifice arsenic France leader Didier Deschamps erstwhile we joined Chelsea astatine nan aforesaid clip successful 1999 and I taught him everything he knows. He's gone connected to triumph nan World Cup arsenic a head and I deliberation you person to put a batch of that down to me.

A fewer group fancy Austria to person a bully tally astatine these Euros nether Ralf Rangnick, who has done a superb occupation aft being laughed retired of Old Trafford.

They will person to get retired of this group first, and moreover if they play good against France, we cognize Deschamps' broadside ever find a measurement to triumph - well, astir of nan time, anyway. They are talented and they conscionable do enough, which is simply a marvellous wont to have.

Sutton's prediction: 1-2

Munich / Monday, 17 June / 14:00

Romania had a bully qualifying run and topped their group without losing, and only conceded 5 goals successful 10 games. They are astir apt going to support things tight present too.

Along pinch Slovakia, some of these teams are astir apt eyeing 2nd spot successful nan group down Belgium.

It is apt to beryllium a very cagey crippled each information and it has sewage a tie written each complete it.

Sutton's prediction: 1-1

Frankfurt / Monday, 17 June / 17:00

I will beryllium astatine this crippled for Radio 5 Live and I don't expect Belgium to person things each their ain way.

They are different squad pinch immoderate fantabulous players who don't afloat person me.

For starters, I really don't understand Belgium leader Domenico Tedesco's determination to time off goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois retired of his squad, and that already looks for illustration a immense error.

In attack, Romelu Lukaku is simply a big-game subordinate and we cognize really overmuch of a threat Jeremy Doku is down nan left, but my main interest is astir them is astatine nan backmost wherever they still trust connected Jan Vertonghen.

Slovakia's only defeats successful qualifying some came against Portugal, and by nan overseas extremity connected some occasions, truthful they will not rotation over. If they tin support things close, they mightiness moreover get something.

Sutton's prediction: 2-1

Dortmund / Tuesday, 18 June / 17:00

Turkey look to beryllium a batch of people's prime arsenic a astonishment package but it was nan aforesaid astatine Euro 2020, and they mislaid each their group games.

They should do a spot amended this time. Hakan Calhanoglu brings acquisition and teen Arda Guler was awesome erstwhile he collapsed into nan Real Madrid team.

Georgia are nan lowest-ranked squad astatine nan Euros, and I don't spot them getting retired of nan group. I americium a romanticist astatine bosom though, and this is their first crippled astatine a awesome finals truthful I americium backing them to get a draw.

Sutton's prediction: 1-1

Leipzig / Tuesday, 18 June / 20:00

Who is nan existent head of Portugal - is it Roberto Martinez aliases Cristiano Ronaldo?

That could beryllium their biggest problem, because they person sewage capable value to spell a agelong measurement astatine this tournament. In contrast, nan Czech Republic's purpose is conscionable to get retired of this group.

Everyone remembers Patrik Schick's stunning long-range extremity against Scotland astatine nan past Euros, and they could do pinch him bagging a mates of them present too, because Portugal should person excessively overmuch for them.

Sutton's prediction: 2-0