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Sutton's predictions

Chris Bevan

BBC Sport Journalist successful Berlin

It appears Scotland and England are among nan astir unpredictable teams astatine Euro 2024.

BBC Sport shot master Chris Sutton was incorrect astir some teams successful nan 2nd information of group games successful Germany, and truthful were astir of you.

Out of much than 50,000 votes, 63% of you thought Scotland would suffer to Switzerland and 75% backed England to hit Denmark.

Sutton did get 7 results correct overall, nan aforesaid arsenic successful nan first group of games, but your people dipped from 8 to only 5 this time.

Can you and Chris do amended adjacent time? You tin make your ain predictions for nan 3rd group of group games below, including Scotland versus Hungary and England against Slovenia.

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.

GROUP A

Sutton's pre-tournament picks: Germany (winners) and Hungary (runners-up). Switzerland to decorativeness third, and Scotland fourth.

Switzerland v Germany

Frankfurt / 23 June / 20:00 BST

Germany are already through. They are connected a roll, and they will want to apical nan group.

I fishy Julian Nagelsmann will effort to support their winning tally going and prime a beardown squad here. I uncertainty he will make galore changes, if any.

Switzerland tin decorativeness supra them pinch a win, which makes this crippled interesting. They started nan tourney good against Hungary and had chances to hit Scotland too, though I thought Scotland really did okay.

Hungary caused Germany 1 aliases 2 problems defensively, and Switzerland person sewage players who tin wounded them astatine nan backmost too... but nan hosts person truthful overmuch firepower.

Jamal Musiala and Florian Wirtz person been perfectly outstanding, and Ilkay Gunodgan excessively - I americium expecting them to create capable opportunities to triumph this one.

Sutton's prediction: 1-2

Scotland v Hungary

Munich / 23 June / 20:00 BST

Hungary person mislaid some their games truthful acold but they will still consciousness they person an extracurricular chance of going done if they win.

Scotland were overmuch amended against Switzerland, and goalkeeper Angus Gunn played really well, but I americium still worried astir their defence.

I americium hoping that Scotland get a result, but I really deliberation that Hungary will hit them.

Sorry, Scotland, because I really want you to win. You’ve had nan champion fans astatine nan tourney but I conscionable deliberation you deficiency value successful definite areas.

Sutton's prediction: 1-2

GROUP B

Sutton's pre-tournament picks: Spain (winners) and Italy (runners-up). Albania to decorativeness third, and Croatia fourth.

Croatia v Italy

Leipzig / 24 June / 20:00 BST

I americium astatine this crippled for Radio 5 Live and it is simply a reliable 1 to call. Croatia were walloped by Spain, and they threw distant a triumph against Albania, who had caused them each sorts of problems.

This is an aging Croatia side, arsenic I’ve said before, but nan logic I would springiness them a spot of dream successful this crippled is that Spain perfectly annihilated Italy successful their past game.

Italy leader Luciano Spalletti said earlier they played Spain that his side’s marque of shot is nan only point that tin prevention them, but their marque was turgid successful that game. They are going to request 1 heck of an betterment to prevention them, if that’s nan way Spalletti is going down.

It's difficult to backmost either team, to beryllium honest, but I americium going to instrumentality pinch my forecast that Croatia will flop. I don’t cognize why, based connected their capacity against Spain, but I americium backing Italy.

Sutton's prediction: 0-1

Albania v Spain

Dusseldorf / 24 June / 20:00 BST

I emotion Albania's power and zest and they transportation a existent threat. They take sides heavy but, erstwhile they break, they break astatine gait – and contempt being full outsiders, they person been beautiful fearless truthful far.

Spain person already made judge of finishing apical of Group B, truthful they person earned nan correct to make changes for this game. I still fancy them to triumph it though.

The only disapproval of their capacity against Italy is that they were not ruthless enough.

Nico Williams was perfectly unthinkable successful that crippled - Giovanni di Lorenzo is simply a well-respected full-back successful world shot and he sewage perfectly ripped to shreds. He will still beryllium successful a rotation now.

Sutton's prediction: 0-2

GROUP C

Sutton's pre-tournament picks: England (winners) and Denmark (runners-up). Serbia to decorativeness third, and Slovenia fourth.

England v Slovenia

Cologne / 25 June / 20:00 BST

I do deliberation location has been a over-reaction to England’s commencement to this tournament. You would deliberation from nan consequence to nan tie pinch Denmark that they person mislaid some games.

I understand location is simply a disappointment successful respect to capacity levels, but not to this extent.

Four points from 2 games is bully but we are getting nan large instrumentality retired to deed nan squad with.

Clearly nan Trent Alexander-Arnold research successful midfield has not worked. Gareth Southgate has hooked him disconnected successful 2 games, which tells its ain story.

I americium expecting him to make a alteration there, nan absorbing point will beryllium to spot if anyone other comes in.

I do not understand really Cole Palmer, pinch 43 extremity involvements past season, cannot moreover get connected nan pitch. Some of nan disapproval of Harry Kane is unjustified too. He does not rather look nan aforesaid but really astir giving him immoderate service? He still scored against Denmark.

The biggest rumor for Gareth is really to get power of nan crippled and springiness immoderate work to Kane, but thing is not correct successful nan mediate of nan parkland either.

Slovenia will beryllium awkward and are unbeaten truthful far, against nan aforesaid teams England person struggled to hit truthful far.

Losing to them is not an impossibility but erstwhile again we are facing an aged triumph aliases disaster script we person seen before, wherever England are afloat of assurance coming into nan tourney but now they are being told they person nary chance of winning it.

Clearly location is room for improvement, and I want to spot England enforce themselves connected this game, and moving successful down nan Slovenia defence. Look astatine Spain aliases Germany and they ever person nan action of doing that. That’s not Kane’s game, truthful it has to travel from different areas.

Still, Gareth has clip to lick it. This hasn’t been nan worst commencement by immoderate agelong of nan imagination.

I americium backing Kane to people 2 arsenic a consequence to everyone who has doubted him, and England to triumph – and to beryllium backmost connected to triumph nan Euros!

Sutton's prediction: 2-0

Denmark v Serbia

Munich / 25 June / 20:00 BST

I person sewage to opportunity that Denmark proved maine incorrect a small spot pinch their capacity against England. They showed they tin play shot connected an bobbly pitch, and they looked a well-balanced team.

Serbia tin still spell done arsenic well, truthful it is simply a awesome group – good done to England for keeping it interesting.

I americium going to spell pinch nan Danes to return this one, though unusual things ever hap successful these last group games erstwhile teams person nary prime but to spell for it. I americium tempted to spell for a 5-4 but I americium going to beryllium sensible.

Sutton's prediction: 1-0

GROUP D

Sutton's pre-tournament picks: France (winners) and Netherlands (runners-up). Austria to decorativeness third, and Poland fourth.

Netherlands v Austria

Berlin / 25 June / 17:00 BST

The Netherlands tin still decorativeness apical of Group D, but Austria will beryllium reasoning they request astatine slightest a tie to spell done and they will springiness this a existent go.

Austria are all-energy and a existent unit. They activity truthful difficult arsenic a team, you tin spot why they person had immoderate bully results.

Their head Ralf Rangnick tried to instrumentality that astatine Manchester United but he had a squad afloat of individuals.

Austria are very different. I don’t cognize if they are a astonishment package, because I deliberation they are a tin side.

This is simply a very vulnerable crippled for nan Dutch, who were unlucky to person a extremity disallowed for offside against France, but person not been ruthless capable truthful far.

I americium going for an upset, though I americium expecting some teams to extremity up going through.

Sutton's prediction: 1-2

France v Poland

Dortmund / 25 June / 17:00 BST

Poland are retired and conscionable person pridefulness to play for, and this mightiness springiness France different chance to remainder Kylian Mbappe - which whitethorn aliases whitethorn not beryllium a bully thing.

In nan past 2 years, France person not won immoderate of nan 7 games that Mbappe has not started, but I would still expect them to hit a anemic Poland side.

Poland near Robert Lewandowski connected nan chair for an hr against Austria, which I americium judge is simply a large talking constituent among their fans, because apparently he was fresh to start.

He has not moreover had a chance to execute successful this tourney for Poland truthful acold and they are already eliminated, and astatine 35 you wonderment if we will spot him connected this benignant of shape again.

The extremity comes for each awesome strikers, though. It moreover happened to me, though I deliberation Aston Villa's fans were perfectly delighted erstwhile I packed it in.

Sutton's prediction: 2-0

GROUP E

Sutton's pre-tournament picks: Belgium (winners) and Slovakia (runners-up). Ukraine to decorativeness third, and Romania fourth.

Ukraine v Belgium

Stuttgart / 26 June / 17:00 BST

Belgium were really wasteful successful their conclusion by Slovakia but they responded good nether unit against Romania and they are up and moving now.

I still don’t really spot them astatine nan back, but they do create a batch of chances and they still person Kevin de Bruyne’s quality, moreover if his legs are not rather what they were.

Ukraine’s comeback against Slovakia has fixed them a chance of getting retired of this group and Roman Yaremchuk’s victor was a beautiful finish, but I don’t spot them adding to their tally here.

Sutton's prediction: 1-2

Slovakia v Romania

Frankfurt / 26 June / 17:00 BST

The victor of this necktie goes done truthful possibly some teams will spell for it… or, much likely, it will extremity up being a draw.

Slovakia beating Belgium was nan biggest daze astatine these Euros but they deficiency a existent flair player.

Romania mislaid to Belgium, but were still beautiful lively, and I person a emotion they will separator this, and make nan past 16.

Sutton's prediction: 0-1

GROUP F

Sutton's pre-tournament picks: Portugal (winners) and Czech Republic (runners-up). Turkey to decorativeness third, and Georgia fourth.

Czech Republic v Turkey

Hamburg / 26 June / 20:00 BST

Turkey came up short against Portugal. I was successful Dortmund for that game, and their fans were not happy pinch their manager, Vincenzo Montella.

It was a very one-sided conclusion and they will person to prime themselves up here, though they only request a constituent to decorativeness 2nd successful Group F.

The Czech Republic will beryllium disappointed not to hit Georgia but they ended up almost losing nan crippled to a precocious breakaway.

The Czechs are good system and good organised and they will propulsion everything astatine this crippled but, though Turkey look susceptible astatine nan back, I americium not judge it will beryllium enough.

Sutton's prediction: 1-1

Georgia v Portugal

Gelsenkirchen / 26 June / 20:00 BST

Portugal are done and person topped nan group, which is nan cleanable script for them to remainder players and support utilizing their squad, which looks supremely strong.

They coasted past Turkey and though Spain are nan astir awesome squad I person seen truthful acold astatine this tournament, I consciousness for illustration Portugal still person a batch of different gears to spell through.

Georgia are going to beryllium afloat committed successful each crippled and they sewage their reward pinch a tie against nan Czech Republic. I emotion nan measurement they person played truthful acold but Portugal will person excessively overmuch acquisition and value for them.

Sutton's prediction: 0-2

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