Euro 2024 Preview & Betting Guide

Euro 2024 Preview

The Euro 2024 tournament which will be the seventeenth edition of the European Championships will take place from the 14th of June through to the final on the 14th of July and during that month of action, the OLBG football tipsters will have every single match covered over on the Euro 2024 Predictions page.

The 2024 tournament will be the second tournament that will use VAR (Video Assistant Referee) and given some of the controversies in the EPL surrounding VAR, there will be plenty of people opposed to it but there will also be a lot of people for it.

Twenty-four teams make up six groups of four with each team playing three matches in the group, the top two will automatically advance to the knock-out stages as will the four best third-placed teams to make up the 'Round of 16', the first knock-out round.

Euro 2024 Resources

There is so much information and statistics within the Euro 2024 blogs to give you everything you need to prepare for the tournament.

In addition, we of course will have Euro 2024 betting tips for every single game from the group stages through to the final from our expert football tipsters.

As well as the individual matches, you will also be able to find the Euro 2024 winner prediction from our tipsters.

Also, make sure you bookmark the Best Football Tipsters page to see what the profitable football tipsters are backing each day.

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Which teams are playing in Euro 2024?

Who is the favourite to win the Euros?

At the time of publishing (27/03/24), the England to win Euro 2024 odds are 3/1 which makes them the current favourites, they are closely followed by France who are 7/2.

How many teams will Euro 2024 have?

There will be a total of twenty-four countries competing in the Euro 2024 with twenty-three teams qualifying whilst Germany is given the hosts automatic spot. Head below where we look at each of the Euro 2024 groups.

Here are the teams who have qualified:

Euro 2024 Venues

Where is Euro 2024 hosted?

From the sixteen votes cast, twelve of those went to Germany which meant they won the hosting of the Euro 2024 with Turkey receiving just four votes.

The ten stadiums to be used during Euro 2024 were decided upon, nine of which were used during the 2006 FIFA World Cup with the stadium in Düsseldorf the additional one.

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Euro 2024 Group A Preview

Group A features the hosts Germany who are making their 14th finals appearance, the three-time winners last won the tournament back in 1996.

Scotland comes here having finished runner-ups behind Spain in their qualifying group, this is only their 4th finals appearance and they are yet to make it out of the group stages.

Hungary had a decent qualifying campaign going unbeaten and winning their group, this will be their 5th finals appearance, they finished third at the 1964 tournament which is their best performance.

Switzerland only lost once during qualifying which was enough to finish runner-up in their group, their best finish was getting to the quarter-finals in 2020 and this will be their 6th finals appearance.

Group A Round 1 Matches

Group A Round 2 Matches

Group A Round 3 Matches

Euro 2024 Group A 24 Apr @ 16:43 - Group Betting
Germany	1.44
Switzerland	6.50
Hungary	8.00
Scotland	9.00

Euro 2024 Group B Preview

Group B features the three-time winners Spain who won 7 of their 8 qualifying games which resulted in the top spot, they last won this tournament back in 2012 and this will be their 12th finals appearance.

Croatia finished runner-ups to Turkey in their qualification group to make it to their 7th finals appearance, their previous best result was when making the quarter-finals in both 1996 & 2008.

Two-time winners Italy just about made it through to the finals after finishing on the same points as Ukraine but they advanced because of the 4 points they won against Ukraine, they won the last tournament (2020) and this will be their 11th finals appearance.

Albania made their first finals appearance back in 2016 but failed to make the 2020 tournament, they are back however for their 2nd finals appearance after an impressive qualifying campaign saw them win the group, they failed to make it out of the group in their only previous finals.

Group B Round 1 Matches

Group B Round 2 Matches

Group B Round 3 Matches

Euro 2024 Group B 24 Apr @ 16:43 - Group Betting
Spain	1.80
Italy	3.25
Croatia	5.50
Albania	26.00

Euro 2024 Group C Preview

Slovenia made their only previous finals appearance back in 2000 when they failed to make it out of the group stages, they come here having finished runner-up to Denmark in qualification.

Denmark as already mentioned finished top of their group head of Slovenia, this will be their 10th finals appearance, their sole win came at the remarkable 1992 tournament when coming in as a replacement!

Making their 6th finals appearance are Serbia who have twice been runner-ups in both 1960 & 1968, they come here after finishing runners-up to Hungary in qualification.

England will be making their 11th finals appearance and they continue their quest of looking for their first victory, they finished runners-up in 2020 and come here after finishing top of their qualifying group ahead of Italy and unbeaten.

Group C Round 1 Matches

Group C Round 2 Matches

Group C Round 3 Matches

Euro 2024 Group C 24 Apr @ 16:43 - Group Betting
England	1.40
Denmark	5.50
Serbia	9.00
Slovenia	17.00

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Euro 2024 Group D Preview

France are the only group winner from qualification in this group finishing ahead of the reopposing Netherlands, they are making their 11th finals appearance, they won the tournament in both 1984 & 2000.

The Netherlands are also making their 11th finals appearance after as already highlighting finishing runner-up behind France, their sole win at this tournament came back in 1988.

Making just their 4th finals appearance are Austria who finished runners-up behind Belgium during qualifying, their best performance came when making the round of 16 in 2020.

Poland made it through to their 5th finals after defeating Wales on penalties in the playoffs, their best previous performance was when making the quarter-finals in 2016.

Group D Round 1 Matches

Group D Round 2 Matches

Group D Round 3 Matches

Euro 2024 Group D 24 Apr @ 16:43 - Group Betting
France	1.57
Netherlands	3.75
Austria	9.00
Poland	11.00

Euro 2024 Group E Preview

Making their 7th finals appearance are Belgium, they went unbeaten in their qualification campaign finishing top of their group, their best finish was when runners-up in 1980.

Slovakia are making their 3rd finals appearance as an independent state with their best finish in the round of 16 in 2016, if considering when they were part of Czechoslovakia this would be their 6th appearance and won it in 1976.

The 2000 quarter-finalists Romania head into their 6th tournament, that result in 2000 was their best result and they come here from a successful qualifying campaign which saw them finishing top and unbeaten.

An 84th-minute Mudryk goal in their playoff game against Iceland secured Ukraine's place in the finals, it will be their 4th finals appearance and their best performance was when making the quarter-finals in 2020.

Group E Round 1 Matches

Group E Round 2 Matches

Group E Round 3 Matches

Euro 2024 Group E 24 Apr @ 16:43 - Group Betting
Belgium	1.40
Ukraine	7.00
Romania	7.50
Slovakia	12.00

Euro 2024 Group F Preview

A group with two previous winners, Portugal won it in 2016 and are making their 9th finals appearance here, they had a perfect 10 from 10 during qualification in which they only conceded two goals!

The other is the Czech Republic who won it back in 1976 when competing as Czechoslovakia, this will be their 11th finals appearance after having finished runner-up to Albania in qualifying.

Turkey had a good qualifying campaign winning their group ahead of Croatia, they are making their 6th finals appearance with their best finish being when they were beaten semi-finalists in 2008.

Georgia needed penalties to defeat Greece in their playoff game to secure their 1st ever appearance at the finals and they are the only debuting country at this year's tournament.

Group F Round 1 Matches

Group F Round 2 Matches

Group F Round 3 Matches

Euro 2024 Group F 24 Apr @ 16:43 - Group Betting
Portugal	1.44
Turkey	5.00
Czech Republic	9.00
Georgia	17.00

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Euro 2024 Knockouts

Euro 2024 Top Goalscorers

Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record for most goals scored in final tournaments with 14, his best performance came at the last tournament when he scored five which was the most tied with Patrik Schick.

CR9 also holds the record for most goals in qualifying with 41 and most overall goals which stands at 55 whilst Romelu Lukaku holds the record of 14 (2024) for most goals scored in a single qualifying campaign.

The most goals scored at a single tournament goes to the legend that is Michel Platini who during the 1984 tournament, found the back of the net 9 times and no one has got near to that record, Antoine Griezmann's 6 goals in 2016 the next best.

Euro 2024 24 Apr @ 16:43 - Top Goalscorer
Kylian Mbappe	6.50
Harry Kane	6.50
Cristiano Ronaldo	13.00
Jude Bellingham	15.00
Olivier Giroud	21.00

Top Goalscorers at the last ten European Championships

• 1984: Michel Platini (9 goals)
• 1988: Marco van Basten (5 goals)
• 1992: Four Players (3 goals)
• 1996: Alan Shearer (5 goals)
• 2000: Two Players (5 goals)
• 2004: Milan Baroš (5 goals)
• 2008: David Villa (4 goals)
• 2012: Six Players (3 goals)
• 2016: Antoine Griezmann (6 goals)
• 2020: Two Players (5 goals)

Tournament hat-tricks are fairly rare as you would expect given the number of goals it takes to be the top scorer, still, there has been a total of eight over the years.

Six of those eight hat-tricks have come during group matches and have come from Klaus Allofs (1980), Michel Platini (1984 Twice), Marco van Basten (1988), Sérgio Conceição (2000) & David Villa (2008).

The two which came in the knock-out stage were from Dieter Müller who scored his in the semi-finals of the 1976 tournament, two of those goals came in extra-time of West Germany's 4-2 win over Yugoslavia, he was just 22 when scoring this hat-trick making him the youngest hat-trick scorer at the European Championships.

The other was also with Yugoslavia as the opponent, it came in 2000 when the Netherlands beat them 6-1 and three of those goals came from Patrick Kluivert.

UEFA European Championship Past Winners

Two countries lead the way in terms of the number of tournaments won and those are Germany and Spain who have both won the European Championships a total of three times.

Germany's wins came in 1972, 1980 & 1996 so it has been a while since their late success, Spain's has had more recent success with wins in 1964, 2008 & 2012.

There are only two other countries who have multiple wins, Italy won it in both 1968 & 2020 while France won it in 1984 & 2000.

The last ten winners of the European Championships:

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Best Performing Countries at the Euros

Let us have a look at which countries produce the best per-game average, for this we use the standard 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for a defeat.

For knock-out games which need extra time, we award those 3 or 0 points if won in ET whilst for games which go to penalties each team is awarded 1 point.

Top Five Performing Euro Countries

1. Italy (1.80 PPG)
2. Germany (1.77 PPG)
3. France (1.74 PPG)
4. Netherlands (1.74 PPG)
5. Portugal (1.72 PPG)

Italy comes out top of the pile with 21 wins from 45 games and only six defeats, averaging 1.80 points per game using the suggested points system.

There is not a great deal between them and Germany who are just in behind with an average of 1.77 ppg, which comes from 27 wins from 53 games but they have lost more than double what Italy have with 13.

If you are looking for England, then they are well down on the list in 10th spot with an average of 1.53 ppg with 15 wins from 38 games and they only average 1.34 goals scored per game.

The Fate of Defending Champions

There are four years between tournaments which in terms of football is a very long time, players come and go over the years and teams can be very different four years later so just how do defending champions do?

The simple answer to that is, not great! Of the fifteen previous winners of this tournament, only one of those returned four years later to successfully defend their title!

That was Spain who won it in 2012 and then followed up in 2016, however, when going for a third they failed to make it past the round of 16.

• 3x Did not qualify for the next tournament
• 4x Did not make it out of the groups
• 2x Got knocked out in the round of 16
• 1x Made it to the Quarter-Finals
• 1x Made it to the Semi-Finals (1x 3rd place)
• 2x Beaten finalists
• 1x Successfully defended their title

The runners-up have a better record of producing winners with two runners-up going on to win the tournament four years later, West Germany (1980 > 1984) and Germany (1996 > 2000).

This goes to show what Italy are up against in Germany when they try to defend their title, they barely made it automatically to the finals as it was!