Are you looking forward to predicting this year's Euro 2024 football tournament? Played in Germany from the 14th of June to the 14th of July 2024, the 17th European Football Championship is of course the event that football fans have been waiting for, but also the vast majority of punters.
Who are the favourites at the moment? Who should you bet on for the title? What are the interesting predictions to try on each match?
Wincomparator's team of football experts offer you their advice, as well as the key information that you need to keep in mind to place the best bets throughout the competition.
Let's start with a brief overview of the tournament, which is essential if you want to make the best predictions.
Before giving you our prediction for the winner of UEFA Euro 2024 and for each group (see next paragraph), let's take a quick look at the overall format of the competition. Note that Euro 2024 is divided into two distinct phases.
The first part is a group phase, with the 24 participating teams divided into six groups of four. From the 14th to the 28th of June, each team will face the other teams in its group and try to finish in the top two places. It should also be noted that four of the six best third-placed teams also qualify for the rest of the tournament.
At the end of the group phase, the teams ranked in the top two places (+ four third-placed teams) in each pool qualify for the knockout phase. A win earns three points, a draw one point and a defeat zero points.
The famous knockout phase we have just mentioned is, therefore, the second of the Euros, and will be played from the 30th of June to the 14th of July 2024.
It begins with the Round of 16, the quarter-finals, then the semi-finals, and finally the grand final, which determines the European football champion. You will note that, unlike the World Cup, a match for third place is not on the programme in this competition.
Does the format make sense? Let's move on to what you've all been waiting for, our predictions for this Euro 2024!
At the moment, it's fairly complicated to predict who will win Euro 2024.
That is in part because we still don't even know all the qualifiers (the results of the playoffs are not yet known), so it won’t become clearer until we know all the teams playing.
After the qualifying phase, all the big names managed to qualify and there were hardly any surprises. If France and England are to be crowned champions, they will certainly have to be reckoned with. Portugal cannot be underestimated, as always.
It might be wise to wait a while but if you want to bet now on who will win Euro 2024, we suggest you take a look at the odds on Didier Deschamps' France. After a totally unsuccessful last Euros but a superb World Cup in 2022, we're expecting Kylian Mbappé and his colleagues to prove their worth. France to win is our first prediction!
Here are the odds offered by bookmakers for the European Championship title. The prices are very interesting, so take advantage of them to place your bets!
* Team that has not yet qualified for the Euro finals (play-offs in March 2024).
Odds are taken from the bet365.com.
The operators are offering some very attractive odds for the top two places in each group, and therefore direct qualification for the last 16 of Euro 2024:
It's worth remembering that the top two teams in each group will qualify for the last 16, as will the four best third-placed teams in the group phase (out of six groups). This is a very important point to bear in mind when making your Euro 2024 predictions!
Odds are taken from the bet365.com.
As we said earlier, Euro 2024 kicks off with a group stage. The good news is that you can also bet on it with UK bookmakers!
Some very good odds are already waiting for you on different types of bets: qualification, group winner, runner-up, semi-finalist, finalist, etc.
To help you choose your long-term bets during this European Football Championship, find our predictions on the Euro 2024 groups below.
Don't forget that you need to finish among the top two in a group or among the four best third-placed teams in order to qualify for the second round of the tournament.
The first group at Euro 2024 offers some very interesting opposition. We find the host country, Germany, one of the favourites for the title. Behind them are three teams that should not be taken lightly.
Scotland, Hungary and Switzerland may not have the biggest names in the game, but they do have some excellent players and a strong team spirit that enables them to get good results against the big boys.
As far as qualification is concerned, the Germans will obviously do the job at home and top the group. Just behind them, Switzerland, with their top-level experience and recent good results, should do the job and take second place.
Group A prediction: Germany wins the group and Switzerland finishes second!
This is the famous "group of death"... Almost every tournament features a group containing a number of favourites, and it seems almost impossible to make a prediction.
This is certainly the case here, where we find two of the great historical nations, Italy and Spain, as well as Croatia, who need no introduction after their magnificent results in recent years, particularly at the World Cup.
But since we have to decide... We're predicting first place for Spain and second for Italy! Croatia could be one of the best third-placed teams and still reach the last 16! Albania, meanwhile, will be hard-pressed to achieve anything in this group.
Group B prediction: Spain wins the group and Italy finishes second!
There is a clear favourite in this group, with three teams expected to fight it out for the other two qualifying places.
Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane's England are the logical favourites not only for this group but also for the tournament!
The Three Lions should be able to secure the top spot without too much trouble. Then, although it's hard to predict, Denmark could finish in second place, thanks in particular to the experience they have accumulated over the last few years against Europe's top nations.
Serbia, on the other hand, could settle for third place and try to finish among the best third-placed teams to reach the knockout phase.
Group C prediction: England wins the group and Denmark finishes second!
For this fourth group, we still don't know all the qualifiers.
While we already know that France will face the Netherlands and Austria, the identity of their final opponents will not be known until after the play-offs in Path A (March 2024).
It could be Poland, Estonia, Wales or Finland. While no one should be underestimated, regardless of who qualifies last, it's hard to see Kylian Mbappé's team-mates failing to reach the last 16.
In fact, our experts reckon that first place is still well within their grasp. We expect Didier Deschamps' men to be joined by the Netherlands at the top of the group.
Group D prediction: France wins the group and the Netherlands finishes second!
The second group in a row in which the identity of the last qualifier is awaited! It could be Iceland, Israel, Bosnia-Herzegovina or Ukraine.
Of course, if the latter nation were to qualify, they would be Belgium's main threat in this group, which on paper looks very manageable.
Even though the Red Devils should not underestimate any of their opponents, we see them in first place after the three matches played.
Just behind them, we're looking at Ukraine if they manage to get through the playoffs! Be careful, though, as Slovakia and Romania are two very interesting nations not to be taken lightly.
Group E prediction: Belgium wins the group and Ukraine finishes second!
The final group of the Euro 2024 tournament features a favourite, Portugal, who will be looking to win a second trophy in the history of the competition after 2016.
To do so, they will have to get past a tough group containing Turkey and the Czech Republic, two solid teams that are improving year on year.
Their final opponents could be Georgia, Luxembourg, Greece or Kazakhstan. Naturally, Portugal is the favourite to finish in first place, and our experts agree with the odds offered by the bookmakers.
Just behind the Portuguese, Turkey will be a clear bet for second place. The odds on that are interesting.
Group F prediction: Portugal wins the group and Turkey finishes second!
Here's another fascinating bet to try in the long term at Euro 2024, which will be played in Germany. Predicting who will be the competition's top scorer is always worth a try on sports betting sites!
Unfortunately, in March, the odds are not yet available, but you can still find the list of players to watch according to our analysis:
Of course, surprises can always happen, but those who will feature in the ranking of the competition's top official scorers should be on this list.
If you want to place as many winning predictions as possible on the Euro 2024 matches, there are a few things you need to work on beforehand. Here are the main ones, which you should always bear in mind if you want to place successful bets:
With the help of these key tips from experienced tipsters, your Euro 2024 predictions should become more reliable so you'll have a better chance of being right about your Euro 2024 football predictions.
Remember too that 100% of the matches in the competition are analysed, predicted and previewed above on this page. Perfect for making the best bets throughout the tournament.
To make the best possible predictions for these Euro 2024 matches, you need to know a few key figures. Firstly, the number of goals scored.
At the last edition (Euro 2020 played in 2021), the average number of goals per match proved to be fairly average, reaching 2.65 goals per game. To this figure should be added more than 47% of matches went over 2.5 goals! As you can see, if you were counting on an avalanche of goals for these Euro matches, you may have to wait for the first games to see how this new tournament turns out.
In the same spirit, note also that the "both teams score" bet reached 49% at the last tournament, with 29% of matches won by just 1 goal. Another interesting figure is the exact score. At the 2020 edition, the most frequent scores over the duration of the tournament were 1-0 and 1-1 (18% of matches each). So if you're in any doubt, don't hesitate to try short wins when placing your sports bets on these matches.
Finally, one last interesting statistic: a draw could be the best outcome of the competition. In fact, during the last event of this kind, 29% of the matches finished in a draw! So we'll probably have to try and play for a draw at Euro 2024, which could prove interesting once again. Usually offered at very attractive odds, this bet could boost your winnings with the bookmakers. So don't hesitate to give it a go!
To help you improve your general knowledge of Euro football (and therefore make a better football prediction), here are the answers to the most frequently asked questions.
Euro 2024 can be seen on BBC and ITV. The public channels will be offering the matches free of charge, much to the delight of football fans in the UK.
France has won the European Football Championship twice in its history: in 1984 and in 2000. This is a big part of why they are our tip.
Euro 2020 (played in 2021 following the COVID-19 pandemic) was won by Italy in a very close final against England.
Euro 2024 is being played in Germany. A total of 10 cities are hosting matches: Berlin, Cologne, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg, Leipzig, Munich and Stuttgart.
Germany (1972, 1980 and 1996) and Spain (1964, 2008 and 2012) are the two most successful nations in the history of the European Football Championship. Just behind them are Italy (1968 and 2020) and France (1984 and 2000).
A total of 24 teams will be competing at Euro 2024 in Germany, with the same goal: to lift the trophy.
A total of 51 matches will be played during the competition. To go all the way, a team will have to win/qualify in seven matches!
Finally, to make sure you don't miss out on any of the action, you can consult our free Euro 2024 odds comparator and our Euro 2024 Livescore.
These will help you keep up to date with all the latest news on the competition, so you can place the best sports bets on the tournament. So make the most of it!