Finland v England: Best bets for selection of Nations League games

Our betting expert with punts for crucial Three Lions clash on ITV, Republic of Ireland and Germany games PLUS a La Liga outright value

You wait all day for a generational talent, and then three turn up.

Jude Bellingham, Cole Palmer and Phil Foden are true double-deckers of ability and mentality – but Three Lions trainee conducter Lee Carsley is struggling with whether he has room for one more up top in an England XI.

Playing all three firestarters at once is apparently a problem – but we’re deep into ‘my diamond shoes are a bit tight’ territory there. Hosts Finland (5pm, ITV) would give their last moose burger for even one player half as good.

Thursday’s Wembley improvisation car-crash makes this one a very interesting bit of telly – and not just compared to Kirstie and Phil talking about a wall or something on the other side.

Harry Kane scored twice in the 2-0 reverse win but is a doubt – check starters and don’t expect a full ride for your fare.

Happily, Bellingham ‘score or assist’ at 11/10 is covered by Hills’ ‘Impact Sub’ terms – so you also get paid if he fails but his replacement does the business.

And have him ‘OVER 0.5 assists’ at 6/1 (Bet365).

We’ve had Bazball, Angeball, Slotball but now the FA’s weighing up Carsball for England, sadly missing an open goal. Surely, somewhere on Planet Football there must be a half-decent coach named Hairy or Spag?

Germany were all about Flickball until it went pear shaped. Now under Julian Nagelsmann, they welcome Holland (tomorrow, 7.45pm) for the grudge match of this window.

There’s plenty of previous, to put it mildly, but a painless DRAW would suit both well enough right now. The 3/1 (Fred, Hills) feels chunky – six of the past 12 meetings ended level.

The Republic of Ireland’s newish coach Heimer Hallgrimsson inherited a side making determined strides towards its lowest ever FIFA ranking. The Irish might not be done sinking yet.

Hosts Greece (7.45pm), who won the reverse 2-0, look big at 5/6 – and chuck in a DRAW when Latvia go to the Faroe Islands (7.45pm) for a double paying 4.7/1 (Lads, Coral).

Over in Spain, veteran Poland ace Robert Lewandowski is rolling back the years for Barcelona, and the 13/8 (BetVic) Catalan giants look value in the La Liga title coin-flip.

Last week: Winners at 12/5, 11/4 & 6/4