It's time to get down to business, folks - the Euro 2020 knockout stages are here.<\/p>\n
After a fascinating group stage saw all the heavy-hitters book their spot in the last, there is no longer room for error as the jeopardy of elimination from the championships looms large.<\/p>\n
The draw has coughed up some truly blockbuster bouts with Belgium set to take on Portugal, Spain coming up against Croatia and, of course, England meeting old rivals Germany.<\/p>\n
For England, it has been somewhat of a mixed bag at Euro 2020. The Three Lions won their group, but did so by scoring just two goals and slumping to a bore draw against Scotland.<\/p>\n
On the flip side, one could argue that Gareth Southgate's men are playing ideal tournament football with the big prizes handed out for winning, and not how you won.<\/p>\n
Harry Maguire made a promising return to action against the Czech Republic, as did Jordan Henderson and Raheem Sterling continues to prove the critics wrong.<\/p>\n
To put it simply, they got the job done in the group but, in Germany, they face a very different beast.<\/p>\n
While in the recent past England have kicked-off as underdogs against the German's, Tuesday night's momentous clash may finally have seen the tables turned.<\/p>\n
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Germany flirted perilously with crashing out as they just snuck into the next round thanks to a helter-skelter draw against Hungary. They also lost to France in their opening game but many will point to their demolition job of Portugal as an ominous sign.<\/p>\n
In short, the clash is proving mightily difficult to predict, so why not turn to the ol' reliable supercomputer to do all the hard work for us?<\/p>\n
Bettingexpert.com have, with the help of substantial computing power, predicted every single match in the rest of the tournament, with the clever technology chucking out some interesting results.<\/p>\n
It predicts that England will beat Germany on Tuesday night to book a spot against Sweden in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n
From there, the computer predicts that a semi-final berth against the Netherlands beckon with the news only getting better.<\/p>\n
England are then expected to overcome the Dutch to land a place in the Wembley showpiece on July 11.<\/p>\n
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Sadly, that'll be all she wrote for England's hopes, with World Champions France expected to silence the echoing chants of 'It's coming home' to claim continental glory.<\/p>\n
Of course, there are nuances and idiosyncrasies that a computer simply can't predict so by no means take these predictions as gospel truth.<\/p>\n
A run to the final would be something special for England but, as well all know, anything can happen in the pressure cooker that is knockout football.<\/p>\n
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