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Harry Kane to have 2+ shots on target is 6/5 with Sky Bet – as heavy favourites England host 9/2 outsiders Japan in a friendly tonight

England were held to a 1-1 draw by Uruguay in an international friendly at Wembley Stadium last Friday. 

With the score locked at 0-0 deep into the second half, Ben White broke the deadlock for the hosts with a well-taken goal from a corner. 

However, Uruguay refused to go quietly and snatched a equaliser in the 94th minute, with Federico Valverde converting a last-gasp penalty. 

England will be eager to bounce back with a win at Wembley tonight, when Thomas Tuchel’s side face Japan in another international friendly. 

England’s Harry Kane to have 2+ shots on target against Japan tonight is 6/5 with Sky Bet

Japan come into the match on the back of a win, thanks to a Junya Ito strike that secured a 1-0 victory for the Samurai Blue against Scotland at Hampden Park.

Despite their win in Glasgow, Japan are 17/4 outsiders to upset the applecart in north London according to Sky Bet.

By contrast, England are odds-on favourites (4/9) to get the job done at home. With that being said, they will have to do it without some key players after Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice have returned to Arsenal for medical assessments.

Meanwhile, John Stones is also ruled out after picking up an injury in training ahead of the Uruguay clash, and Adam Wharton will return to Crystal Palace.

Elsewhere, in the Goalscorers market, Harry Kane leads the way as the shortest-priced option, with the Bayern Munich striker 10/11 to score anytime and 3/1 to open the scoring.

Kane boasts an incredible record for Bayern this season, with the star striker having netted 48 goals across all competitions.

Fellow England forward Dominic Solanke is a 5/4 second-favourite to score anytime, while Harvey Barnes and Marcus Rashford are joint third-favourites at 13/8.

If you’re anticipating the visitors to draw first blood, Koki Ogawa is 15/2 to score first and 5/2 to find the back of the net at any point. 

Lastly, there are also four Price Boosts on offer with Sky Bet for this contest, the first two of which require Kane to have 2+ shots on target at 6/5, and Morgan Rogers to score 1+ goals at 11/4.

Kane has six shots on target in his last three England appearances, resulting in four goals, while Rogers has 17 goal contributions across all competitions this season.

The other two boosts, which are priced at 5/2 and 6/1 respectively, are for England to win 1-0, 2-0 or 3-0, and England to have 8+ shots on target.

England had ten shots on target in their win over Albania late last year, a fixture they went on to win 2-0. 

  • All odds are correct at the time of publication