Ahead of what's set to be a fascinating month of action, England are 10/3 favourites to score the most goals at this summer's Euros.
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Also favourites to win the tournament, England head the betting in the Highest Scoring Team market as they seek silverware for the first time since their World Cup triumph in 1966.
It is of little surprise with England boasting an array of attacking talent and their forward line is speared by one of Europe's most deadliest centre forwards in Harry Kane.
Gareth Southgate's pragmatism has often been accused of restraining the full potential of the Three Lions attack and yet England's goal tally at the 2022 World Cup was 13 from five matches, only three short of the highest scoring team France who progressed to the final.
If England are to live up to expectation, there's every chance of them topping the goal charts; no team has scored more than 13 in the last nine tournaments.
Next in the betting is France, who are marginally longer than England at 7/2.
Like Southgate, Didier Deschamps is spoilt by an embarrassment of attacking riches, with star man Kylian Mbappe accompanied by the likes of Antoine Griezmann, Kingsley Coman, Marcus Thuram, Randal Kolo Muani and the dependable Olivier Giroud.
They put four past fellow Group D competitors the Netherlands in qualifying, which was a campaign that also saw them mercilessly blitz Gibraltar 14-0 in Nice.
Like England, Les Bleus will have their eyes set on going all the way and that will give them the best chance of being the team to prevail in this market.
Hosts Germany are priced at 4/1 and it will be fascinating to see how Julian Nagelsmann's outfit handle the expectation on the back of three disappointing major tournament appearances.
The Germans have lacked a clinical number nine since Miroslav Klose's retirement but they do possess a batch of individuals capable of unlocking any opponent. If Kai Havertz can replicate his Arsenal form on the international stage, he will have an abundance of chances to play with as Florian Wirtz, Jamal Musiala, Toni Kroos and Leroy Sane pull the strings.
Spain are fourth favourites at 13/2, closely followed by Portugal at 7/1. Both teams will have ambitions of going deep in the tournament and at Euro 2020, Spain were the joint-highest scorers alongside Italy with 13 goals.
Portugal were comfortably the highest scoring team in qualifying with 36 goals scored from their 10 matches and Roberto Martinez has a wonderful collection of architects and finishers to leave their mark on the Euros.
Belgium could be a value bet at 10/1 under the stewardship of Domenico Tedesco, with the former RB Leipzig head coach revitalising the Red Devils following a disappointing 2022 World Cup campaign.
Romelu Lukaku was the top scorer in qualifying with 14 goals and though the striker has endured his fair share of criticism, his presence will be key in helping Belgium to realise their European Championship ambitions.
Italy (11/1) and Netherlands (16/1) are also in the mix, while one of the top scorers in qualifying, Switzerland, are 80/1 in the market.
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