ENGLAND VS BRAZIL LIVE BETTING TIPS

Virtually every major bookmaker is going to be offering up live betting on the widely-anticipated England vs Brazil friendly match in Qatar. Making a bet before the game is advisable if you're planning on playing a scorecast or a half-time/full-time bet, but with popular UK-based bookmaker Ladbrokes, you have plenty of in-play options. 

Currently, the outright odds are trading at 2.0 for Brazil and 4.0 for injury-hit England. The draw is a distinct possibility and you can back that at 3.4. During in-play betting, the prices of the two outright teams will start to climb around half-time or so. The price of a draw will progressively shrink until one of the teams scores. 

You can back which team to score first and I find this is a great way to add some early betting excitement to a match. Brazil are odds-on at 1.8 and England carry a 2.25 price. Keep your eye on Luis Fabiano and whether it looks like England can contain him. He scores the bulk of Brazil's goals and if it looks like he's going to run riot then by all means back Brazil here. 

England starting line-up for the Brazil game has just been released and we're looking at Foster, Brown, Bridge, Barry, Upson, Lescott, Wright-Phillips, Jenas, Bent, Rooney, Milner. We have on the bench: Green, Cahill, Warnock, Huddlestone, Crouch, Defoe, Young, Hart.It isn't exactly a world-beating side full of massive names apart from Rooney, but I actually fancy this hungry young side to really play their hearts out today. They are effectively auditioning for a trip to the World Cup and I would back Rooney and especially Darren Bent to make things happen here. In my opinion Bent should be on the plane already. 

Wayne Rooney is listed at 3.25 with Ladbrokes to score anytime while Darren Bent carries an enticing 4.0 price. Jermaine Jenas is listed at 6.0 anytime and James ilner can be backed at the same price. Luis Fabiano is Brazil's favourite to score at 2.62 while Hulk and Nilmar are available at 2.75. 

I think the match is certainly Brazil's to win, but keep your eye firmly-fixed on the in-play wagering and I'm confident that you can make opportunities happen if you can see the rhythm of the game properly and figure out where the team's various weak-points are. 

If you're an England fan looking for big value, back England to come from behind and win at 15.0 with Ladbrokes.