ENGLAND VS SLOVENIA PREDICTIONS AND LATEST BETTING ODDS
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Now that Monday's 2010 World Cup fixtures have concluded we've only got one full day of matches ahead of us before England face their clutch encounter with group leaders Slovenia. The controversy unfolding over the weekend shows an England camp in near revolt and it certainly confirmed our suspicions that John Terry was an integral part of whatever wedge was in between the England players and their manafer Fabio Capello.
You'll find the English priced as the 4/9 favourites with popular bookmaker Blue Square while Slovenia can be backed to beat England at 13/2. You can lock in a price of 16/5 on the draw and that wouldn't be enough for England- they need all three points.
England are heavily-favoured to score the first goal at a 2/5 price while Slovenia trade at 12/5 to notch the first strike. No goals in the match (could you imagine?) pays out at an 8/1 margin.
The over/under on the time of the first goal is the 31st minute with both options paying out at 5/6. Both teams to score in the match pays out at 5/6.
England are 5/4 to score in both halves of the match while they are 15/8 to win both halves. England to score first and fail to win pays out at 6/1 and they are 7/1 to win having been behind. They are 8/11 to keep a clean sheet and 6/5 to win to nil.
Wayne Rooney is listed at 10/11 to score a goal at any point in the match and he is 7/2 to score first or last. Rooney is a slim 9/2 to score two or more goals while he is trading at 20/1 for a hat-trick.
Jermain Defoe, Peter Crouch and Steven Gerrard are all priced at 13/8 anytime and 11/2 to score first or last.
Keep your eyes on Joe Cole to score anytime at 7/2 and Michael Dawson at 10/1.
I think England know what they have to do here, but a lot of it comes down to how much faith they have in Fabio Capello and his tactics. It's a shame that it took this long for the situation to come to a breaking point, but you do get the feeling that England will pull something out from behind their backs and pull this one off. I have a feeling it could feel like a smash and grab raid by the end of 90 minutes.