WAYNE ROONEY ODDS ON TO SCORE IN ENGLAND VS USA MATCH
You know it's been a pretty low-scoring World Cup when the current top-scorers are South Korea. With Argentina just scraping a 1-0 win over a wasteful Nigeria, England are going to be looking to put up a big total today against the Americans I wouldn't put it past them to do so- especially if they open with a strong first 20 minutes.
The big player for this one is definitely England's talisman Wayne Rooney, he's trading an odds-on price to score a goal in this match and I think it's really one of the safest bets out there- especially if England start with Wayne Rooney and Emile Heskey up front.
Popular UK bookmaker Blue Square has priced Wayne Rooney at an 8/11 price to get a goal at any point in the match. Rooney is priced at 9/1 to score a goal in both halves while listing him at 16/1 to score a hat-trick. He is listed at 11/4 to score first for England and he's also at 6/1 to hit the woodwork. Wayne Rooney to win a penalty pays out at 18/1.
Wayne Rooney's odds to get a yellow card is priced at 2/1 while he is at a lengthy 28/1 to be red carded in the match. Rooney is 11/2 to score a header and 9/2 to score a goal from outside the box. I think thats a great bet as the ball dynamics will play to his strengths in that regard.
Wayne Rooney is 12/1 to get the first card of the match and he is a lengthy 40/1 to be the first substitution. That's almost a bet on Rooney to get injured, in my opinion. I think that's the only way he's going off.
You can get an 11/8 price on Rooney to score at anytime and England to win the match. That's not a bad bet, but I'd be more tempted to back England outright as I think England can win without Rooney getting a goal. I thinK Aaron Lennon could be a key player here and his pace will likely unsettle the United States.