Soccer betting tips and predictions

England are currently the third favourites to win the World Cup, behind Brazil and Spain, and despite not seemingly have the class of those two sides England could still start the World Cup as favourites, with the bookies at least.

The England World Cup Odds are 11/2 with most bookies and just half a point ahead are Brazil at 5/1 and half a point in front of them are Spain at 9/2. That means there is basically nothing in it at this point. There is always plenty of patriotic money for England in the weeks leading up to the World Cup and things at the World Cup 2010 should be no different.

Should England really expect to be favourites for the World Cup though? At the moment they are considered third best therefore should be getting to the semi final and then winning the third place playoff. That would be England’s best performance for twenty years.

To be fair, England’s route to the semi final isn’t really that hard. Presuming England win their group they should then face Ghana, Serbia or Australia in the Second Round, either way it is a winnable game. After that things get a bit tougher against likely opponents Argentina but they have not been at their best recently so England should be able to beat them.

Should England reach the World Cup Semi Final they are likely to play Brazil, which will probably be the end of England’s World Cup hopes, but over one game England are capable of beating Brazil and then it is time to start dreaming about World Cup glory. Unfortunately Spain are likely to be lying in waiting for the winner of the England v Brazil semi final.