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Betting on England vs Croatia could be quite big considering a win will seal them a place in the World Cup 2010 finals in South Africa.
In their first qualifying meeting in September 2008, England thrashed Croatia 4-1 in a game which saw a Theo Walcott hat-trick and fine display by Wayne Rooney. It was a game of revenge for the loss that ended England’s Euro 2008 dreams.
This time around, Croatia are the ones looking for revenge. Coach Slaven Bili? believe that Croatia are a better team now and that Fabio Capello has taken away the English fighting spirit. England have done tremendously well so far in qualifying with a 100% record, 7 wins out of 7.
Capello has enjoyed an improved England attack, with Jermain Defoe on fine form at the moment. Will he get a starting 11 inclusion against Croatia, or will Capello continue to favour the style of play that the bigger Heskey brings?
While the goals have kept coming, England have come under a bit of criticism for the needless goals they have started to concede. This continued in the 2-1 win over Slovenia on Saturday. They will have to minimise the errors against the creative Croatian side if they expect a win.
Match Result:
England: 1.6 @ BoyleSports
Draw: 3.6 @ SportingBet
Croatia: 6.5 @ Bet365
Total goals:
2-3 goals: 1.9 @ BlueSQ
4+ goals: 3.3 @ BlueSQ
September 14th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
England are now 3rd fav to win the tournament, just behind Brazil + Spain! You can see the Top 10 WC goals here – http://www.worldcupodds.eu + suggest some they’ve missed.
June 13th, 2010 at 10:10 pm
Thanks for the review. I might write a similar post on this subject myself.
Oh also, liking your blog design. I had a similar blog myself before I sold it on.