England v Algeria
ENGLAND V ALGERIA ODDS
England Recent Competitive Results
01/04/09 England 2:1 (1:0) Ukraine
06/06/09 Kazakhstan 0:4 (0:2) England
10/06/09 England 6:0 (3:0) Andorra
09/09/09 England 5:1 (2:0) Croatia
10/10/09 Ukraine 1:0 (1:0) England
14/10/09 England 3:0 (1:0) Belarus
Algeria Recent Competitive Results
07/06/09 Algeria 3:1 (0:0) Egypt
20/06/09 Zambia 0:2 (0:1) Algeria
06/09/09 Algeria 1:0 (0:0) Zambia
11/10/09 Algeria 3:1 (2:1) Rwanda
14/11/09 Egypt 2:0 (1:0) Algeria
18/11/09 Algeria 1:0 (1:0) Egypt
England v Algeria Head To Head Results
There have been no meetings between the two sides in the last ten years.
England v Algeria Team News
England are likely to field an unchanged line up from the game against USA although any serious injuries will rule players out of the game against Algeria.
England v Algeria Match Odds
The difference between Englands world cup odds and Algerias shows that England should see this game as thier easiest three points of the group stage.
As things stand England should win the game but unless they get an early goal it could be by a narrower margin than many predict.
Algeria are no mugs and although not in England's class, they are likely to put many players behind the ball with a vew to gaining a draw, a result the Algerians would be very proud of and would mark this World Cup down as a successful one.
Back England to beat Algeria
England v Algeria Asian Handicap Odds
England will be predicted as wide margin winners of this game but Algeria are likely to try to frustrate England the same way Jamaica did at the 2006 World Cup. The England winning margin may not be as big as many think so back Algeria +2 on the off chance England don't score many goals.
England v Algeria Goals Odds
England have often struggled to break down sides who put plenty of men behind the ball, Andorra and Belarus both played very defensively at home against England in the qualifiers and England only manager to beat both sides by two goal margins when pundits predicted bigger scorelines.
Algeria are not bad defensively and nine of their thirteen qualifying matches had under 2.5 goals, suggesting their could be an upset for those predicting plenty of goals in this match up.
Back Under 2.5 Goals
Back England to win 2-0
England v Algeria Player Odds
| Player | Qualifying Goals | Odds | Bookie |
| Wayne Rooney | 9 | TBC | TBC |
| Peter Crouch | 4 | TBC | TBC |
| Frank Lampard | 4 | TBC | TBC |
| Antar Yahia | 3 | TBC | TBC |
| Karim Ziani | 3 | TBC | TBC |
| Rafik Saifi | 3 | TBC | TBC |
Although Wayne Rooney has a much better goals to game ratio than any other player in this match it might take something a bit special like a great free kick, or maybe a penalty, to unlock this match. For that reason England's free kick and penalty taker Frank Lampard makes most appeal to score the first goal.
Back Frank Lampard to score the first goal in England v Algeria
England v Algeria Half Time Odds
England were drawing 0-0 with both Andorra and Kazakhstan during their qualifying campaign and no less than six of Algeria's qualifying games had no goals at half time so this looks as though it will be all square at half time, with England finally breaking down the Algerians in the second half.
Back Draw/England
England v Algeria Best Bet
With so much suggesting England will struggle to score in the first half but England being simply too good not to win the game the best England world cup bet has to be a draw at half time and a win for England at full time. It is not often the bet of the game will be this sort of price and it is well worth having a good bet on it.
Back Draw/England as your biggest bet on England v Algeria
