
England have a point to prove here to the fans, the media, the manager and to themselves. Despite a terrible campaign si far a win secures England a place in the next round.
Slovenia are group leaders though and may play for the draw to secure their place in the knockout phase.
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England have been nothing short of terrible so far and if you were backing teams on performances so far you would be all over Slovenia at their current odds. The poor results so far could actually work in England's favour going forward in the World Cup, crucial changes to the line up and tactics are now likely and we could see an England team much more capable of winning the World Cup than in the two previous games. Take England to play much closer to their level of ability and to win this game, securing a place in the last sixteen.
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England are unlikely to hammer Slovenia, between Slovenia being a half decent side and Englandnot playing to thier full potential this could be a narrow win so there could be some value in just backing England -1.25 to take the game, they should just about do it.
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| Date | Team | Scores | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Date | Team | Scores | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/08/09 | Slovenia | 5 - 0 (2:0) | San Marino |
| 09/09/09 | Slovenia | 3 - 0 (2:0) | Poland |
| 10/10/09 | Slovakia | 0 - 2 (0:0) | Slovenia |
| 14/10/09 | San Marino | 0 - 3 (0:1) | Slovenia |
| 14/11/09 | Russia | 2 - 1 (1:0) | Slovenia |
| 18/11/09 | Slovenia | 1 - 0 (1:0) | Russia |
| Date | Team | Scores | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/09/09 | England | 2 - 1 (1:0) | Slovenia |
England have found it very hard to break teams down so far but they have looked a bit better defensively than they did in qualifying, when they were giving away needless goals. Eighteen goals from Slovenia in qualifying isn't that impressive, especially considering eight of those were scored in two matches against San Marino and they failed to score in four of their matches so England should get a clean sheet. With a change in system expected to make England a better attacking threat it could pay to back England to score twice.
A look at the best bets involving the players of the match, usually the most popular bets in this category revolve around who will score the goals in the match.
England are expected to make a few changes for this game and perhaps Joe Cole will come in for Emile Heskey in a change of system. David James should continue in goal whilst Fabio Capello has confirmed Matthew Upson comes in for the suspended Jamie Carragher.
We are yet to see the real Wayne Rooney at the World Cup but the criticsm he has received and a change in England tactics could galvanise and get the best out of the goalscorer. He certainly appeals as a bet to score first against Slovenia after averaging a goal a game in qualifying (9 in 9). With five goals in qualifying Milijove Novakovic is Slovenia's main goal threat but England should be able to keep him out.
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With ten out of twelve clean sheets at half time in qualifying it looks as though Slovenia keep things extremely tight until half time at least so England's goal may have to wait until the second half. This is a very strong stat and should not be ignored, back the game to be a draw at half time and England to gain victory by full time. With Slovenia giving away two goals in the second half against USA confidence has only been increased.
Although we think this game will be only just under 2.5 goals, it should prove a good bet as it is easier to see fewer than two goals rather than more than two goals.