England v USA
ENGLAND V USA 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
USA Recent Competitive Results
07/06/09 USA 2:1 (1:1) Honduras
12/08/09 Mexico 2:1 (1:1) USA
06/09/09 USA 2:1 (2:1) El Salvador
10/09/09 Trinidad and Tobago 0:1 (0:0) USA
11/10/09 Honduras 2:3 (0:0) USA
15/10/09 USA 2:2 (0:2) Costa Rica
England v USA Head To Head Results
28/05/05 USA 1:2 (0:2) England
28/05/08 England 2:0 (1:0) USA
England v USA Team News
England will be hoping Wayne Rooney turns up fit for this game and England's defensive hopes may depend on both John Terry and Rio Ferdinand being fit, who have plenty of big tournament experience between them.
England v USA Match Odds
England start the World Cup off as one of the favourites to win and as such will be expected to win this match fairly comfortably. If you consider how much shorter Englands world cup odds are in the World Cup betting than USA then England look decent value for this match at the current odds.
USA have transformed themselves in recent years from a team with massive potential to genuine contenders in this sort of competition. Their chances may have been underestimated at this World Cup considering how well they performed at the Confederations Cup. Previous encounters between these two sides though show that England should still have the edge.
Back England to beat USA
England v USA Asian Handicap Odds
Although England have a tough game ahead the fact that USA are likely to approach the match wanting to play football, rather than put men behind the ball to defend, means England could get a few goals. This means England odds are proving good value in the -0.5 handicap.
England v USA Goals Odds
England had many high scoring games in their qualifying campaign, eight of their ten matches had over 2.5 goals and most of those were well over the threshold. The fact that England have struggled to keep clean sheets will boost the chances of this being over 2.5 goals.
USA also don't run a very tight ship, twelve of their eighteen qualifiers had over 2.5 goals and just one of their last nine competitive games had under 2.5 goals.
Back Over 2.5 Goals
Back England to win 3-1
England v USA Player Odds
| Player | Qualifying Goals | Odds | Bookie |
| Wayne Rooney | 9 | TBC | TBC |
| Jozy Altidore | 6 | TBC | TBC |
| Clint Dempsey | 5 | TBC | TBC |
| Landon Donovan | 5 | TBC | TBC |
| Michael Bradley | 5 | TBC | TBC |
| Peter Crouch | 4 | TBC | TBC |
| Frank Lampard | 4 | TBC | TBC |
Wayne Rooney averaged a goal a game in qualifying and has shown that he can be the out and out goalscorer many thought he wasn't. He is a great bet to get the goals for England and should be backed to score first. Jozy Altidore may have scored six in thriteen in qualifying for USA but it may be Landon Donovan who gets their goal against England.
Back Wayne Rooney to score the first goal in England v USA
England v USA Half Time Odds
With many goals predicted it is hard to see England bot having the lead by half time, and holding on to it. Six out of ten half time wins for England in qualifying is not an outstanding stat but they will want to attack from the off and should take an early lead, and then hold on to that lead fro the rest of the match.
Back England/England
England v USA Best Bet
All the evidence points to this being a high scoring game so it is hard to to see this game being over 2.5 goals. The World Cup odds for this seem very generous and that is the bet of the game.
