England versus Slovenia Wednesday 6-23-2010 ESPN2 TV World Cup Football Soccer Sports Betting Odds Pick Preview

Published on June 22, 2010 by admin · No Comments

England and Slovenia will meet in a key Group C contest from World Cup 2010 on Wednesday morning.

They start this final game from the group stages for both clubs from Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth South Africa at 10AM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN2.

The three way line opened up with England a -230 favorite to win the draw second favorite at +300 and for a Slovenia upset victory the return is +625. The total opened 2 ½ goals with under the favorite at -125 and over bringing back +105.

The World Cup 2010 bettors came in early on the side of the favorite as England is now -275 to win the draw is at +625 and for Slovenia to win a heavier underdog at +640. The total saw early movement downward as under 2 ½ goals now returns -130 and over at +110.

Slovenia sits atop of Group C with 4 points with a 1-0-1 record and a goal differential of +1. England has only two draws in their first two games and have a goal differential of 0. United States owns second tiebreaker over England with 2 more goals scored than England in this tournament.

Slovenia opened play with a 1-0 victory against Algeria and then blew a 2 goal lead and benefited from referee error to draw 2-2 with the United States in their second contest.

Slovenia opened the scoring against the US with a goal by Valter Birsa in the 13th minute and then made it 2-0 with a goal by Zlatan Ljubijankic to enter halftime. In the second half it was Landon Donovan with a brilliant goal in the 48th minute and Michael Bradley got the equalizer in minute 82. A US goal was disallowed shortly after off a header from a Landon Donovan free kick which proved to be an error by the games referee.

Slovenia controlled the ball 52% of the time and had 4 accurate shots to the USA’s 6.

Following England’s 1-1 draw with the United States the team looked very poor offensively in their 0-0 draw with Algeria.

England controlled the ball only 47% of the time against the Groups weakest team and had 6 accurate shots on goal to Algeria’s 1.
With a win Slovenia will qualify as the #1 team from Group C. A tie guarantees Slovenia placement in the knockout stages.

A win by England passes the club through into the knockout stages. A draw would eliminate England if US wins.

In the case England and US draw England must score 3 more goals than US to enter the knockout stages or with England scoring 2 more goals they would draw lots.

If England draws and Algeria defeats US it will be Algeria eliminating England from the World Cup.

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