{"id":4176,"date":"2018-06-27T18:38:49","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T17:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/?p=4176"},"modified":"2018-06-27T18:38:49","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T17:38:49","slug":"three-lions-into-fourth-favourites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/news-events\/three-lions-into-fourth-favourites\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Lions into fourth favourites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like the heatwave gripping the country, World Cup fever is not far behind &#8211; and the Bookmakers have been forced to make them fourth favourites having slashed their odds in the last week.<\/p>\n<p>Gareth Southgate&#8217;s men were just about in the top-ten pre-tournament, but taking maximum points in their opening two games against Panama and Tunisia, and already securing their place in the last 16 &#8211; the public are getting behind them.<\/p>\n<p>England are now just 8\/1, having been double that before a ball was kicked in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Industry wide Bookmakers are suggesting up to a quarter of all bets at the moment are going on England, Gareth Southgate has got his side going but also the country,&#8221; said OddsMonkey spokesman Peter Watton.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now the Bookmakers only have Spain, Brazil and Belgium ahead of England.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;England began this tournament at 16\/1 generally, but that has soon come in &#8211; and if they beat Belgium in the next game, they will likely be third favourites ahead Roberto Martinez&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Selected World Cup odds:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span>Spain 9\/2<br \/>\nBrazil 5\/1<br \/>\nBelgium 13\/2<br \/>\nEngland 7\/1<br \/>\nFrance 8\/1<br \/>\nCroatia 14\/1<br \/>\nPortugal 18\/1<br \/>\nArgentina 20\/1<br \/>\nCroatia 20\/1<br \/>\nUruguay 25\/1<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2792\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pressreleasebanner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"865\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pressreleasebanner.jpg 865w, https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pressreleasebanner-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/pressreleasebanner-768x306.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like the heatwave gripping the country, World Cup fever is not far behind &#8211; and the Bookmakers have been forced to make them fourth favourites having slashed their odds in the last week. Gareth Southgate&#8217;s men were just about in the top-ten pre-tournament, but taking maximum points in their opening two games against Panama and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":4188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[841,5046,74,1640],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-home","category-news-events","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>England&#039;s World Cup Odds: Fourth Favourites Now<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"England&#039;s World Cup odds have slashed to 8\/1 as they secure a spot in the last 16. 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