France land an easy World Cup Draw

France’s odds of winning the World Cup have been cut from 16/1 to 12/1 after landing a stomach churningly handy draw by landing in host nation South Africa’s group A.

England have also seen their odds tumble to 11/2 third favourites from 6/1 after landing in a group with the USA, Algeria & Slovenia.

Paddy Power said, “That could have been us, and we’d have fancied our chances too – not to worry though we can always cheer on England!”

Spain have been trimmed into clear 4/1 favourites to win the World Cup with Brazil 9/2 after drawing the ‘group of death’ alongside Portugal and Ivory Coast.

World Cup Winner 4/1 Spain (from 9/2) 9/2 Brazil 11/2 England (from 6/1) 9/1 Argentina (from 10/1) 12/1 Italy (from 14/1) 12/1 France (from 16/1) 14/1 Germany (from 12/1) 14/1 Holland 25/1 Portugal (from 18/1) 25/1 Ivory Coast 40/1 Paraguay 50/1 Chile 50/1 Mexico 66/1 Serbia 66/1 USA 75/1 Ghana 80/1 South Africa 80/1 Denmark 80/1 Uruguay 100/1 Nigeria 100/1 Cameroon 125/1 Australia 125/1 Greece 175/1 Switzerland 175/1 Slovenia 200/1 Japan 200/1 Slovakia 250/1 South Korea 400/1 Honduras 500/1 Algeria 750/1 New Zealand 1000/1 North Korea

England Betting • England 11/2 to win the World Cup • England 2/5 to win Group C • England 11/8 to win all their Group C matches • Last 16 shortest price at 11/4 for England stage of elimination • England 8/15 to defeat USA • Beckham 14/1 to score v USA

England Group C Betting 2/5 England 10/3 USA 15/2 Slovenia 16/1 Algeria

England Stage of Elimination 6/1 Group Stage 11/4 Last 16 4/1 Quarter Final 3/1 Semis 6/1 Runner-up 11/2 Winners

England Match Betting

England v USA 8/15 England 13/5 Draw 11/2 USA

England v Slovenia 1/3 England 10/3 Draw 9/1 Slovenia

England v Algeria 1/4 England 4/1 Draw 11/1 Algeria

Group Betting

Group A 10/11 France 10/3 Mexico 9/2 South Africa 5/1 Uruguay

Group B 1/2 Argentina 5/1 Nigeria 5/1 Greece 8/1 South Korea

Group D 4/6 Germany 4/1 Serbia 5/1 Ghana 6/1 Australia

Group E 4/5 Holland 7/2 Cameroon 4/1 Denmark 6/1 Japan

Group F 4/9 Italy 3/1 Paraguay 6/1 Slovakia 25/1 New Zealand