449/1 England to draw the group of death
Following the news that England have been handed one of the eight seeded positions ahead of this Friday's World Cup draw, Sky Bet are offering a new World Cup betting market on who will be drawn alongside England in their group. With all eight seeds avoiding each other in pot one, England's group will be made up from a team from each of the other three pots, meaning that England could find themselves drawn alongside Portugal, USA and Cameroon, who are Fifa's highest ranked teams from the individual pots. It's 449/1 that England draw what can only be described as the 'Group of Death' and it's also 449/1 that England draw the three lowest ranked teams from each pot - North Korea, Ghana and Slovakia.
Who will England draw on Friday?
Sky Bet's Dale Tempest said: "Once Friday's draw has taken place we'll know exactly who England will have to play and it's only then that we can all as fans and punters really start getting stuck into the World Cup build up."
With the door open for England to draw either France or Portugal in their group, after they both failed to gain a seeding, it's 13/2 for Capello's men to draw France and it's also 13/2 for England to draw Ronaldo's Portugal.
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Manchester United 9/4 to defend their Carling Cup title
Following last night's Carling Cup action, Sky Bet have revised all their Carling Cup betting. Manchester United, who are still on-course to defend their Carling Cup title after they overcame Tottenham 2-0 have been cut from 4/1 into 9/4 favourites. Aston Villa, who defeated Portsmouth 4-2 are now 5/1 (from 7/1) and Chelsea, who take on Blackburn tonight remain the 5/2 second favourites.
Sky Bet's Tim Reynolds said: "Despite Sir Alex Ferguson saying that he will continue playing his youngsters throughout the rest of the competition United have now become the new Carling Cup favourites. That may change after tonight depending on how Chelsea and Arsenal get on in their respective semi-finals."
From tonight's matches, Chelsea are the 13/8 favourites to score the most goals from the four teams playing (15/8 Man City, 100/30 Arsenal and 5/1 Blackburn) and it's evens that the Blackburn v Chelsea match contains the most goals from the two quarter-finals (8/11 Man City v Arsenal).
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Fulham 100/30 to qualify to knockout stages
Fulham host CSKA Sofia tomorrow in the Europa League and Sky Bet are offering 2/7 for Roy Hodgson's men to come out on top (7/1 CSKA Sofia & 4/1 Draw). Victory over the Bulgarians would mean Fulham's chances of progressing to the knockout phase would still be alive and it's 100/30 for Fulham to qualify for the knockout stages (1/5 not to qualify).
Fulham currently sit two points behind Roma and four points adrift of group E leaders FC Basel. They know they will have to overcome both CSKA Sofia tomorrow and also FC Basel away in a couple of week's time to stand any chance of qualifying as group winners. It's 8/1 for the Cottagers to go through as group winners with Roma, who host FC Basel tomorrow the 4/7 favourites (FC Basel 13/8).
Sky Bet's Tim Reynolds said: "Whilst Fulham should beat CSKA Sofia tomorrow, who are without a win in four matches, the crucial game will be away to FC Basel in two weeks time. The Cottagers will be hoping that FC Basel will have already qualified and will decide to rest key players."
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Lee Westwood 1/2 to be crowned the European Player of the Year
The European Player of the Year award title is one of the most honourable titles in the European golfing calendar and voting for the award has just started with a near 300 European Tour players, each getting one vote. Voting ends on the 18th December and Sky Bet make Lee Westwood the 1/2 favourite after having captured the inaugural 2009 Race to Dubai title. Northern Ireland's Rory McIloy is 6/4.
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