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Betting on England Starting XI after Rio Ferdinand Out

No sooner had the England camp got out on the training pitch in South Africa on Friday than they picked up their first casualty of the 2010 World Cup as captain Rio Ferdiand injured himself and will now miss the tournament. Bookmaker Skybet fancy Michael Dawson to get the call up and they have already priced up the Spurs defender as a 12/1 chance of starting the match against the United States in a little over a week's time.

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It is a cruel blow to Ferdinand who has been plagued with injuries all season long for Manchester United. Ferdinand is thought to have hurt his left knee in a challenge with Emile Heskey and was rushed to hospital as a precaution. The England defender re-appeared on crutches and the England camp shortly announced afterwards that Ferdinand would take no place at this year's World Cup. Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard will be expected to pick up the captain's armband for the first England match versus the USA on the 12th June.

England v USA Match Odds.

Sky Bet have been betting on who will be in the starting eleven for England's first match of the FIFA World CUp and Ledley King is the big market mover after the announcement that Ferdinand will be missing out. King is a 2/5 shot to partner John Terry whilst their were also moves for Matthew Upson (11/4) and Jamie Carragher at odds of 11/2.

Although Michael Dawson has yet to officially have received the phone call to get him on the next plane out to South Africa, Skybet have added him to the betting as a 12/1 shot to start the first match. Dawson was one of the seven to miss out from the preliminary squad and he seems like the natural choice as cover in defense.

England have also been pushed out in the betting after the news of Ferdinand where they are now generally fourth favourites behind Spain, Brazil and Argentina.

England Starting XI versus USA

1/10 Aaron Lennon
4/1 James Milner
1/3 Joe Cole
2/5 Peter Crouch
7/2 Robert Green
1/5 David James
2/1 Emile Heskey
1/3 Ledley King
11/2 Jamie Carragher
5/1 Jermain Defoe
11/2 Joe Hart
5/2 Michael Carrick
8/11 Gareth Barry
10/1 Shaun Wright-Philips
11/4 Matthew Upson
10/1 Stephen Warnock
12/1 Michael Dawson

2010 FIFA World Cup Odds

7/2 Spain
9/2 Brazil
13/2 Argentina
7/1 England
10/1 Holland
14/1 Germany
14/1 Italy
20/1 France
25/1 Portugal
33/1 Bar

Odds supplied by Skybet.com plus many more markets.

Posted: Friday, 4th June 2010
Author: Russell Lloyd
Tags: world cup, rio ferdinand, england team, michael dawson, skybet,

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