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England v France Odds: Back England to secure a narrow win in crucial Six Nations clash

Click here for the latest odds and betting preview for the France v England Six Nations match on Sunday 11th March 2012.

Saturday's match at Twickenham is being billed as a Six Nations Championship decider as ante-post favourites England and France go up against one another. Both sides are unbeaten but England just edge the favouritism for the match with Bet 365 bookmakers as they go in as 4/9 on, with France available at odds of 15/8.

It is all to play for and if France did win they would have the relatively easy task of beating Italy and Wales in their remaining two matches to seal a second successive Grand Slam crown. While England still have to travel to Dublin to play Ireland which has the potential for a second so called 'Championship decider'.

England have been impressive in their opening two victories of the tournament as they overpowered Wales at the Millennium Stadium and destroyed Italy 59-13 at Twickenham. Their expansive style of play has drawn plaudits from all over and chief headline maker has been Chris Ashton, who scored four tries against Italy to take his Six Nations tally to six for the season. It is difficult to look anywhere else in the odds for a tryscorer on Saturday as he has done the business in the previous two matches and he is hot favourite to be first tryscorer at odds of 15/2 with B365. Although most England fans will be hoping there is no mistakes with his trademark swallow dive over the line.

Toby Flood has been something of an unsung hero and he is yet to miss a kick in the tournament and it might be worth a punt on Saturday's first scoring play being an England penalty this weekend, which is available at odds of 13/8 with Bet365.com.

France meanwhile have rung the changes in an effort to match England's power as they have recalled Vincent Clerc, Sebastien Chabal, Dimitri Yachvili and Yannick Jauzion. They have also admitted to having 'special plans' to negate the rampant Ashton and that will be one of the key factors in the game you fancy.

The French have conceded six tries already in the tournament in uninspiring victories over Scotland and Ireland, and they will also need to change recent history this weekend. They haven't won at Twickenham since 2005 and England were the last team to beat them in the Six Nations when they lost 34-10 in 2009.

France may have won 12-10 in Paris last year but this looks a far stronger England unit this time around and England could lay down a marker on Saturday with the World Cup looming large later this year. The handicap betting market is set at -5 points for an England win and that is priced at evens by Bet 365. There is more value to be found in the winning margin odds though and the England win by 1-12 points can be backed at 6/4, or for the more adventurous the margin of 6-10 points is available at industry best priced odds of 5/1.

Find out more about the match odds, team form and latest team news for England and France at our dedicatedSix Nations mini-site.

England v France Form

Check the season's statistics for both England and France plus the odds ahead of Saturday's match.

England Stats | France Stats

England v France Tips

Tip #1: England to win by 1-12 points @ 6/4 with Bet365.com
Tip #2: Chris Ashton to be first tryscorer @ 15/2 with Bet365.com
Tip #3: First scoring play to be an England penalty @ 13/8 with Bet365.com

England v France Odds

Match Betting

4/9 England
20/1 Draw
15/8 France

Handicap Odds

Evens England -5
Evens France +5
16/1 Draw

Winning Points Margin Odds

6/4 England by 1-12 points
4/1 England by 1-5 points
5/1 England by 6-10 points
13/2 England by 11-15 points
9/4 France by 1-12 points
11/2 France by 1-5 points
7/1 France by 6-10 points
11/1 France by 11-15 points

First Tryscorer Odds

15/2 Chris Ashton
11/1 Mark Cueto
11/1 Vincent Clerc
12/1 Maxime Medard
12/1 Yoann Huget
12/1 Ben Foden
16/1 Mike Tindall
16/1 Shontayne Hape
16/1 Yannick Jauzion
18/1 BAR

Odds supplied by Bet365.com, who provide a variety of betting markets for this match and all the weekend's Six Nations fixtures.

Posted: Thursday, 24th February 2011
Author: Chris James
Tags: six nations, england, france, chris ashton, bet365,

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