The England World Cup qualifier betting has England 1/50 to beat minnows Andorra 66/1 by a convincing margin in Saturday's 2010 World Cup qualifier. In March 2007, the two teams met at Barcelona's Olympic Stadium during the Euro 2008 qualification campaign, with ex-boss Steve McLaren's England being roundly booed despite posting a 3-0 win. This time out, a minimum of five goals would seem to be a benchmark of tolerance for followers of Fabio Capello's crusaders and a 5-0 scoreline can be backed at 7/1. If an England team missing Steven Gerrard and Michael Owen can reach top gear, the Andorrans could be in for a long night. It is unlikely 1882's record 13-0 drubbing of Ireland will come under threat, although an 11-0 victory is priced at 66/1.
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In the absence of Owen, Jermain Defoe and Wayne Rooney are likely to form a partnership up front. The pair are both available at 4/9 to find the net and 3/1 to score first at some point during a match considered by many to represent a safe three points for England, who have just fallen to 15th place in FIFA's latest world rankings. But stranger things have happened. San Marino stunned the nation in 1994 with a goal seconds after kick-off in an away match during England's doomed World Cup qualification campaign. Graham Taylor's outfit went on to win 7-1, but could Andorran centre forward Fernando Silva repeat the feat of Davide Gualtieri 14 years earlier and grab a shock opener? He is 33/1 to do so. Or could Andorra draw inspiration from Macedonia, who pulled off a 2-2 draw at Southampton's St Mary's Stadium during England's Euro 2004 qualifiers? The team from the Pyrenees are 7/1 to steal a draw.
The shock pick in Capello's first squad for a competitive fixture in his new job was Fulham playmaker Jimmy Bullard. The shaggy-haired conjuror may well be introduced in the latter stages of the game - with England likely to have one eye on the mid-week clash with Croatia - and is 14/1 to mark his debut with a goal.
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