World Cup Odds: 100 days to go and punters are backing England...

World Cup Betting / Joe Dyer / 02 March 2010 / Leave a comment Free £25 Bet

Rooney is the favourite for top scorer at the World Cup

...while Wayne Rooney is favourite to be tournament's top scorer...

"There are some interesting bets to be had at odds over [100.0]. Rooney's starting replacement for Sunday's final, Michael Owen, is [140.0] to be top scorer in the tournament, or if you think South Africa will rise up to the challenge as home nation you can get a cool [130.0] on a shock victory for the hosts."

Wednesday marks the 100-day countdown to the opening fixture of the World Cup in South Africa and Betfair punters are giving England a real chance of going all the way. The Three Lions are currently [7.0] third picks behind tournament favourites Spain at [5.5] and five-time winners Brazil at [6.0].

Following his Carling Cup Final winner at Wembley on Sunday, fans are also backing Wayne Rooney to come away with the tournament's Golden Shoe. The in-form Manchester United striker is [11.0] to top the pile, with Spanish pairing David Villa and Fernando Torres joint second favourites at [13.0].

With 100 days to go there are some interesting bets to be had at odds over [100.0]. Rooney's starting replacement for Sunday's final, Michael Owen, is [140.0] to be top scorer in the tournament, or if you think South Africa will rise up to the challenge as home nation you can get a cool [130.0] on a shock victory for the hosts.

Betfair spokesman Mike Robb said: "England fans always back their team with their wallets and so there's no surprise that Betfair punters are getting behind England, and Rooney, to go all the way and win the World Cup. The John Terry affair seems to have had no impact on the betting, with customers still queuing up to back our boys.

"Just 100 days remain until the big kick-off and David Beckham is 100-1 to captain the side against the USA. Given all the recent shenanigans, that might even be worth a punt!"

Meanwhile, England should have no problem against Egypt in Wednesday night's friendly at Wembley. Fabio Capello's side are hot [1.41] favourites to see off the African Cup of Nations winners, who are available at [9.0] on Betfair.

Tags: Brazil, Carling Cup, David Villa, Egypt, England, Fernando Torres, Michael Owen, South Africa, Spain, Wayne Rooney