Joe Hart, Wayne Rooney Current Favourites To Start
Published on May 13th, 2014 2:56 pm ESTEarlier today, England named its 23-man roster for the 2014 World Cup. The event, which will take place in Brazil, gets underway in less than a month.
England has its work cut out for it in the 2014 World Cup, as they will be playing in a group that includes three very solid teams (including themselves). As a matter of fact, England isn’t a clear favourite to move on from the group stage.
Here is how Group D looks:
Italy
England
Uruguay
Costa Rica
Italy is expected to move through, while England and Uruguay are basically a coin toss at this point. Costa Rica, on the other hand, is expected to be the weak sister of the group.
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Here is a look at England’s 23-man roster, as announced earlier today:
Rickie Lambert
Wayne Rooney
Daniel Sturridge
Danny Welbeck
Steven Gerrard
Ross Barkley
Jordan Henderson
Adam Lallana
Frank Lampard
James Milner
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Raheem Sterling
Jack Wilshere
Leighton Baines
Gary Cahill
Phil Jagielka
Glen Johnson
Phil Jones
Luke Shaw
Chris Smalling
Joe Hart
Ben Foster
Fraser Forster
Finally, the stand-bys:
Michael Carrick
Andy Carroll
Tom Cleverley
Jermain Defoe
Jon Flanagan
John Ruddy
John Stones
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The odds for which players will start in the first World Cup game were also released today - here is how they look:
Joe Hart, 1.04
Wayne Rooney, 1.05
Gary Cahill, 1.10
Daniel Sturridge, 1.08
Leighton Baines, 1.12
Steven Gerrard, 1.05
Glen Johnson, 1.10
Phil Jagielka, 1.25
Jordan Henderson, 1.83
Raheem Sterling, 1.80
Adam Laliana, 1.83
Jack Wilshere, 2.30
James Milner, 2.25
Danny Welbeck, 2.10
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, 3.00
Phil Jones, 3.75
Chris Smalling, 4.00
Frank Lampard, 5.00
Luke Shaw, 5.00
Ross Barkley, 7.50
Rickie Lambert, 17.00
Ben Foster, 34.00
Fraser Forster, 21.00
