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Not a premonition but a recollection of times gone past. Until England drew the US in the group stages I wasn’t even aware of this episode of sporting history. It seems England have always been under-performers, but perhaps were a bit unlucky on this occasion. You would get 17′s for a repeat performance tonight.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_v_United_States_%281950%29

Ratings for today: -

England vs US – Market is forecasting 2.50 goals with at least 1.70 to England, leaving a paltry 0.30 to the US.

South Korea vs Bankrupt Economy – Market is forecasting just 2 goals pretty evenly split. Should be an ‘interesting’ game.

Due to lack of data, i.e. neutral grounds etc. etc. It’s tough to give you a brilliant steer on similar matches in the past. I am much better at league football. There is more data and matches in league footbal, so that is where the bread and butter is. But, most matches similar to England’s have ended in comfortable wins for the stronger team. There is only one example from the, albeit small, data set that I have where the weaker team won and that was only by one goal.

I won’t be trading in-play on the England match as my emotions will probably get in the way, but I will on all other matches that I can.