England at Hockey World Cup Betting

The hockey world cup is on going at the moment, with Britain’s men performing well (this is field hockey by the way, not ice hockey). On the weekend, they beat favourites Australia for the first time since in about 25 years, and backed it up with a tight victory over South Africa in their second pool. That all means that with those two games, England have made a 100% start to the campaign. This puts them top in a pool of six teams, with still plenty of work still be done to in order to hang to one of the top two spots which will seem through to the semi finals of the World Cup, which is being held in India.

England are currently ranked 6th in the World, with Germany being number one, closely followed by Australia. They are next in action on Thursday, when they take on Pakistan, who lost their opening match heavily, but then put in a fine display to beat the much fancied Spaniards. After such a fine start to the competition, England’s next benchmark game will come against Spain, who are ranked third in the World. England went into the competition with high hopes and failing to get out of the pool would be deemed as, well, a failure. A little bit of consistency, tied in with the little bit of flair that they have should carry them far. They have shown their ability to beat the best, and if they can keep momentum going through the group, then they should be fair bet.

England to win: 4/6 at Paddy Power
Draw: 11/4 at Expekt
Pakistan to win: 4/1 at Stan James

Hockey World Cup Results so Far:
England 3, Australia 2
England 6, South Africa 4

Remaining Pool Fixtures:
England v Pakistan, March 4th
England v India, March 6th
England v Spain, March 8th