England World Cup 2018 Stage of Elimination Odds

England 11/8 for Last 16 exit at Russia 2018

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How far can England go at the World Cup 2018?

Their odds of winning the tournament outright were trimmed when they received a favourable draw in the group stage. The Three Lions avoided the tournament heavyweights such as Brazil and Argentina in the draw and the top-seeded team in their group will be Belgium, who are ranked 5th in the world, but still, they could be manageable for the Three Lions. England does have a strong head to head record against the Red Devils and either way, really, Gareth Southgate’s men should find themselves in the next round of the competition without too much of a sweat. Joining them in Group G are debutantes Panama and African representatives Tunisia.

England are huge 6/1 price at BetVictor to suffer the same fate as they did four years ago when they failed to get out their group which contained Uruguay, Italy and Costa Rica. That was a major failure for them, and with their disappointing exit at the hands of Iceland in the knockout stage of Euro 2016 as well, the country needs to produce a good tournament for themselves to restore a bit of faith and belief.

So England would have to royally screw up not to get out of the group. The position is, of course, is going to be all important for them when it comes to the knockout stage of the tournament. If they win the group then they will go on the bottom half of the group where they would likely be joined by Spain, Argentina and Germany, or if they finish runners up to Belgium in the group stage, then they would go to the top half of the draw where they would likely be joined by Russia, France and Brazil. Ultimately there is no easy path to the World Cup Final of course.

Stage of Elimination

But an easy group stage gives them the chance to get a little bit of momentum going and the round of sixteen is where things are going to get interesting for the Three Lions. If they are the Group G winners then they would face the runners up of Group H and if they are runners up in Group G then they play the winners of Group H. So who is in Group H? That will be Poland, Senegal, Colombia and Japan. So there is going to be a tricky game for England in the first knockout stage, but it could have been a lot worse of a draw for them.

Poland would be tough, but manageable and the Poles, of course, have Robert Lewandowski who will threaten any defence. They also finished level on points with Germany in the group stage of Euro 2016 remember and would be a difficult opponent for England. So too would Colombia who may not be too well suited to the conditions out in Russia for their game, Senegal got through their qualification group undefeated and have Liverpool’s star man Sadio Mane in their ranks. Japan, who don’t have good form in the finals, are unlikely to get themselves out of the group stage.

England are trading at 11/8 with BetVictor to get eliminated at the Last 16 stage. Things would get a lot tougher of course because that is the stage where potentially group winners from thcan meet. The Three Lions could be meeting either Brazil or Germany in the quarter finals and the Three Lions are 11/4 to find themselves heading home at the quarter final stage. Then you will see the price go up drastically on England making significant progress.

The Three Lions are 9/2 at BetVictor to exit at the semi final stage and they are a 12/1 poke to finish as runners up at the tournament. England are seventh favourites to win the tournament outright at a price of 16/1, but realistically that is an exaggerated price just because of the easy group stage draw that they received. That’s not going to help them down the line in getting past the better teams and getting through those tougher tests. A quarter final exit looks the most probable outcome.