England and Brazil, two of the best soccer teams in the world, are set to face off this Saturday as they prepare for the World Cup next summer. The match will take place at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha.

Fabio Capello the coach of the England team likes to test his team against World Cup contenders so that is what he is doing with this match. Capello has put his team up against The Netherlands, Germany and Spain to see if they can compete on that level.

England has not played Brazil since 2007 when England was the favorite. This time around Brazil has the slight lead as bookmakers put them as the odds favorite. SportingBet has Brazil at 21/20 odds while VictorChandler, 888Sport, Bet365, ToteSport, BlueSq, Ladbrokes and ExtraBet have Brazil at odds of 11/10.

WBX has Brazil at 21/17 odds and PaddyPower and SkyBet has 5/4 odds while Betfair has them at 24/19. England is the third favorite to win the cup with odds of 6/1 at BetFred, SkyBet and Ladbrokes. Skybet and Coral has England at 7/4 odds and BoyleSports has them at 2/1.






- 2009-11-13