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England fans are deserting their national team like never before with Irish bookmaker Paddy Power reporting more bets on Slovenia to win the crunch World Cup 2010 Group C game.

As is stands 39% of match bets for the game have been on the England win - 4/9 - but amazingly 42% are on Slovenia, odds of 7/1, with the remainder on the draw.

Darren Haines, spokesman for the betting company, said: "The patriotic punt is drying up. It’s almost unheard of for England to have less bets on winning a match than their opponent - against Brazil maybe but not a lowly team like Slovenia."

"The 7/1 for a Slovenia win is proving tempting, perhaps England fans are taking out some insurance against the worst happening. The dark cloud of an England exit would certainly have a silver lining for many punters with some winnings going into their pockets", Haines added.

However the good news for the under-fire England squad is that bookies still expect them to do the job in Port Elizabeth. Paddy Power offers odds of 4/9 on England to still qualify for the last 16 and 11/10 to win the group, with odds of 13/8 for the unthinkable to happen and England crash out.

Betting odds are just 12/5 that Fabio Capello is still in charge for England's friendly with Hungary on August 11th.

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Source: Online Gambling News, eternalgambling.com

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