Bookmakers are expecting over £30 million will be gambled on the outcome of England's match with Germany.
The previous biggest amount staked on a single game was just over £20 million pounds on the England v Portugal quarter-final in Gelsenkirchen in the 2006 World Cup.
It is expected over £1 billion pounds will be gambled for the first time on any one tournament, compared with about £750 million pounds in Germany.
And it is hard to split the teams with both sides odds against to win the match in 90 minutes with the draw at 2/1.
And there is good reason to think the match will finish in a stalemate after normal time:
- Their last World Cup meeting came 20 years ago with a 1-1 draw in the semi-final in Turin after 90 minutes.
- They drew 0-0 in the second group stage in 1982.
- In 1970, it was 2-2 in the quarter-final in Leon after normal time.
Read more at: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/26062010/58/world-cup-2010-stats-history-point-germans.html
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