Jermain Defoe’s five-goal haul against Wigan on Sunday has seen Sky Bet slash his odds of making Capello’s World Cup squad to 1/10 and the Harrogate-based firm have also cut him to 4/1 to be England’s top scorer in South Africa.
He is a 28/1 chance to top the competition’s overall scoring chart and 5/4 to start England’s first match of the World Cup finals.
Defoe’s heroics inevitably deal a blow to Michael Owen’s prospects of making Capello’s 23-man squad and Sky Bet have lengthened his odds to 5/1 (from 7/2).
Sky Bet’s football betting spokeswoman Helen Jacob said: “Defoe is arguably the best striker in the league at present and must surely now be a certainty to go to South Africa.”
Defoe, who took his Premier League goal tally to 11 on Sunday, is now 11/4 favourite for the golden boot. His display at White Hart Lane equalled a Premier League record, making him only the third player to score five times in a single game. Sky Bet go 200/1 that Defoe scores a double hat-trick in the league this season and 5/6 that he 24 notches goals or more.
Spurs’ victory returned them to the Champions League places and Sky Bet go 5/2 that they finish in the top four. Following their 9-1 annihilation, Wigan have been cut to 11/2 (from 7/1) for the drop.
