England go into Thursday's FIFA vote to decide the 2018 World Cup venue as favourites to host football's showpiece.
England are now odd-on with Sky Bet after Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin's amazing speech in which he announced he would not travel to Zurich for the vote saw his nation's hopes tumble.
Holland/Belgium are also bidding but are viewed as the outsiders in the secret ballot of the 22 FIFA executive committee members while Spain/Portugal now appear the biggest threat to England's hopes.