The Best Bet: How to double your money in Tunisia vs England

England kickstart their World Cup campaign against Tunisia on Monday night and Gareth Southgate’s side will hope to ease any early nerves with a comprehensive performance over their Group G rivals. Unfortunately, England and comprehensive World Cup performances are not two things usually associated with one and other.

The Three Lions are the overwhelming 4/9 favourites to beat Tunisia, which is slightly surprising given their previous World Cup showings. Despite the fact England are clear favourites on paper, that hasn’t stopped them slipping up in the past. Tunisia have never made it out of the group stage of a World Cup and are competing in one for the first time since 2006, but they are not to be underestimated.

Nabil Maaloul’s side proved that against Spain in their final World Cup warm-up match and you can’t completely rule them out on Monday even if their squad is no match for the options at Gareth Southgate’s disposal. So, with all of that in mind, where are the best markets to make from money in this contest?

England’s preparations for the 2018 World Cup have been encouraging, but that has also been the case in the past. They have held Italy, Germany and Brazil to draws in their last six matches and beaten the Netherlands in that time. They’ve kept four clean sheets in that time, but scoring goals has often been the problem.

Southgate is trying to make England fearless and his selections have proved that, but they are still finding their way and trying to click into gear in the offensive third. In fact, England have only scored more than once in two of their last eight matches.

Furthermore, England have only scored one goal in the first match of each of the last four World Cup finals and Ladbrokes are offering odds of 2/1 for Southgate’s side to do so again on Monday night.