Opta Stats: Englands Defoe to run riot over San Marino

Jermain Defoe has scored in two of his last three England starts
As England prepare to face the joint-worst team on the planet, Opta points towards a Three Lions whitewash...
England v San Marino (Friday 20:00)
In their last five matches, San Marino have scored just two goals and conceded 29. They lost all five
For England, playing against San Marino is the equivalent of Arsenal lining up against the Dog and Duck's Sunday team from around the corner. Ranked joint-last in the FIFA rankings at 207th, San Marino do not really quantify proper opposition in international footballing terms. They make Moldova look like Real Madrid. There is no way England should let this team score against them, it's just a question of how many they score.
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In each of the previous two matches against San Marino, an English player has scored four goals (David Platt and Ian Wright)
The two games this stat refers to were both played in qualifying for World Cup 1994 with the home leg finishing 6-0 and the away date ending 7-1 to the Three Lions.
With the expected goal glut, it seems highly likely that at least one player will bag themselves the match ball here. The list of candidates are plentiful but in Jermain Defoe, England have a player who has struck in 17 goals across only 19 starts for the country, as well as four already for his club this season.
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Wales v Scotland (Friday 19:45)
The Welsh have lost seven of their last nine World Cup qualifiers with their only two wins in that run coming against Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein
Wales are not enjoying life under Chris Coleman having lost the first two qualifiers including a 6-1 humbling at the hands of Serbia last time around. Injuries to key players such as Craig Bellamy and Neil Taylor and James Collins' suspension will only further hinder their chances of getting a result against Scotland. In their last five games, Wales have only managed to score once too.
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Republic of Ireland v Germany (Friday 19:45)
Republic of Ireland have lost just two of their last 23 World Cup qualifying matches (W 9 D12 L2)
Despite an agonising Euro 2012 for the Irish in which they were so uncharacteristically leaky, Giovanni Trapattoni's men kept five clean sheets in their final seven qualifying matches for Euro 2012 - conceding just two goals in that run. Matches against the Germans are traditionally tight affairs too with the last five matches between the two producing just seven goals with no game seeing more than two goals in it.
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Recommended Bets: Back over 6.5 goals in England v San Marino @ 2.1211/10
Back Jermain Defoe to score a hat-trick against San Marino @ 6.3n/a
Back Scotland to win at Wales @ 2.727/4
Back under 2.5 goals in Republic of Ireland v Germany @ 2.1411/10