England, having sat out last night's Euro qualifiers, will be back in action on Tuesday with a great chance of continuing their perfect start on the road to Poland and Ukraine in 2012. There should not be too much doubt about the outcome, leaving many punters to concentrate on how England will perform in the supremacy markets.
Fabio Capello's squad have bounced back from their awful World Cup with a pair of clear-cut wins over Bulgaria and Switzerland, putting them in pole position in group G. They do not have to leave the British Isles for their next three qualifiers, which means they should be well on their way to the 2012 championships by next autumn.
England's competitive home results under Capello have been impressive - last month's 4-0 victory over Bulgaria having been preceded by winning scorelines of 3-0, 5-1, 6-0, 2-1 and 5-1. The first conclusion to be drawn from those results is that at least three goals look likely on Tuesday.
The sole failure to win by a margin of three goals or more was against Ukraine, who finished runners-up to England in World Cup qualifying and were the only team to beat them on the way to South Africa. That suggests another clear-cut win is on the cards against Montenegro, who are 14 places below Ukraine in the world rankings.
There are a couple of doubts. One is that England's supremacy often materialises late in matches, as they have entered the last quarter of an hour with just one or two goals on the board in four of their six competitive home internationals under Capello. That means punters who favour England supremacy usually face a nervous wait to see if their bet will pay off.
A good example came against Kazakhstan two years ago, which was Capello's first competitive home match. England went into the game in the same position as now, having won their first two qualifiers, and they emerged 5-1 winners, but it was not quite as easy as the scoreline suggests. Kazakhstan, then ranked 131st in the world, got back to 2-1 in the 68th minute and England drew clear only after Wayne Rooney scored their third in the 76th minute, with the other two goals coming in the last four minutes.