Rashford 4-1 to be England's top marksman

By Mark Langdon 4:50PM 6 OCT 2016

MARCUS RASHFORD notched a hat-trick on his last appearance for a side managed by Gareth Southgate and Ladbrokes rate the teenage goalscoring sensation 4-1 to be England’s top marksman in World Cup qualifying.

The Manchester United forward will be hoping his three-goal haul for England’s Under-21s against Norway last month will be enough for him to force his way into the reckoning for the seniors against Malta on Saturday with Harry Kane injured.

Kane remains the 7-2 market leader to be England’s top scorer in qualifying with skipper Wayne Rooney alongside Rashford at 4-1.

Adam Lallana, who is the only player to have bagged so far, is 10-1 but like Kane he will miss the Wembley match with Malta as well as Tuesday’s more difficult trip to tackle Slovenia.

Bet365 rate Southgate’s side 4-5 to win both qualifiers and 7-2 to score nine or more goals, while BoyleSports go 5-4 the Three Lions score at least seven times.

They are also 11-10 to keep two clean sheets with BoyleSports over the 180 minutes.

Away from the international scene and there was a big move for Steve Bruce to replace Roberto Di Matteo as Aston Villa’s manager.

Former Birmingham boss Bruce is 4-7 with Coral and as short 3-10 elsewhere to take the Villa vacancy in a market which is 7-1 bar the favourite. Huddersfield’s David Wagner is the only other person at single-figure odds.