World Cup 2014: How England can win it by Professor Stephen

Professor Stephen Hawking and his team have spent time working out 'The Ideal Conditions for England Success'.

Temperature: Temperate climates are best. A 5C rise in temperature is expected to reduce England's chances of winning by 59%.

Altitude: England are twice as likely to win when playing below 500m above sea level.

Distance from home: England are 22% more likely to win when travelling short haul. Cultural differences and jet lag take their toll.

Kick-off: England are creatures of habit and their chances of winning could improve by a third when starting at 15.00 local time. The evening kick-off against Italy is bad news.

Formation: A confident 4-3-3 has a success rate of 58% compared to 48% when playing 4-4-2.

Shirt colour: Wear red. England's success rate has been 20% higher in coloured shirts. Red makes teams feel more confident and can lead them to being perceived as more aggressive and dominant.

Nationality of referee: European referees give England the best chance of success. 63% of games are won with a European referee compared to 38% when the referee is from elsewhere.

Can you imagine, people are trying to use science to predict the success of football teams to win the world cup. The beautiful game might just become the predictable game soon, no thanks to science.