Gareth Southgate will remain as manager of England past the 2018 World Cup regardless of the results.

England's Group G is considered fairly easy as they will play Belgium, Panama and Tunisia.

Gareth has a long-term contract,” said FA chief executive Martin Glenn. “He’s not looking at Russia as a free pass. The World Cup’s a really important staging post for our development, I think. We go out there wanting to win it but also being realistic. No one wants to have a bad World Cup but we’re confident he’s the right guy to take us through for the next few tournaments.”

Southgate was appointed on a four-year contract in November 2016 after Sam Allardyce’s one-game, 67-day reign ended following a newspaper sting.

Following Friday's World Cup Group Stage Draw, Brazil and Spain have the best odds of winning the tournament next summer according to ESPN's Soccer Power Index.

Brazil's odds are at 20.8 percent while Spain is at 15.9 percent.

Brazil: 20.8 percent
Spain: 15.9 percent
Germany: 10.9 percent
Argentina: 7.0 percent
France: 6.0 percent
Belgium: 5.7 percent
Portugal: 5.4 percent
England: 4.9 percent

Russia's Group A is the only group without a team ranked in the top 10 of SPI. Russia is ranked 27th while Uruguay is ranked 11th.

The 2018 World Cup group stage draw was held in Russia on Friday.

The first match of the World Cup will be played between Russia and Saudi Arabia.

Group A
Russia
Uruguay
Egypt
Saudi Arabia

Group B
Portugal
Spain
Iran
Morocco

Group C
France
Peru
Denmark
Australia

Group D
Argentina
Croatia
Iceland
Nigeria

Group E
Brazil
Switzerland
Costa Rica
Serbia

Group F
Germany
Mexico
Sweden
South Korea

Group G
Belgium
England
Tunisia
Panama

Group H
Poland
Colombia
Senegal
Japan