World Cup Betting Archive  July 2010

At one stage, David Villa went as short as 1.55 on betfair to be the leading goalscorer at the World Cup, although his failure to score against Germany means that the Barcelona new boy is level on goals with Wesley Sneijder ahead of the final in Johannesburg. Two weeks before the tournament, Blue Square were [...]

Perhaps there might be one or two members of Stan James’ marketing team in hot water after Spain booked their place in the 2010 World Cup final on Wednesday! Carlos Puyol’s bullet header from a corner put La Furia Roja into a lead that they did not relinquish and that will please the many customers [...]

Before the start of the World Cup, Spain were no bigger than 7/2 to win the competition and although they have reached Sunday’s final, Vicente Del Bosque’s team certainly haven’t done things the easy way. An opening game defeat by Switzerland saw La Furia Roja drift out to 6/1 on the outright market and it [...]

Spain v Germany Betting Stats Over Under 2.5 Goals If, like most punters, stats are your thing, we will explore them here for the Germany v Spain World Cup Semi Final. Let’s look at the goal scoring threat of both sides to start. With Torres not contributing anything but wasted chances, Spain are relying heavily [...]

Quite simply, this is a huge game of football and many people will have wished this contest to be the World Cup final on Sunday. It’s a repeat of the Euro 2008 final where Spain won 1-0 thanks to a Fernando Torres goal, although the net might bulge more than once when these two attacking [...]

  Germany V Spain Wednesday, 7th July – 19:30 (GMT) Moses Madhiba Stadium, Durban Semi-Final   Germany The Germans, arguably the most consistent national team there is, are bidding to become the first country to appear in no less than eight finals when they take on Spain for a place in the 2010 FIFA World [...]

Less than a week ago, I made the point that Germany were being underrated by the bookmakers despite thrashing England 4-1 in Bloemfontein, with Sporting Bet offering Die Mannschaft at 7/1 on the outright market before they taught Argentina a footballing lesson on Saturday. Since Fabio Capello’s team were knocked out of the World Cup, there [...]

Germany v Spain Betting Odds Germany to win: 19/10 at William Hill Draw: 23/10 at Bwin Spain to win: 7/4 at Victor Chandler To Qualify: Spain – 18/19 at Bwin Germany – Evens at SkyBet World Cup 2010 Semi Final Date: Wednesday, July 7th Kick Off: 19.30 GMT Spain Spain v Germany is a repeat [...]