World-Cup Betting: Spain & Brazil rank as the early favourites !
Football betting experts go with Brazil and Spain as the early favourites to win the Football World Cup 2010 in Southafrica !
The World-Cup qualification phase is behind us and all the usual suspects capable of winning this mega event, made it to South Africa. Also, all the former World Champions will compete; Uruguay held off a scare from Costa Rica and France eliminated a very unfortunate Irish team due to an incredible hand play by Thierry Henry.
The international football bookmakers rank reigning European Champ Spain together with 5-time winner Brazil as the top of the list with odds around 5.50 (9/2). These two are followed by England (7.50 or 13/2), Argentina (10.00 or 9/1) and Germany at 13.00 (12/1).
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The football bookmakers would currently pay out 14.00 (13/1) for the Netherlands and an always very dangerous Italy. The Top 10 list is completed by France and Portugal with odds around 17.00 (16/1) and the Ivory Coast at 25.00 (24/1).
Behind these 10 top contenders, matters quickly become kind of improbable. While Chile, Serbia, Ghana and Paraguay with sportsbetting odds of around 40.00-60.00 (39/1 – 59/1) might have a very slim chance to win this event, behind these four, there are no less than nine more teams coming it at odds of around 100-to-1, these are: USA, Cameroon, Denmark, Mexico, Nigeria, Australia, Greece, Uruguay and host nation South Africa.
Anyone of these teams winning the FIFA Football World-Cup 2010 would certainly be a major sensation by itself, but if any of “the rest” actually wins it all, then that would rank as one of the most stunning “Cinderella”-victories in sports history for all time. Here the “candidates”:
Switzerland: around 150-to-1
Japan and Slovenia: up to 250-to-1
South Korea, Slovakia and Algeria: 300-to-1
New Zealand, Honduras and North Korea: up to 2000-to-1 (!!)
The FIFA World Cup Final Draw will be held on December 4 in Cape Town (19.00 local time/18.00 CET). Once the draw is complete, some teams winning odds might either go up or down, of course, depending on the group opponents. Especially at World-Cups in the past, there were rather “easy-breezy” groups for the favourites, but also groups containing 4 really strong contenders.
SuperBowl Odds: Indianapolis Colts vs. New Orleans Saints
Superbowl 2010 on Sunday: Indianapolis Colts heavy favourites to win over the New Orleans Saints !
The biggest (one-day) sporting event of the world is coming up this Sunday, when the NFL Superbowl will be played in Miami, Florida. The Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints were the dominating teams all season and so they meet to decide who will become the Super Bowl Champion 2010.
The current Superbowl odds favour the Indianapolis Colts to win and to do so with heavy scoring by both teams. The best odds on the Colts are offered by Ladbrokes, Bet365 or Victor Chandler at around 1.50 (1/2 UK-odds), while a win by the Saints would bring about 2.80 (9/5 UK-odds).
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Almost all American Football Bookmakers offer only 2-way wagers, that means you cannot bet on a draw, even if you wanted to. So betting on the coming Superbowl Champion means just that: “Who will win ?” Should there be no winner after the regular 4 quarters, the game will be decided by “Sudden Death”, meaning the next points scored will decide the outcome, wether it may be by Touchdown, Fieldgoal or even Safety.
Betting on the “Over or Under” (total points):
It is widely expected, that the 44th Superbowl will become a “Shootout” by two teams, that both rely heavily on their respective offensive lines. Most bookies like 888.com Sports, Betfair or William Hill offer the “under or over”-bet at 56.5 points, so 56 points (or less) for the “under”-wager, 57 points (or more) for the “over”-sportsbet.