Premiership (Tottenham +17; Chelsea +1; Newcastle +34) Spurs slightly underperformed at times last season, finished 6th, but only 17 points off the leaders after 38 games. They had changes in management to deal with and had a few bad patches – notably a poor November and a tough set of fixtures in March cost them. […]
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Germany vs Argentina – World Cup Final
Sunday 13th July, Maracana Match odds: Germany @13/10, Draw @9/4, Argentina @5/2 Germany have played the more convincing football throughout the tournament and understandably go in as favourites here. However, Argentina have been resolute in their own way. People expected Sabella’s side to score goals and concede goals – with their attacking force of Messi, […]
Brazil vs Germany – Semi final 1
Tuesday 8th July, Belo Horizonte Match odds: Brazil @13/8, Draw @11/5, Germany @19/10 The first Semi final appears to be incredibly tough to call, for different reasons. Firstly, much has been made of the absence of Neymar and Thiago Silva from the host’s line-up, and although they have the crowd on their side as the […]
France vs Germany
Friday 4th July, Maracana Match odds: France @19/10, Draw @21/10, Germany @17/10 In what should be a close encounter, France will go in as many people’s pick as the in-form side, although no setting the world alight in their last round match against Nigeria, they were arguably better than Germany were against Algeria. The one […]
Holland vs Mexico
Sunday 29th June, Fortaleza Match odds: Holland @21/20, Draw @ 23/10, Mexico @3/1 The Dutch side will go into this match as favourites, after impressing in the group stages by scoring 10 goals including a 5-1 win over Spain. Mexico haven’t been far off the achievements of their opponents, with an equally impressive display in […]
Brazil vs Chile – 1st Knockout Round
Saturday 28th June, Belo Horizonte Match odds: Brazil @1/2, Draw @7/2, Chile @11/2 Hosts Brazil take on fellow South Americans Chile in a game that should command an immense atmosphere, with fantastic support for both sides so far. Brazil go in @1/2 favourites, after a relatively comfortable group performance. However, Chile will fancy their chances […]
Croatia vs Mexico
Crunch time in group A as Croatia go into a Mexican standoff to qualify, presumably alongside Brazil. A draw is good enough for Mexico, so you would expect them to be reasonably cautious, and the opposite with Croatia. Both teams have performed well, with Mexico basing their success on defending – with two clean sheets, […]
Germany vs Ghana
Germany had an extremely good opener against Portugal, and they will be expected to beat a Ghana side who suffered a 2-1 defeat to USA in theirs. Ghana will go in as underdogs and will be keen to attack and try and muster up a fight to get through the group, but ultimately Germany have […]
England vs Uruguay
This should be crunch game for both sides, after losses in the opening game. After the South American side’s shock loss to Costa Rica, they will go in as underdogs with the bookies, but they should have Suarez back after he has been training fully and looks fit to play. England fill fancy their chances of 3 […]
Spain vs Chile
After much being made of Spain’s embarrassing defeat to Holland in their opening game, they will want to bounce back. Chile looked relatively decent against Australia, but never excelled against a weaker side, opening themselves up to a comeback. I think Spain have too good a squad and too good a coach to let this happen again. […]