2010 World Cup Outright Betting Tips

The World Cup is still a few months away, but it’s never too early to have a bet on who might emerge as victors at the South Africa World Cup Finals.

We’re holding ourselves up to ridicule by making predictions now, but here’s my suggestions for who might win the World Cup 2010 Finals.

OUTRIGHT WINNER : BETTING TIPS

Spain : I know it’s hardly the most ‘out there’ tip, but Spain are not FIFA’s top ranked football team for nothing.

Just looking at the players that don’t regularly get into the starting line up – people like Pepe Reina, Cesc Fabregas and Fernando Torres – is enough to make you aware of just what strength and depth this side have.

Group H, which consists of Switzerland, Chile and Honduras, is one of the easier groups and Spain should come through that with no problems.

They will then face the runners up of Group G – which could be Portugal or the Ivory Coast. Portugal’s form in qualifying was shocking, while watching the Ivory Coast at AFCON 2010 showed they aren’t as good as team as the individuals who play for them would suggest.

The quarter finals may see Spain face Italy, but at this point injuries and suspensions will be telling and Spain’s squad depth should see them through again.

With talent like Iniesta, Xavi, Villa, Alonso, Casillas…the list goes on and on, it’s hard to see past Spain to win the 2010 World Cup Finals.

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Tips For Other Challengers

Only the very foolish would rule out cup specialists Italy and, of course, Brazil. Both of these teams know how to win World Cups, but, being frank, I don’t think either have quite the quality they have had in the past.

That didn’t stop Italy at World Cup 2006 of course, so conservative gamblers may want to take Italy at 13/1 with Expekt to win or Brazil at 5/1 with Stan James.

WORLD CUP BETTING TIPS : THE EACH WAY PUNT

I’m very definitely sticking my neck out here, but as an outside bet I do like the look of Holland.

I know all their players are made of papier mache and are likely to break at any moment. I’m also aware that they could run into Spain in the Quarter Finals, but they’ve got an impressive array of classy players and their performances at Euro 2008 suggests a togetherness not previously apparent among this famously fractious team.

At odds of 14/1 at Stan James (and others), this is an each way bet worth having.

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