2006 World Cup Group Betting Tips
The 2006 World Cup Finals - like it's predecessors - will have a few shocks at the Group stages. After all, who
would have expected Senegal to qualify at the expense of France or Korea and the USA to get through instead of Portugal and
Poland at the 2002 World Cup.
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The trick, of course, is to predict where the upsets are going to occur and bet big on the underdogs that may win - or even qualify - from the group stages.
UK bookmaker SportingOdds offers odds on teams to qualify, so you can back the underdogs just to qualify. If you prefer to bet using American odds, BetWWTS also offer odds on
teams to qualify from their group.
Best Bets on World Cup Group Qualification
GROUP E
Featuring the USA alongside Italy and the Czech Republic plus African minnows Ghana. Italy and the Czechs are evenly matched and could
take points off each other. Combine this with the Italian defensive style of football that could be breached by a resolute, attacking
USA side and I like the Americans to qualify at the expense of one of the European teams.
BEST USA ODDS - To Qualify : 6/4 at Sporting Odds
| +175 at BetWWTS
BEST USA ODDS - To Win Group : 6/1 at Sporting Odds
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+600 at BetWWTS
GROUP G
Group G has France, Switzerland, South Korea and Togo. France are no longer the force in world football they once were and Switzerland
performed well above their real ability to qualify. I think South Korea will qualify, possibly even winning Group G.
BEST SOUTH KOREA ODDS - To Qualify : 8/5 at Sporting Odds
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+175 at BetWWTS
SOUTH KOREA ODDS - To Win Group : 9/1 at Sporting Odds
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+950 at InterChamps
Points Market and Goals Market
SportingOdds are also offering bets on number of goals scored by each team and the number of points accrued.The goals market is an under/over choice, but the points market has more value. Generally speaking, 7 points is enough to qualify for the second stage.
All the following look like good bets to me :
England : 7 Group Points : 12/5 at SportingOdds
Italy : 7 Group Points : 11/4 at SportingOdds
Czech Republic : 7 Group Points : 4/1 at SportingOdds