With South Africa 2010 now on the horizon it is time to have a look at what is on offer on the World Cup betting books currently open with many of the betting websites.
With England’s 4-1 mauling of Croatia away from home this week it has helped local Bookmakers take a few bets on England both to qualify for the finals and to win the Cup(10-1 now with Bet 365) which always seems to happen when they win but I for one won’t be fooled by one good performance.
Brazil like every tournament have been made early favourites 5-1 with bet 365 and as low as 4-1 with Stan James but personally I think the Samba boys are not as strong as previous years and will not win the World Cup, my early tip for the World Cup is Euro Champ’s Spain and with Ladbrokes offering them at 9-1 which is the best price throughout the web I would say have a tipple now before the finals start and by then they will be down among the 5/6-1 mark.
African teams have to be in with a chance come 2010 and when you consider the need to acclimatise which the African countries will already be one step ahead on Ivory Coast’s 50-1 with Sky bet is a mouth watering proposition considering they are 33-1 with many of the other competitors and with the likes of Chelsea striker Drogba up front and very good talent throughout their squad an each way bet now might be what the doctor ordered.
