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Charlie Calamari -The World Cup Winner Prediction
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Spain are 8/15 from 4/7 for the World Cup (Holland 8/5 from 6/4) with Stan James in light of sustained support.
Head of PR Charlie McCann: “We cut La Roja from 11/10 to 21/10 in the 90 minute market yesterday and have had to cut them from 4/7 to 8/15 to lift the Trophy today in light of heavy support”.
Its the World Cup Final, and the third place play off this weekend. The big one is Spain v Holland with a English Referee, Howard Webb. We look at the World Cup Betting opportunities.
Spain and Holland go head to head, Spain have conceded only two goals so far in the tournament and Holland have set a record of 14 straight World Cup Wins in 90 minutes.
Howard Webb is the referee, he is 7/2 to issue a card and 33/1 to send off Van Bommell which must be worth a few quid. On Saturday we have the third place play-off…
19:30 Netherlands (11/4) Draw (12/5) Spain (6/5)
Holland offer genuine value here, but Spain will be tough to score against, only 2 goals conceded is an amazing record. For me though its Spain, but do all the boys agree? Listen to the World Cup Betting Podcast.
Previous meetings
Played 8: Holland 4 wins, Draws 1, Spain 3 wins
1957: (Madrid, Friendly): Spain 5 Holland 1
1973: (Amsterdam, Friendly): Holland 3 Spain 2
1980: (Vigo, Friendly): Spain 1 Holland 0
1983: (Seville, ECQ): Spain 1 Holland 0
1983: (Rotterdam, ECQ): Holland 2 Spain 1
1987: (Barcelona, Friendly): Spain 1 Holland 1
2000: (Sevilla, Friendly): Spain 1 Holland 2
2001: (Rotterdam, Friendly): Holland 1 Spain 0
Specials from William Hill…..
WITH FERNANDO TORRES apparently desperate to play in the World Cup Final, William Hill make him a 5/6 chance still to be at Liverpool on the first day of next season. He is 11/8 with Hills to play the whole game, however long it lasts, if he gets into the starting line up, while Hills make him 4/1 to come on in or after the 81st minute and before the 90minute play final whistle, if he does not start. ‘Torres has not exactly enhanced his reputation during the World Cup, even allowing for his lack of match fitness prior to the tournament, and Roy Hodgson will be determined to keep both him and Gerrard’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
Torres To Finish The Game Should He Start !
Yes….11/8
No……8/15
When Will Torres Come On Should He Not Start ?
0-10……33/1
11-20….25/1
21-30….16/1
31-40….12/1
41-50…..5/1
51-60…..5/1
61-70…..9/2
71-80…..4/1
81-Full Time Whistle…7/2
Exta Time 1st Period…7/1
Extra Time 2nd Period….8/1
Torres Club 1st Day Of Season ?
Liverpool….5/6
Chelsea…..3/1
Man City….3/1
Any Other….7/1
WORLD CUP FINAL ODDS….TO WIN TROPHY….4/7 SPAIN; 6/4 HOLLAND
TO WIN IN 90M PLAY……6/5 Spain……11/5 draw……..13/5 Holland
COME FRIM BEHIND TO WIN IN 90M PLAY….9/1 Spain; 14/1 Holland
TO WIN IN EXTRA TIME…..9/1 Spain……11/1 Holland
MATCH TO GO TO PENALTIES……9/2
TO WIN ON PENALTY SHOOT-OUT…..10/1 Spain…..10/1 Holland
PENALTY AWARDED IN 90 MINUTES PLAY…….10/3
SPAIN TO WIN THEIR 4TH SUCCESSIVE GAME BY 1-0 IN 90M – 9/2……TO DO SO WITH VILLA SCORING THE GOAL…25/1
HOW MANY PLAYERS WHO TAKE PART IN W CUP FINAL WILL APPEAR IN PREM LEAGUE 2010/11?…..4 OR FEWER….7/4……..5-7……13/8………8 OR MORE…..13/8
WEBB’S WORLD IS A WINNER
HOWARD WEBB, who was backed down from 6/4 to 4/11 to take charge of the World Cup Final, is more likely to award a penalty than to send a player off in normal time at the Final, say bookmakers William Hill who offer 3/1 about the former, and 7/2 the latter. ‘Webb was well backed to get the Final,so he is the only Englishman to cost us any sort of World Cup payout’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
WILLIAM HILL WEBB SPECIALS
Howard Webb to award a penalty during normal time 3/1
Howard Webb to send a player off during normal time 7/2
Howard Webb to send a player off at any time (including extra time) 11/4
Howard Webb to order a penalty to be retaken during normal time 25/1 (20/1 incl extra time)
All the below include extra time.
Uruguayan Ref – Howard Webb to miss an incident (and not award a goal) where the ball is clearly shown to cross the goal line 50/1
Russian Ref Howard Webb to award a goal where the ball is clearly shown not to cross the goal line 50/1
Thierry Henry – Howard Webb to give a goal when a clear handball is shown to have occurred in the build up 8/1
Graham Poll Howard Webb to issue any single player with three yellow cards 100/1
Howard Webb to be replaced as match referee at any point (extra-time included) 50/1
TO MAKE BBC TV SPORTS PERS OF YEAR SHORT-LIST – 16/1…TO WIN IT- 250/1
GOAL LINE TECHNOLOGY NOW ODDS-ON FOR WORLD CUP, SAY BOOKIES
WILLIAM HILL believe it is now an odds-on shot that goal-line technology will be in place when the next World Cup Finals get underway in 2014. ‘Having offered 5/1 about it happening after the Lampard fiasco we are now going 1/2 that it will be a done deal when the next Finals kick off’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
William Hill…..Will goal line technology be in use for the first match of the 2014 World Cup Finals?
Yes 1/2
No 6/4
**A William Hill Manchester betting shop client stands to collect £424,000 if David Villa, now 8/11 favourite to do so, ends up as tournament top scorer after placing a £30,000 double on Holland to win their Group at 4/7, with Villa at 8/1.
**A William Hill telephone betting client could collect £275,000 for a £50,000 bet on Spain to win the World Cup at 9/2.
**Another Hill’s shop punter in Essex placed a £250 treble on Rafa Nadal and Serena Williams to win their respective Wimbledon singles tournaments, running on to Holland – and will collect £30,000 if the Dutch oblige.
**PUNTERS who have backed every Paul the Psychic Octopus tip so far are £84 better off by staking £10 to win on each one – and over £1000 if they reinvested winnings from each selection on to the next one!
They’ll be at least one Englishman in the World Cup final on Sunday – Howard Webb has been chosen to ref the game.
HOWARD WEBB, who was backed down from 6/4 to 4/11 to take charge of the World Cup Final, is more likely to award a penalty than to send a player off in normal time at the Final, say bookmakers William Hill who offer 3/1 about the former, and 7/2 the latter. ‘Webb was well backed to get the Final,so he is the only Englishman to cost us any sort of World Cup payout’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe.
WILLIAM HILL WEBB SPECIALS
Howard Webb to award a penalty during normal time 3/1
Howard Webb to send a player off during normal time 7/2
They’ll be at least one Englishman in the World Cup final on Sunday – Howard Webb has been chosen to ref the game.
Howard Webb to send a player off at any time (including extra time) 11/4
Howard Webb to order a penalty to be retaken during normal time 25/1 (20/1 incl extra time)
All the below include extra time.
Uruguayan Ref – Howard Webb to miss an incident (and not award a goal) where the ball is clearly shown to cross the goal line 50/1
Russian Ref – Howard Webb to award a goal where the ball is clearly shown not to cross the goal line 50/1
Thierry Henry – Howard Webb to give a goal when a clear handball is shown to have occurred in the build up 8/1
Graham Poll – Howard Webb to issue any single player with three yellow cards 100/1
Howard Webb to be replaced as match referee at any point (extra-time included) 50/1
Football - Spain World Cup Final
Stan James were left ruing their Spain World Cup offer when Carlos Puyol headed the European champions into Sunday’s World Cup Final. Remember our pre-tournament concession that we will refund all losing stakes on bets placed prior to the start of the tournament on the outright market as a free bet if Spain win their first World Cup.
With Holland a loser in the book and money back if Spain win, Sunday could easily produce the most unwanted hat-trick in bookmaking history given we also refunded losing stakes recently when England won the T20 World Cup and when Rafael Nadal won the French Open without dropping a set.
Spain are 4/7 to lift the trophy and 11/10 to beat the Dutch in 90 minutes after their best performance of the competition in easily disposing of a German team who didn’t go out with a wimper in Durban but certainly not with a bang either. There was not a single yellow card in the whole 90 minutes last night which might be a record and I’m sure the combative Dutch midfield duo of Mark van Bommell and Nigel De Jong will not allow Xavi, Xabi Alonso and Iniesta such freedom in Soccer City. There is no decision at the time of writing on who will be in charge of the Final on Sunday but Howard Webb or whoever gets the nod will surely be busier than Wednesday’s Hungarian official Viktor Kassai.
Holland have won all six games in South Africa and have been very well backed both pre and during the tournament, but not all their key players have hit their top form with Arsenal’s Robin Van Persie especially due a big game. The Oranje have finished runner up in 2 previous World Cup Finals losing 2-1 to Germany in 74 and 2-1 to Argentina in 78. A hat-trick of 2-1 defeats is priced at 8/1.
Netherlands v Spain-World Cup Final ~ Match Betting 90 Minutes
11-10 Spain
9-4 Draw
13-5 Netherlands
Netherlands v Spain-World Cup Final ~ To Lift The Trophy
4-7 Spain
6-4 Netherlands
Netherlands v Spain-World Cup Final ~ Double Result
5-2 Spain – Spain
4 Draw – Draw
4 Draw – Spain
6 Netherlands – Netherlands
13-2 Draw – Netherlands
14 Netherlands – Draw
14 Spain – Draw
28 Netherlands – Spain
33 Spain – Netherlands
Netherlands v Spain-World Cup Final ~ Correct Score
5 Draw 1-1
5 Spain 1-0
6 Netherlands 1-0
13-2 Draw 0-0
7 Spain 2-0
8 Spain 2-1
12 Bar
Netherlands v Spain-World Cup Final ~ First Goal Scorer
7-2 Villa, David
6 Torres, Fernando
13-2 No Goalscorer
13-2 Van Persie, Robin
7 Llorente, Fernando
8 Pedro, Rodríguez Ledesma
9 Huntelaar, Klaas-Jan
9 Sneijder, Wesley
9 Robben, Arjen
10 bar
World Cup 2010 Top Goalscorer ~ Top Scorer
8-11 Villa, David
11-4 Sneijder, Wesley
5 Klose, Miroslav
14 Forlan, Diego
14 Muller, Thomas
66 Suarez, Luis
100 Podolski, Lukas
100 Robben, Arjen
Netherlands v Spain-World Cup Final ~ Will There Be A Red Card?
2-7 No
9-4 Yes
Spain will play Holland in the World Cup final on Sunday after knocking out Germany. A Carles Puyol goal sent the favourites through against Germany in a match in which Spain dominated possession. World Cup Betting Update.
It will be the first time the reigning European champions have played in a World Cup final. Holland, twice runners-up, reached the final by beating Uruguay 3-2 in Cape Town on Tuesday. It means there will be a new name on the trophy for the first time since France claimed victory in Paris in 1998. Read More at Sky News
Paul, an octopus in a German zoo who predicts the national side’s football results, maintained his 100 per cent accuracy rate at this World Cup by foreseeing the team’s downfall at the hands of Spain. The animal has become the most unusual celebrity at this year’s tournament after correctly indicating whether Germany would win or lose each of their six games during the tournament. Read More at the Telegraph
A WILLIAM HILL telephone betting customer who staked a record 500,000 euros on Germany to beat Spain has lost his wager – the largest World Cup bet ever. ‘Not only did the 500,000 euro bet lose, but so did the 100,000 and 80,000 euro bets on Germany to win the tournament, and another 75,000 euro wager on them to get past Spain’ said Hill’s spokesman Graham Sharpe, ‘Even though we have clients with £25,000 and £10,000 on Spain to win the World Cup we will be going into the Final celebrating the fact that Germany aren’t there. Germany losing that game made a difference of around £5million to us – it was almost certainly our best World Cup result ever. Now we’d like the Dutch to round off a fantastic tournament for us by beating Spain’ .
EVENS PAUL THE OCTOPUS TO PICK WORLD CUP WINNERS!
AND WILLIAM HILL ARE NOW OFFERING ODDS OF EVEN MONEY THAT PAUL THE OCTOPUS WILL TIP THE WINNERS OF THE WORLD CUP AFTER HIS LATEST TRIUMPH IN SELECTING SPAIN TO BEAT GERMANY. ‘Punters are keen to keep on the right side of Paul’s tips, so we are giving them the chance to bet that he’ll pick the winner BEFORE they even know which side he has opted for’ said William Hill spokesman Graham Sharpe.
WILLIAM HILL now make Spain 8/15 favourites to win the World Cup, with Holland offered at 6/4.
Germany v Spain Match Facts
• Spain had a 51-49 edge in possession
• Spanish side converted on 81 percent of its passes – to Germany’s 75 percent
• Germany – five shots, two on target, 13 shots on goal, five on target.
To Win World Cup
Spain 8/15 favourites with Holland offered at 6/4.
Match Odds (90mins)
Spain Evens to win in 90m with Holland 12/5 and the draw 2/1.
Top Scorer
DAVID VILLA is 8/11 to end up as World Cup top scorer
5/2 Sneijder; 4 Klose; 14 Muller; 16 Forlan.
New Winner of World Cup- first time since France 1998.
Holland- 14 consecutive World Cup Wins (qualification and finals)
Tournament Stats Holland v Spain
Goals:
Holland: 12
Spain: 7
Average goals per game:
Holland: 2.00
Spain: 1.17
Goals conceded:
Holland: 5
Spain: 2
Average goals conceded per game:
Holland: 0.83
Spain: 0.33
Shots (excluding blocked shots):
Holland: 67
Spain: 82
Shots on target (%):
Holland: 58.2 per cent
Spain: 37.8 per cent
Goals to shots (%):
Holland: 17.9 per cent
Spain: 8.5 per cent
Fouls:
Holland: 97
Spain: 63
Yellow cards:
Holland: 15
Spain: 3
Red cards:
Holland: 0
Spain: 0
More than one in five football supporters would miss the birth of their first child so they could watch England play in the 2010 World Cup final, a survey has found.
England - World Cup Winners?
The survey, conducted on behalf of online bookmaker PartyBets.com, attempted to find out the lengths that football supporters would be willing to go so as not to miss what could be the biggest day in English football since 1966.
In total, 20.2 per cent of respondents admitted that they would be willing to miss the birth of their first son or daughter if it clashed with England’s appearance in the World Cup showpiece.
A quarter of supporters (25.3 per cent) claimed that they would be prepared to miss the funeral of a friend or family member should it happen to clash with the final in Johannesburg whilst 29.3 per cent of people surveyed would be prepared to miss or cancel their own wedding.
But more than half of those who responded to the survey (54.5 per cent) said that, should the opportunity arise, they would prefer to go on a first date with pop star Cheryl Cole.
Only 34.3 per cent of football fans would be prepared to cancel a luxury holiday should it clash with the World Cup final.
There was also bad news for Britain’s bosses, with the poll revealing that 73.7 per cent of fans would be prepared to “throw a sickie” if they were asked to work whilst England were playing, although 82.2% admitted that they would try to book the day off.
Warren Lush, spokesman for PartyBets.com said: “It seems like the Ashley versus Cheryl debate permeates every area of life. Over half the people surveyed said they would rather go on a first date with Cheryl than cheer on Ashley in an England World Cup Final team. It just goes to show how much she has the X Factor.”
To see the full survey results, visit PartyBets.com
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