2010 World Cup – Spain & Germany Semi Final Preview & Betting

The penultimate match of the 2010 World Cup will go ahead tonight, with an all-European fixture between Germany and Spain as they take to the Durban Stadium.

Our ‘Tip Of The Match’ is to go with a Germany win by two goals at $8.50, as their form at the tournament has been superb.

Kicking off at 8.30pm local time, making it 4.30am tomorrow morning, SBS will start coverage from 2am AEST with pre match build up.

The current European Champions Spain are heading into the fixture favourite to gain a spot in the final at $2.60 with SportsBet, however with less than convincing wins thus far in the tournament may not deliver.

Coming into the World Cup as favourites, Spain have failed to prove their dominance, relying on the likes of David Villa to pull out some superb individual displays to save them, and is at $3.60 to score first.

Germany on the other hand, with their young and relatively inexperienced team has surpassed pre tournament expectations, mauling Argentina in the quarterfinals and are at $2.80 to win.

Miroslav Klose is sitting on four goals at this point of the tournament, and is just two away from the World Cup record of 15 goals set by Ronaldo, and is at $5.50 to score again tonight or $17 to score twice.

Another worthwhile wager would be betting on Klose to score within normal time and for Germany to go on and win the match at $5.

With such a superb match up of skill and determination, some are tipping this fixture to go to extra time and perhaps even penalties, with odds of $9.50 for Spain to qualify in that period and $10 on penalties.

The difference here will certainly be goals, as the German’s have proved no matter who their opponents are they can score – and a lot at that, while Spain have managed to win their fixtures with generally a single goal difference.

Our ‘Tip Of The Match’ is to go with a Germany win by two goals at $8.50, as their form at the tournament has been superb, and every attacking opportunity they create seems to be converted.

With the importance of this outcome crucial to both nations, SportsBet have the best range of odds and markets available to punters, offering some hugely lucrative odds, so make sure you check them out now!