After four years of waiting, qualifying and now three weeks of the finals, the 2010 World Cup is simply a matter of hours away from deciding which nation will lift the trophy as the new World Champions.
Our ‘Tip Of The Match’ is to back a Spain lead at half time but overall loss at $12, as the payout is certainly handsome.
With defending champions Italy not making it past the group stages, a new nation will take home the crown, and with the Netherlands and Spain the remaining contenders, the all-European affair few picked to happen will result in a new name engraved on the cup at the Soccer City Stadium.
Kicking off at 8.30pm on Sunday night local time, making it 4.30am on Monday morning AEST, SBS will start their live coverage from 3.30am from South Africa.
At the moment, the current European Champions Spain are the warm favourites to add another piece of silverware to their collection at $2.10 with SportsBet – and travelled to South Africa as the tournament favourites.
Their opponents – the Netherlands, are at $3.75 for the win and seeing they have not been beaten for 25 matches, will certainly provide a challenge.
Spain started the tournament in a way no-one predicted; a loss to Switzerland, and since then have slowly improved, with their performance against Germany in the semis the most convincing for them in South Africa.
The Netherlands have won every fixture they have played in the 2010 World Cup, and with the ultimate prize now within their reach, need just one more victory to claim the title.
Both teams boast fantastically skilled players, and David Villa has been superb for the Spanish, pulling his side from the depths of defeat on a few occasions.
The striker is at $3.75 to score first in the 2010 World Cup final, and $1.80 to end up as the overall top goal scorer of the tournament, while Fernando Llorente is at $7.50 to score first.
Wesley Sneijder has been the dark horse of the tournament for the Dutch, scoring five goals so far – all in the second half, and is at $8.50 to score first and $3.75 to finish the tournament as the top goal scorer – longer odds than Villa despite being on the same tally as him.
Robin Van Persie is another threat to the favourites, and the Arsenal striker is at $6 to score first despite having just a single goal to his name in South Africa so far.
The two have varying attributes, so for those not convinced the nations will be separated by the 90th minute, a draw is a bet to consider at $3.20, while extra time sees a Spain win at $8 and Holland at $12, with penalties at $10 for both.
The difference here lies among the teamwork, and while Spain may have the better line up on paper, the Dutch have seemed uniformed and solid throughout the park, and so Spain may see their luck which has seen them through several fixtures so far, catch up with them.
Our ‘Tip Of The Match’ is to back a Spain lead at half time but overall loss at $12, as the payout is certainly handsome, and with Sneijder on top form will hopefully step up to overcome any half time deficit the Dutch may have.
While the final dominates the proceedings over the weekend, it should still be pointed out the play off between Uruguay and Germany for third place will go ahead on Saturday night at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.
Germany are currently dominating the odds at $1.80, while Uruguay are at $4.50 – and could be a worthy wager considering the South Americans have been the surprise package of the tournament.
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