The Soccer World Cup is the biggest sporting event on the planet, and
provides an excellent opportunity to indulge your taste for sports betting. The
World Cup consists of a pool round, where the 24 teams are divided into 6
groups, and play in round-robin fashion against each other. Points are scored
for each win and each draw. Once every team has played each of the 3 other teams
in their group, the top 2 teams on the group log advance to the quarterfinals,
which is the first round of the knockout stage of the tournament. The pool stage
thus provides many different odds combinations for betting on, as the results of
one team can affect the log placing of the other teams, making for a number of
different variations, and therefore odds combinations. Sports betting sites will
keep you updated on all the permutations and odds available for the duration of
the pool rounds.
Once the quarterfinals are reached, the odds become somewhat simpler, as no
one team can affect the outcome for any other team (other than the team they
play of course). Odds thus become a relatively straightforward affair of
calculating the chances of one team beating another, as this is now the only way
in which to advance to the semi-finals and the final. Setting and reading the
odds is also simpler at this stage, as you have more information to work with,
having seen the results of each team already having played 3 matches, so you
should have a fair idea of their form, and whether their form is on the rise or
not.
When considering world cup odds the seeded teams will obviously have less
favourable odds for the bettor, as they are expected to go through. It?s the
odds on the dark horses and outsiders that you can make some decent money on.
Look for teams like Ivory Coast ? they have Chelsea striker supreme in Drogba,
and better odds that 13 of the other teams. Many bookmakers already have their
eye on this team, but you'll still get great odds of around 90-1 if you act
fast.
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Live Soccer World Cup Odds.
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