Despite losing to Spain, the Germans are fancied to defeat Uruguay in tomorrow evening’s third-place playoff from Port Elizabeth.
Friday 9th July 2010
Although Germany and Uruguay are out of the running to take home the 2010 FIFA World Cup, both have one remaining match and are set to face off against each other in the third-place playoff tomorrow evening from Port Elizabeth.
Germany go into the consolation match as favourite with Bodog.com, SportingBet.com and Ladbrokes.com showing ‘Die Mannschaft’ at odds of 8/13 to defeat its South American opponent in normal time.
The Germans were defeated by Spain in Wednesday evening’s semi-final by a single goal and Bwin.com is now offering odds of 11/17 that the side will make up for this loss by taking home the third-place prize after 90 minutes. This is followed by WilliamHill.com, BoyleSports.com and ExtraBet.com showing 4/6 and StanJames.com, ToteSport.com, BlueSq.com and 888Sport.com listing 7/10 while punters can get 13/18 from Coral.co.uk.
Germany has been forced to settle for a shot at third spot at four previous World Cups but has won a trio of these games including at the 2006 tournament when it demolished Portugal. BetFred.com, SkyBet.com, PaddyPower.com, VictorChandler.com and Bet365.com show odds of 8/11 that Joachim Low’s men will again capture third spot in regulation time while WBX.com and BetDaq.com are going with 19/25 followed by Betfair.com listing 77/10.
The perennial underdog throughout the tournament in South Africa, Uruguay lost to the Netherlands on Tuesday night by the odd goal in five and will now hope to salvage some pride by finishing third.
PaddyPower.com, 888Sport.com, SkyBet.com, Ladbrokes.com and BlueSq.com are offering ‘La Celeste Olimpica’ at odds of 7/2 to win against Germany in normal time while ExtraBet.com shows 18/5.
Led by influential striker Diego Forlan, Uruguay became one of the most deadly sides at the 2010 FIFA World Cup with nine goals so far and WBX.com, SportingBet.com, Betfair.com, StanJames.com and ToteSport.com show odds of 15/4 that the South Americans will defeat the Germans in 90 minutes.
Uruguay has played in the World Cup’s third-place playoff on two previous occasions, 1954 in Switzerland and 1970 in Mexico, losing both times with the second defeat coming at the hands of West Germany. Punters can get odds of 4/1 from Coral.co.uk, Bet365.com, Bwin.com and BoyleSports.com that history will not repeat itself tomorrow while BetDaq.com is listing 41/10 before WilliamHill.com, BetFred.com and Bodog.com with 9/2.
Should the match remain level after 90 minutes, Germany and Uruguay will play two 15-minute periods of extra time, which is an eventuality VictorChandler.com, 888Sport.com, Ladbrokes.com, StanJames.com, Coral.co.uk, BlueSq.com, WilliamHill.com and PaddyPower.com are offering at odds of 5/2.
Uruguay has so far drawn two matches at this year’s tournament, the last of which saw Ghana take the two-time World Cup champions to a penalty shootout in the quarter-finals. For its part, Germany has yet to draw a game at the 2010 FIFA World Cup with Bet365.com, Bwin.com, BoyleSports.com, BetFred.com and SkyBet.com showing odds of 13/5 on a tie after 90 minutes.
At the far end of the spectrum, punters can get odds of 267/100 from WBX.com on the scores remaining level after 90 minutes while Betfair.com is going with 271/100 followed by SportingBet.com and ExtraBet.com with the slightly longer 11/4 and ToteSport.com showing 14/5.
