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World Cup Odds: Halfway Through the Groups

by sheps 14:59, 18 June 2010 | ?, (0 votes) 1 1276869542

Halfway Through the Group Stages

Below are the two graphs to date. This first is 18th June, just before the USA vs Slovenia game:

Here's the first graph from 20th May, before the warm up friendlies:

Explaining the Changes

The most drastic change comes in group A. Look at France's pathetic little bar now compared with their group dominating odds of the blue graph. This is of course due to their failure to even score a goal with players such as Anelka, Malouda, Ribery and Henry at their disposal. Pathetic.

Argentina's impressive attacking performances and only conceding through one howler have catapulted them to favourite status.

England have dipped a little with their failure to beat the USA; of more concern probably was their failure to dominate the game and even deserve a victory.

The Germans have taken a hit with their loss early this afternoon. Australia's heavy defeat has hit their odds hugely with a 2nd place highly likely to be decided

World Cup Odds: Before the Friendlies

by sheps 14:52, 20 May 2010 | 5, (1 vote) 1 1274363564

I have an obsession for stats. I think it's a male thing - I just can't get enough of them - so in an ill-fated attempt to guess who's going to win the World Cup, at various stages before and during the tournament I'll be posting the current odds from betfair, explaining why they've changed. And more importantly for the gamblers amongst us - where they are likely to change in the future.

Then, when I write the next post, we can all see how badly wrong I was and you can all try to sue me if you were stupid enough to put your money where my mouth is.

Before the Friendlies

We know the 32 teams playing in South Africa - and we know at least a preliminary squad for most teams. So where do they all stand now?

The teams are ordered by their groups and then seeds if you can't recognise the flags (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_cup_2010#Group_A).

Spain currently stand as favourites to lift the trophy with about a 1/5 shot to make their Euro win of...