(expired)Midweek Betting Preview 15 Oct
The third round of World Cup qualifiers takes place this week, with some sides looking to take further steps towards South Africa, while others will be looking to make up for a bad start. Following Saturday’s 5-1 win over Kazakhstan at Wembley, England travel to Minsk to take on Belarus. Wales have a tough trip to Germany as they look to build on the weekends 2-1 win over Liechtenstein, while Northern Ireland go in search of their first win when San Marino visit. South of the border the Republic of Ireland are also hosts on Wednesday when they host Cyprus.
World Cup Qualifying
Belarus v England, Wednesday, Setanta Sports 1, 6:30pm
England sit atop Group 6 after victory over Kazakhstan at the weekend, although the 5-1 final score line did not look likely when both sides entered their dressing rooms at half time. Fabio Cappello introduced Shaun Wrights Phillips at half time to inject some spark into the England attack, and that change struck almost immediate benefits. Rio Ferdinand rose above the Kazakh defence to head home a corner won seconds earlier by Wright Phillips, and from that point England should have been comfortable. However, despite an own goal from Kuchma 13 minutes later, England were once again left with frayed nerves when Kukeyev took advantage of a loose Ashley Cole pass to make it 2-1. A tense 8 minutes passed before Wayne Rooney finally put the game beyond doubt as he struck twice in ten minutes to open up a three goal advantage, before Jermain Defoe came off the bench to put an extra gloss on the score line as he struck in the final minute to make it five for England.
Belarus are 9/1 with Centrebet to shock the holders, while England are 3/10 with another bookmaker to strengthen their position at the top of the group.
If Theo Walcott scores at anytime during Belarus v England, BGbet will refund all losing first goalscorer stakes on the match.¹
If Belarus v England finishes 0-0 BGbet will refund all losing correct score bets on that game.¹
Germany v Wales, Tuesday, ITV 1, 7:45pm
Wales travel to Moenchengladbach in Germany on Wednesday as they aim to continue their decent start to their qualifying campaign. Saturday’s 2-0 victory over Liechtenstein put the Welsh second in Group 4, just behind their hosts for this game. However, if they are to qualify for a major tournament for the first time in 50 years they will need to start taking points off bigger teams such as the Germans and Russians. The Germans have started in their usual confident way, swiping aside Azerbaijan 6-0 in their first game, and beating Russia 2-1 at the weekend. In between they had a surprising, but entertaining 3-3 draw with Finland, a result the Welsh would be happy to repeat against the group favourites.
Germany are big 2/11 favourites with VCbet as they look to continue their winning ways, as Wales are considered the big outsiders at 10/1 with BGbet.
If Craig Bellamy scores at anytime during Germany v Wales, BGbet will refund all losing first goalscorer stakes on the match.¹
Northern Ireland v San Marino, Wednesday, Sky Sports 3, 7:45pm
The tiny principality of San Marino visit Northern Ireland with both teams searching for their first win of the campaign. Although the Northern Irish were beaten 2-1 in Slovenia on Saturday, they have made an encouraging start to qualifying with a creditable 0-0 draw at home to the Czech Republic back in September. If they can repeat that form throughout the rest of their group games they stand a good chance of qualifying form what looks to be a tight group 3. San Marino are still looking for their first victory in a qualifying campaign following their formation 80 years ago. They will perhaps see this as an opportunity to gain a vital point, as they have often go through previous qualifying stages without picking up a single point.
Northern Ireland are massive 1/20 favourites with CentreBet to gain their first win, with San Marino as big as 2 5/1 with another bookmaker.
If Chris Killen scores at anytime during Villareal v Celtic, BGbet will refund all losing first goalscorer stakes on the match.¹
Republic of Ireland v Cyprus, Wednesday, Sky Sports 2, 7:45pm
The Republic of Ireland will look to cement second place behind Italy in Group 8 when Cyprus are the visitors on Wednesday. Indeed, a win against the Cypriots would lift the Irish alongside the world champions at the top of the group on seven points each. Giovanni Trapattoni has had a solid start to his reign, with a 2-1 victory in his opening game against Georgia creating an excellent base for his side. A 0-0 draw in Montenegro was perhaps disappointing after that result, although it leaves the Irish in a great position to qualify. Cyprus have also had a encouraging start, as they narrowly lost 2-1 to the Italians in their opener, and followed that up with a creditable 1-1 draw against the Georgians last time.
Ireland are the 2/5 favourites with VCBet, Centrebet have Cyprus as big outsiders at 13/2.
If Damian Duff scores at anytime during Republic of Ireland v Cyprus, BGbet will refund all losing first goalscorer stakes on the match.¹
Place a correct score bet on any of the above matches this week, and if it gets beat by an injury time goal BGbet will refund all losing correct score stakes on that match.¹
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Odds subject to fluctuation – Odds taken at 1.00pm on 14/10/2008
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