World Cup Bets

[bennocelt]

Another World Cup to get excited about

Got Spain last time, but wasnt a good tourno overall for punters, hopefully this one will be a bit better:)

Did about three pages of pre tourno bets, but I will save you the hassle of all that and just name a few of the better ones.

Mostly going for Spain as I think they have the most compete squad
Backed Spain to win again at 13/2, 16/5 to reach the final
Costa to be player of the tourno at a whopping 40/1
Torres at 50/1 top scorer, Spain and Torres to win 100/1
Germany to reach final at 5/2
Spain Germany final a pretty good 20/1, Spain first and Germany second 33/1
Sturridge at 50/1 to be top scorer, feel he will get a few v Costa Rica, and i cant see anyone getting more than 5/6 goals in this world cup, so top boot might be won by anyone really.
England out on penos at 8/1, a value bet imho, how many times have we seen this happening?
Portugal to reach the semis at 4/1 and knocked out at semis 7/1
Switzerland to get to the last 8 is 3/1 and no knocked out there 9/2
Greece to top group is 6/1, very manageable for a very weak group, and 3/1 to be knocked out in 2nd rd
ivory coast 25/1 most red cards, novelty bet
iran at 9/2 to score the least amount of goals and 8/15 to finish bottom of their group. brilliant prices me thinks.

Thats a few of the bets there, not counting all the wacky accums i did which i will post when they come up:)

edit: sorry all prices are PP
edit edit: spent 100 on all my pre tourno bets

[bennocelt]

For tonight's game, the best of my bets are as follows
Backed the draw at 4/1
Croatia plus 2 8/11
10 corners or more at 10/11
over 2.5 goals at 21/20
Plus other small bets

Spent 31.75

[Real ale Madrid]

Benno I think you may have a problem. :)

Have had a fiver on the Dutch at 33/1 on Betfair, if they beat Spain I will lay it off. If they don't...well then I won't!

Think I will do singles and doubles at the tournament progresses. But Ivory coast stands out at 13/8 to beat Japan on Sat night.

Enjoy it lads!

[nigel-harps1954]

Spain, Mexico and Chile -1 treble tomorrow night is 9/1. Free money if you ask me.

Argentina at 4/1 is a good shout to win outright.

[bennocelt]

For tonight's game, the best of my bets are as follows
Backed the draw at 4/1
Croatia plus 2 8/11
10 corners or more at 10/11
over 2.5 goals at 21/20
Plus other small bets

Spent 31.75


Saviour bet, also a little on 3.5 goals. So a small loss of 10.18
Disappointed with Croatia, thought they were muck really. That goalie was a mind feck, wtf!!:mad:

Chile - Australia
Over 2.5 goals is 1/1, Chile to win 3-1 12/1
Spain - Holland
Fabregas at 3/1 to score a goal
Cameroon - Mexico
Cameroon to win and both teams to score 8/1
over 2.5 goals at 8/5
Cameroon to win at 14/5

Think that Mexican team hasnt improved since the last world cup, so they could be there for a beaten if Cameroon have their heads screwed on

[bennocelt]

Chile - Australia
Over 2.5 goals is 1/1, Chile to win 3-1 12/1



Get in:cool:

[bennocelt]

Down a little bit (6.20) but thanks to Chile I am back in the game!

Today/Tonight

Cameroon V Japan
Ivory Coast to win and both teams to score is 9/2
Honda to score is 11/4
IC to win -1 is 4/1

Fancy IC, they have a strong team, but hope they turn up, unlike Cameroon.

Italy V England
Draw and both teams to score is 7/2
Balotelli to score 12/5
Draw is 2/1
First game draw, imagine it will be cagey enough on a bumpy pitch.

Uruguay V Costa Rica
Uruguay -2 is 10/3
Over 2.5 goals 23/20
Should be plenty of goals in this game

Colombia V Greece
Greece to win to nil 11/2
Greece to score a peno 14/1
Greece to win 17/4
Greece have beaten better teams than this over the years

[nigel-harps1954]

Cameroon V Japan
Ivory Coast to win and both teams to score is 9/2
Honda to score is 11/4
IC to win -1 is 4/1

Fancy IC, they have a strong team, but hope they turn up, unlike Cameroon.


Doesn't bode well if you're not sure which African nation is playing? ;)

[Real ale Madrid]

Ivory Coast and Colombia double. Can't see Greece doing much.

England are 2/1 to beat Italy. That surely underestimates their chance but I'll go 5/6 draw NB as I'm gutless!

Didn't lay off the Dutch as they are still a big enough price at 12/1 ish.

[bennocelt]

Doesn't bode well if you're not sure which African nation is playing? ;)

Ha ha yeah, sleep deprivation already! And 4 games today/tonight, jeez!:o

[bennocelt]

IC V Japan
Ivory Coast to win and both teams to score is 9/2
Honda to score is 11/4
IC to win -1 is 4/1

Fancy IC, they have a strong team, but hope they turn up, unlike Cameroon.

Italy V England
Draw and both teams to score is 7/2
Balotelli to score 12/5
Draw is 2/1
First game draw, imagine it will be cagey enough on a bumpy pitch.

Uruguay V Costa Rica
Uruguay -2 is 10/3
Over 2.5 goals 23/20
Should be plenty of goals in this game

Down 52 cents. if Cameroon had just scored one more goal! Had Honda to score first and IC to win 3/1,was 70/1! Anyway as long as I am not down after the first round I willbe happy.
God I am so tired, and have to head to Zurich airport soon!!!

I banked 9.50

[bennocelt]

Today's bets

Treble: Switzerland, France and Argentina at about 4.6/1

Switzerland V Ecuador
Switzerland to score in both halves 3/1
Switzerland to win and both teams to score 4/1
Switzerland to win 11/8
Over 2.5 goals 5/4
Living in Switzerland I fancy them surely! But they have a decent team anyway and id expect them to be fairly solid and have enough to beat an Ecuadorian team that id presume will be rubbish at corners.

France V Honduras
France to score in both halves 1/1
France to win both halves 7/4
over 2.5 goals 3/4
People are talking up this French team, well today is there chance to hit the ground running.

Argentina V Bosnia and Hertz
Argentina to score a peno 9/2
Argentina to win and both teams to score 2/1
Over 2.5 goals 8/13
Messi to score 8/13

Will be a tough game for Argentina but once they score one they could get a few

[bennocelt]

Today's bets

Treble: Switzerland, France and Argentina at about 4.6/1

Switzerland V Ecuador
Switzerland to score in both halves 3/1
Switzerland to win and both teams to score 4/1
Switzerland to win 11/8
Over 2.5 goals 5/4


France V Honduras
France to score in both halves 1/1
France to win both halves 7/4
over 2.5 goals 3/4

Argentina V Bosnia and Hertz
Argentina to score a peno 9/2
Argentina to win and both teams to score 2/1
Over 2.5 goals 8/13
Messi to score 8/13


Yesterday, great day of footballing and gambling:cool:.

Forgot to say at start I started with 100 pounds to bet with on the games everyday. (so 200 spent in total, with the anti post bets as well)
So won 80 smackers yesterday, which I will bank, so that's 89.98 banked overall. Happy days

[bennocelt]

Germany V Portugal

Doubling my stakes now!
Draw and both teams to score is 10/3
Bastian Schweinsteiger to score anytime 9/2
Ronaldo to score anytime is 11/10
over 2.5 goals 4/6
Draw at 13.5
2-2 is 11/1

All the stars in this years world cup have shined so far so there is no reason Ronaldo cant get on the score sheet today, especially since his rival Messi had such a cracking second half yesterday.
Tight to call a winner in this game so went with the safe option of a draw which might suit both teams in the first game of a tough group.

[bennocelt]

Germany V Portugal

over 2.5 goals 4/6

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Sending off kind of messed up that game
Anyway lost a bit with that one

Nigeria V Iran
Nigeria to score a peno 7/1
Race to 5 corners 6/5 Nigeria (great bet imho)
Nigeria to score in both halves 9/4
Nigeria -3 is 14/1
Nigeria to win and both teams not to score 15/8

[Real ale Madrid]

Gone for Nigeria -1 12/5 for an interest €10

[Real ale Madrid]

At least I have $12 million dollars in that Nigerian bank account to fall back on.

Anyone know where exactly a 3 digit security code is located?

[bennocelt]

Nigeria V Iran
Race to 5 corners 6/5 Nigeria (great bet imho)
Nigeria to score in both halves 9/4


Nigeria, and a non trying team performance, remind me about the controversy in the Scotland game again, ha!:mad:

Usa V Ghana
3-1 to USA 25/1
USA 21/10 to win game
11/10 over 2.5 goals
M Bradley to score any time 5/1
USA -1 is 5/1
and Bradley to score any time and 3-1 is 60/1

Reckon Klinsman will have the usa def fired up for this one

[Real ale Madrid]

Jees I dunno Benno looks a tight call of a game to me, Ghana slight favorites. Good luck.

Thinking Belgium (-1) and Brazil (-1) double tomorrow.

[bennocelt]

USA 21/10 to win game
11/10 over 2.5 goals


UP 52.53, USA getting such a good start thought I was going to get them all there, but lucky in the end again, phew.

Today's bets

Russia V Korea
Russia first to 5 corners 21/20
Russia 19/20 to win game
Russia 3-1 is 16/1

Brazil V Mexico
Brazil -1 at 20/21
over 2.5 goals 8/13
Brazil 4-1 18/1

Belgium V Algeria
Belgium to score in both halves 11/10
Belgium win race to 5 corners 4/9
over 2.5 goals 8/11
Belgium 3-0 17/2

Treble of Russia, Belgium and Brazil is a decent
3.64/1

[Real ale Madrid]

Didn’t go mad the first week – just toes dipped into the water:

€5 Holland for tournament outright @ 33/1 Ongoing
€10 Win Double Ivory Coast / Colombia Returns €55.13 +€45.13
€20 Eng v Ita (Draw NB) -€20
€10 Nigeria -1 vs Iran -€10
€10 Win Double Belgium -1 / Brazil -€10

So 0.13 up so far  with €5 still running.

Next Bet before today’s games is Spain outright at 12/1 generally but still 14/1 with bet 365 – If Spain beat Chile today they are back on Track and on a collision course with Brazil in round 2. You could argue that aside from a dodgy penalty decision against Croatia that Brazil are finding the pressure of hosting a little difficult and may be vulnerable to Spain on whom expectation has been dampened. Spain beat Brazil and they are probably back as favourites. If Italy win Group D then possible list of Quarter final opponents for that section of the draw reads Colombia / Ivory Coast / England / Uruguay and Costa Rica.

Lots of if’s and buts but 14/1 is too tempting to pass up for me. €5 e/w 14/1 1/2, 1, 2

[bennocelt]

Terrible day yesterday, my profit has massively reduced to +5.22, damn it!

Treble Holland, Spain, Croatia at about 3.29/1

Holland V Australia
Holland -2 8/5
Tim Cahill to score a/t 9/2
Robben to score a/t 11/10
Holland h/t and f/t 4/6
Over 2.5 goals 8/15

[bennocelt]

Treble Holland, Spain, Croatia at about 3.29/1

Holland V Australia
Holland -2 8/5
Tim Cahill to score a/t 9/2
Robben to score a/t 11/10
Holland h/t and f/t 4/6
Over 2.5 goals 8/15

Back in form, great:cool:
What a game, what a world cup

Chile V Spain

Really like the look of Chile over 2.5 yellow cards at 1/1, thats a great bet imho
Spain to win and both teams to score 2/1
Over 2.5 goals 3/5
Also fancy Iniesta at 11/4 a/t scorer, for some reason i feel he might score, ha!

[Real ale Madrid]

Gulp!

[bennocelt]

Back in form, great:cool:
What a game, what a world cup

Chile V Spain

Really like the look of Chile over 2.5 yellow cards at 1/1, thats a great bet imho
Spain to win and both teams to score 2/1
Over 2.5 goals 3/5
Also fancy Iniesta at 11/4 a/t scorer, for some reason i feel he might score, ha!

Back out of form:(
Chile fully deserved that, they could be playing for another 10 hours and Spain wouldn't score. Not too disappointed as they are a team that did it before for me many times past. Just have to pick a new international team now to follow!

Croatia V Cameroon
Croatia to win 4/6
Red card in game 12/5
Croatia to score a peno 6/1 - maybe the ref will feel sorry for them? :o

edit: Anti post - Down 31.17

[bennocelt]

Croatia V Cameroon
Croatia to win 4/6
Red card in game 12/5
Croatia to score a peno 6/1 - maybe the ref will feel sorry for them? :o

edit: Anti post - Down 31.17

Great, still hanging in there:cool:

Today's bets

Colombia V Ivory Coast
IC to win 27/10
IC to win 2-1 11/1

Uruguay V England
draw 5/2

Japan V Greece
Greece over 1.5 yellow cards 8/15 (top bet)
Greece to win and both teams to score 6/1
Honda to score a/t 12/5 (who else will score for them? good bet me thinks)
Over 2.5 goals 23/20
Draw or Greece 7/10 (top bet)

[bennocelt]

Greece over 1.5 yellow cards 8/15 (top bet)
Draw or Greece 7/10 (top bet)

Italy V Costa Rica
Italy race to 5 corners 4/6
Balotelli to score a/t 1/1 (top bet)
over 2.5 goals 19/20
Italy to win 8/15 (top bet)

[bennocelt]

Wow, what an amazing result that was sending England out at the same time!

Ok last chance saloon for the daily bets

Switzerland V France
Switzerland to win 15/4
And a nice bet for Switz to win 3-2 is 40/1 :p

[bennocelt]

Wow, what an amazing result that was sending England out at the same time!

Ok last chance saloon for the daily bets

Switzerland V France
Switzerland to win 15/4
And a nice bet for Switz to win 3-2 is 40/1 :p

Last bet, all i have left on 2-2 in Honduras v Ecuador 14/1:(

[bennocelt]

State of Play
Daily bets loss of -10.02 (banked 89.98)
anti post bets loss of -33.17

Spain gone, England gone, Greece and Switzerland not doing it.
Ok still have Germany and Portugal to turn it round for me!
Back when some of my anti posts kick in:(

[bennocelt]

Iran at 9/2 to score the least amount of goals and 8/15 to finish bottom of their group. brilliant prices me thinks.

Thats a few of the bets there, not counting all the wacky accums i did which i will post when they come up:)


Well got some decent money back for this one, would have got twice as much if they had not only gone and scored a goal with 10 minutes left, which tied the bet. Anyhow rather than banking the money just did a few bets for today

Sneaky pound on Chile to win Wcup, 25/1
Chile/Colombia win double 12.3/1
Colombia to win 3-1 18/1
A Sanchez to score a/t 16/5
James Rodriguez to score a/t 12/5
Neymar to score a/t 8/13
And over 4 plus goals in both games 10.5/1
All with PP

[Crosby87]

The ESPN pregame just talked me out of throwing a bet on Chile.

[bennocelt]

A Sanchez to score a/t 16/5
James Rodriguez to score a/t 12/5

All with PP


Got me money back
so for today's games

Draw and Costa Rica win double 8.92/1

Holland V Mexico
Game to be decided by penos 9/2
Rafael Marquez a/t scorer 10/1
A Robben a/t scorer 9/5
R van Persie a/t scorer 7/5
2-2 draw at 13/1

Costa Rica V Greece
J Campbell a/t scorer 11/4

[bennocelt]

Greece to top group is 6/1, very manageable for a very weak group, and 3/1 to be knocked out in 2nd rd


Nigeria V France
2-2 17/1
Benzema 10/11 at scorer
Giroud a/t scorer 13/10

Germany V Algeria
T Muller a/t scorer 8/13
M Klose a/t scorer 11/10
B Schweinsteiger a/t 11/4

[bennocelt]

Nearly a wipe out at this stage, only Germany and Switzerland left for me now!

Today's bets

All four teams to score today 7/2
Messi a/t scorer 8/13
Shaqiri a/t scorer 4/1 and 60/1 to score two or more, why not I am in Switzerland after all!
Messi to score from a free kick is 9/1

Hopefully claw back some money:o

[passinginterest]

I have USA draw no bet @7/4 and Di Maria a/t scorer Argentina win @16/5

[Bosco]

France to Qualify at Evens seems like a great Bet today.

Also the competitions top scorer at 10/3 to score anytime seems great value

[Real ale Madrid]

Have had a fiver on the Dutch at 33/1 on Betfair,!


Hup! Holland! Hup!

[bennocelt]

Germany to reach final at 5/2



Finally back in the game, ha!

Ned V Arg

Messi to score a/t and Holland to win 12/1
Robben a/t scorer 13/5
Holland to win 9/4
and a cheeky bet Holland to win 4-1 80/1

so i have jinxed your bet realale!

[Real ale Madrid]

so i have jinxed your bet realale!

No extra jinxing required!

[bennocelt]

One pound left!
W Sneijder to score direct from a free kick in 90mins play @ 20/1 :D

[bennocelt]

Total bets 200 pound in play and anti posts
lose 55 anti posts
and 20 in play
Not a great world cup for me betting wise, and to make matters worse da brother had a Germany-Argentina final from the start (14/1), damn:(