You heard it here first from premiershipbettingbanter.com, Wednesday is the end of the world. Has it got something to do with the physicists at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research who are going to fire subatomic particles into a 27-km loop, making them travel the bend 11,245 times a second, and then smash head on? No forget about that, this is much more serious!! England come up against Croatia and if they lose then it will almost feel like the end of the world for England fans once again. Croatia are priced as favorites to win this World Cup qualifier, which seems pretty fair as they were the ones who beat them twice in Euro qualifying and they are playing at home. On Betfair you can back Croatia to win at odds of 2.52, with England at odds of 3.35 to win.
Betting tip- I will be tipping a double for these second round of World Cup qualifying matches. Lets go for a Russia and Germany double. Russia are always going to be test at home and with the players like midfielder Arshavin, they will this cause this young Welsh team alot of problems. Wales’ problem on Saturday looked like they couldn’t take their chances, so one goal could be all that they can manage for this game. Germany always seem to do enough to get the result they need and I can see them getting three points even with midfielder Ballack missing tonight. With Germany already coming out as 6-0 winners in their first qualifying game, you can see why they are favourites away from home to win this game at odds of 1.63 on Betfair (backed as a single).
So back Russia and Germany to win (lay Finland if you are worried about the past draws between the two teams)in a double and singles on Betfair, you can get odds of around 1.91 to just about double you money.
For any England fans out there, if you are looking to back something in the Croatia match, then I think this match could go to a draw, Croatia are unbeaten in 32 competitive matches at home so 1 point could be the best Capello and his team can get.
UPDATE: In the end it was a case of the reliable Germans letting us down, hopefully you backed a Russia win and layed Finland, but if you are like me and backed the Germans to win, then you will be disappointed that the double didn’t some off. At least we got one winning bet by backing Russia to win, this should go some way to covering out losses. I had a feeling Rooney would score against Croatia, but with my past losing ‘to score’ bets, I was put off!!
Albania 3-0 Malta
Andorra 1-3 Belarus
Azerbaijan 0-0 Liechtenstein
Bosnia-Herzegovina 7-0 Estonia
Croatia 1-4 England
FYR Macedonia 1-2 Netherlands
Faroe Islands 0-1 Romania
Finland 3-3 Germany
France 2-1 Serbia
Iceland 1-2 Scotland
Italy 2-0 Georgia
Kazakhstan 1-3 Ukraine
Latvia 0-2 Greece
Lithuania 2-0 Austria
Moldova 1-2 Israel
Montenegro 0-0 Rep of Ireland
Northern Ireland 0-0 Czech Republic
Portugal 2-3 Denmark
Russia 2-1 Wales
San Marino 0-2 Poland
Slovenia 2-1 Slovakia
Spain 4-0 Armenia
Sweden 2-1 Hungary
Switzerland 1-2 Luxembourg
Turkey 1-1 Belgium
