World Cup Tournament Goals Betting

The beauty of Tournament Goals Betting or any goals betting for that matter is that you are not relying on any one team to come up with the goods. Essentially you’re looking more into the mindsets of each nation’s manager and players and how they will approach the game or even a whole tournament. For example, Brazil are renowned for their attacking flair and often not so conservative defending whereas the Italians are famous for their defensive solidity and shutting up shop once they have taken a lead.

Decreasing Fashion

In the three World Cups since the number of tournament games was increased to 64, the number of goals per tournament has gradually decreased. In 1998 – the first World Cup in which there were 64 games – there were 171 goals, in 2002 there were 161 and in Germany in 2006 there were 147. The trick here must be to ask why that decreasing trend has come about and whether it will continue for South Africa 2010.

One argument is to say that the ever increasing pressures put on players throughout their domestic season is resulting in players being more fatigued when it comes to the World Cup. If that is the case then there is definitely a case to say that this World Cup will be no exception and players will once again struggle to maintain their levels of performance after another gruelling season. Another argument centres around the aforementioned Brazil; in 1998 and 2002 Brazil made it all the way to the final playing the maximum number of games with their notorious attacking flair, whereas in the comparatively goal-dry 2006 World Cup they were knocked out in the quarter-finals. Perhaps it is worth considering the progress of Brazil before getting involved in the Tournament Goals Betting.

Minnows

The so called minnows could hold the key to those looking to go high in the Tournament Goals Betting. In 2002 Saudi Arabia were the whipping boys of the tournament and conceded 12 goals in their three group games, if either or all of New Zealand, Honduras and North Korea put up a similarly poor display then those looking to back the big numbers here will be well on their way to collecting. Perhaps Brazil’s opening match against North Korea will be the game to open the goal scoring floodgates.

Group Stages versus Knockout Stages

By their very nature knockout games can often be a lot tighter affairs than the group stage games. Players, teams and managers only get one chance when they’re at the knockout stage of a tournament so are naturally inclined to take a more cautious approach, this leads to more defensive games than those that we will see in the group stages where a defeat does not necessarily mean the end of the tournament. If you’re looking for a punt on the Tournament Goals Betting focus your attentions on the group stages to see whether you think we will see an abundance of goals or not.