World Cup Winning Group Betting

Now that the World Cup groups have been drawn and each team’s map to the final can be, at least partially planned out, we can see which group might have the easier run to the final and which group will have to take a difficult path to glory. Approached in the correct manner Winning Group Betting can provide some good value bets in the World Cup 2010 betting.

Group of Death

Surprisingly or unsurprisingly every major tournament group draw these days seems to throw up a group of death. This year’s World Cup Group G has had that name tag thrust upon it, although naturally containing the best group of teams are group’s of death always a good bet in the Winning Group Betting?
Recent history suggests that being drawn in the group of death will lead to a relatively unsuccessful campaign. In 2002 the group of death was Group F which consisted of Argentina, England, Nigeria and Sweden, after a gruelling three games in the group stages Sweden were knocked out in the round of 16 and England only managed to go one step further before being knocked out in the quarter-finals. In 2006 Argentina, Holland, Ivory Coast and Serbia & Montenegro constituted the group of death, Holland went out in the round of 16 and despite being early tournament favourites Argentina couldn’t make it past Germany in the quarter-finals.

This year’s group of death (Group G) consists of Brazil, Ivory Coast, North Korea and Portugal. The theory is that the eventual World Cup winner should improve gradually throughout the tournament and hit their peak at the semi-final and final stage. However, when you’re in a group of death you have to be on top of your game from the offset and maintaining that high level of performance for the four week duration of the World Cup is not always possible. Stay clear of the group of death in Winning Group Betting.

Pick a running mate

A good solid approach to Winning Group Betting is to first of all pick out a few teams who you fancy might go all the way, then take a look at their group and see who has the strongest second place team. Ideally you want two teams who will breeze past the other two teams in their group and enter into the knockout stages relatively fresh.

At first glance there aren’t many standout cases in the 2010 World Cup, but perhaps the most appropriate selection for this method of approach is Group F where Italy should progress without too much fuss and will be joined by either Paraguay or Slovakia who will both be expected to achieve comfortable wins over New Zealand.

Remember you only need one of your group’s teams to win the World Cup, so pick a strong outright candidate with a good running mate who might just spring a shock or two.