Argentina

Argentina as usual will go into the World Cup as one of the World Cup odds favourites and one of the most feared sides.

Argentina World Cup Odds

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Argentina usually perform with credit at the World Cup but they have not looked like winning it for quite a while so they need to improve on recent performances.

Top World Cup Bets On Argentina at the World Cup

Argentina To Win Their Group

Argentina may not have been at their best in qualifying but they finished strongly and face a very weak group in the form of Greece, Nigeria and South Korea. It would be disappointing if they didn't win every game.

Argentina To Be Eliminated In Quarter Final

Argentina have some outstanding players and a relatively easy second round game (maybe Mexico or Uruguay) but coach Maradon's lack of tactical knowledge is likely to be found out once they face the better teams and whoever they face in the quarter finals should be too strong.

Lay Argentina To Reach The Final

Argentina are amongst the favourites in the World Cup Odds, mostly down to having Lionel Messi, but one player can't win a World Cup and you are only as good as your manager, and Argentina have a poor one.

Lay Carlos Tevez To Place In The Golden Boot Market

Carlos Tevez had a good goalscoring season for Man City and that has led to him looking somewhat underpriced in the Golden Boot odds. He might get a couple of goals but those who place are likely to get 5 or 6 goals and the only Argentine who can get close is Messi.

Back Over 2.5 Goals In Argentina v Nigeria

Argentina's strength at the World Cup is definitely going to be attacking and we could see many high scoring games. In their group Nigeria appeals most as a game that will have over 2.5 goals as Nigeria also have better attackers than defenders. 

Argentina World Cup Matches

Click ODDS to read full betting previews for each of Argentinas world cup matches.

• Saturday, 12th June 2010

  • B 12/06/2010 15:00 Argentina 1 - 0 Nigeria Johannesburg FT

• Thursday, 17th June 2010

  • B 17/06/2010 12:30 Argentina 4 - 1 South Korea Johannesburg FT

• Tuesday, 22nd June 2010

  • B 22/06/2010 19:30 Greece 0 - 2 Argentina Polokwane FT

• Sunday, 27th June 2010

  • R16 27/06/2010 19:30 Argentina 3 - 1 Mexico Johannesburg FT

• Saturday, 3rd July 2010

  • QF 03/07/2010 15:00 Argentina 0 - 4 Germany Cape Town FT

Argentina Road To World Cup

Argentina had a poor qualifying campaign and need to improve massively to justify their World Cup odds.

Argentina World Cup Squad

Argentina Player Stats

11 Argentina players scored a single goal during qualification.

Argentina Team Stats

Argentina Recent World Cup Performances

Best Exchange Bet Or Trade On Argentina

Lay Argentina to Reach The World Cup Final 4.8 (advised 4 June)

Argentina World Cup Odds are plenty short enough with the bookies and their price to reach the final seems very short. On that basis it is recommended that you lay them to reach the final on Betfair and let the bet ride, we are hoping they will be out long before the final. 

Best Spread Bet On Argentina

Sell Argentina In The Tournament Index at 36 with Sporting Index (advised 4 June)

Winner: 100pts; Runner-up: 75pts; Lose Semi-Final: 50pts, Lose Quarter-Final: 25pts; Last 16: 10pts; Others: 0pts.

Argentina seem to be overfancied by Sporting Index and there isn't too much risk selling them in the outright tournament index but there could be plenty of reward, especially if they fail to even reach the Quarter Final.