Euro 2008 betting tips- 10/6/08

It’s the final round of the first match group games today and we have 2004’s surprise winners Greece and Spain one of the tournament favourites playing Sweden and Russia.   

Greece v Sweden

Greece don’t look to have any injury problems for this game and 36 year old Henrik Larsson is expected to lead the front line once again for Sweden.  The two teams have only played each other 6 times in the past and Greece are unbeaten against the Swedes in the last 5 times they played.

Euro 2008 betting tip: This could be a very defensive game, especially if Greece play their solid and organised game which they did in 2004.  I’ll go for under 2.5 goals at 1.45 odds especially based on previous games in Euro 2008. (which probably means this is overs!!!).

UPDATE:  Well Greece never really wanted to come out to play football and even at odds of 1.45 unders was worth a good bet.   Greece fans may not agree but it’s good to see football winning tonight.  Sweden looked good, one of my four tips to  win Euro 2008 ( see my pre tournament post).

Spain v Russia

Russia have some problems up front, with Pogrebnyak missing through injury and the ever present Arshavin suspended for the first 2 group games.  Spain only have a few minor injury problems.  Spain have only lost once to Russia out of the 8 times they have played each other. 

Euro 2008 betting tip: Spain are big favourites for this match at about 1.75, I’ll be going with a small bet on the draw due to the Hiddink factor at odds of 3.7.

UPDATE: Well it’s lucky I recommended a small bet on this match, the Hiddink factor just wasn’t enough for Russia to get a result and Spain ere worthy of the 4-1 scoreline.  But don’t rule out Russia from qualifying just yet, they showed some flashes of brilliance which could get them through, it’s a shame Arshavin will miss two games.