Euro 2008 match betting tips- 14/6/08

What an unbelievable night it was yesterday…. yes another great eviction night for Big Brother.  Oh did anyone watch the football?  I missed it, I bet the Holland match was another boring game with no action or any goals as usual….

Greece v Russia- This match is being played in Salzburg today and both teams will be wanting to avoid defeat in this match in order to keep their qualification hoped alive.  Russia weren’t impressive in their last match, whereas Russia showed signs that they could qualify against a good Spain team.  Once again Russia will miss their best player Arshavin through suspension, lets hope it won’t be too late for Russia when he does finally play.  Out of 13 competitive games, Russia have beaten Greece 9 times, with Greece only winning 3 times. 

Euro 2008 betting tip:Greece will be changing their formation to a more familiar one which they used at Euro 2004, so we should expect a major improvement from Greece.  Even so, I still think Russia have the potential to win this match and Hiddink will be looking to get qualification back on track against the Greeks.  Let’s back Russia to win at odds of 2.24 on Betfair.

UPDATE- A winning bet at odds of 2.2.4!!  Russia win the match by one goal and this sets up a tantalising game with Sweden. 

Sweden v Spain- Sweden have won 3 out of the 12 times they have met Spain, with Spain winning 5 games.  A good omen for Sweden is that they were the last team to beat Spain in a competitive match in 2006.  There’s no doubt that Spain were in sparkling form against Russia and they have proved that playing two strikers up front isn’t dead in international football.  Sweden also showed that playing football against negative tactics can win matches and gave them deserved 3 points.   

Euro 2008 betting tip:  Spain will cause alot of problems for the Swedish at the back with Villa and Torres, but Spain also do look vulnerable in their defence and if Sweden can keep up the intensity and pace they played in the last game, then they will create chances.  Something tells me to go against the Spanish in this one, but I’m unsure.  So lets go with a small bet on a Swedish win at odds of 6.8 on Betfair (go for the lay of Spain if you want to cover draws also at 1.68), also it’s hard not to back an on form striker to score, back Villa to score at anytime for Spain at 2.48.

UPDATE- Well in the end it was Spain the worthy winners with the scoreline 2-1 to them.  Although Sweden did give them a scare when they scored the leveller.  We lost the bet on backing Sweden to win the match, but luckily only a small bet was advised.   Hopefully any losses from that bet was covered by the bet on Villa to score at anytime, 2 out of three winning tips is not bad for a Saturday!!!