Wednesday 16^th June 2010

Before the World Cup began last Friday, William Hill were offering 6/4 that the tournament would produce a record amount of goals. The target to beat was 172. 

14 games have been played so far with only 23 goals being scored, that's an average of 1.6 goals per game. You can now get 12/1 that there are more than 172 goals scored in the tournament. 

Only 2 games so far have produced more than 2 goals – Germany 4 Australia 0 and Brazil 2 North Korea 1. 86% of games have seen 2 or less goals. 

You can get 3/1 that there will be 115 or fewer goals in the tournament. It's 5/1 that there will be 146 or more goals scored. 

Pre-tournament favourites Spain kick off their campaign today against Switzerland, they're 7/2 to go all the way and lift the trophy in South Africa. Brazil who got off to a winning start last night are next in the betting at 9/2. After their 1-1 draw against the USA, England have drifted out to 9/1. 

You can get all the latest World Cup odds here: 

http://odds.sportsbettingxtra.co.uk/football/world-cup/

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