Bet World Cup Odds: Holland vs Brazil and Uruguay vs Ghana
Bet World Cup Odds: Holland vs Brazil and Uruguay vs Ghana
The first two teams going through to the final four of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa will be decided on Friday with the Netherlands vs Brazil kicking off at 10:00am EST (16:00) and Uruguay vs Ghana starting at 2:30pm EST (20:30). Brazil and Holland were tournament soccer betting favorites in World Cup predictions at 9-2 and 10-1 respectively while Uruguay and Ghana opened as longshots at 125-1 and 66-1. World Cup quarter-finals odds at online bookmakers have Brazil -120 vs the Netherlands +330 and Uruguay EV money betting favorites vs Ghana +285 for Friday's games. Saturday will finish the quarter-final matches with Argentina vs Germany and Paraguay vs Spain.
Nelson Mandela Bay will host one of the most anticipated matches of the tournament this far with Group G winner Brazil playing the Group E winner Holland. Friday's game will be the third time the two squads have played in the World Cup with Seleo holding the 2-1 lead. The Oranje have gone 23-straight games without a loss while Brazil has gone undefeated in their last 10 matches. Arjen Robben is in full form after returning from injury while Rafael van der Vaart is expected to make his return for the Dutch squad on Friday after suffering leg cramps earlier in the week. Kaka will step on the pitch for Brazil already with a yellow card and would miss a semi-final match with another booking.
Johannesburg will host a match-up of longshots in World Cup predictions with Uruguay vs Ghana taking place at Soccer City Stadium to decide which country will have the pleasure of facing either Brazil or Uruguay in the semi-finals. Not many expected either team to make it this far in South Africa but bot squads now have the chance to play for history. Uruguay has not reached the World Cup quarter-finals since 1970 while Ghana have never made it this far before and could be the first African squad to ever make it into a semi-final match. Asamoah Gyan and Kevin-Prince Boateng are expected to be fit for Ghana in Friday's game after suffering leg injuries while Diego Forlan and Luis Suarez have already notched 5-goals for Uruguay and will be looking for more.