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Published: June 19, 2010
It will be the second of Group E matches when Japan and the Netherlands take the stage in World Cup 2010 football soccer play on Saturday morning.
Kick off time from Durban Stadium in Durban South Africa is scheduled for 7:30AM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.
The three way betting line saw Netherlands -280 favorites to win, the Draw second favorite at +340 and for a Japan victory an extreme underdog at a +850 price. The over under on goals scored came in at 2 ½ goals with under favored at -120 and over the underdog at +100.
The World Cup 2010 bettors came in early betting the Draw, as Netherlands is now -265 to earn victory, the Draw is now +320 and for Japan to earn outright victory +850. The total has seen movement towards under 2 ½ goals as its now lined at -130 and over 2 ½ goals bringing back +110.
It was a positive result for the Netherlands as they defeated Denmark 2-0 in their opening round. With that result they sit atop Group E with 3 points and a +2 goal differential 1 goal ahead of Japan who also sits with 3 points following their 1-0 victory against Cameroon.
In the Netherlands 2-0 victory the team controlled the ball 66% of the time and had 6 accurate shots on the Denmark goal.
Netherlands opened scoring following an own goal by Denmark in minute 46. Dirk Kuyt put the ball through the Denmark goal in minute 85 to give the team a 2 goal victory.
Japan in their 1-0 victory against Cameroon scored in the 39 minute by Keisuke Honda. The team in victory controlled the ball only 43% of the time and had only 2 accurate shots on goal.
The winner of this match will have 6 points and will sit in a good spot for entry in the knockout round with 1 game left to play.
The teams met in an International Friendly on September 5th 2009 and it was the Netherlands with the 3-0 victory against Japan. The game was scoreless until Van Persie netted the first of three goals for Netherlands in the 69th minute.
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One Comment on "Japan versus Netherlands Saturday 6-19-2010 ESPN TV World Cup Football Soccer Sports Betting Odds Pick Preview"
Japan Australia (3 comments.) on Mon, 21st Jun 2010 2:47 am
Not a bad result for Japan. I would have liked them to have been more aggressive rather than just to sit back but have a chance to qualify if they can beat the mighty danes.
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