Friday, May 25th, 2012
It will be a key match up in Group H competition as Chile and Spain meet in World Cup 2010 on Friday afternoon.
They kick off from Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria South Africa at 2:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.
The three way betting line came in with Spain -220 favorites to win the draw second favorite at +300 and for Chile to post victory the underdog at +565. The over under was set at 2 ½ goals with under favored at -120 and over the underdog at +100.
The World Cup 2010 bettors came with their early money on a Spain victory as they are now -245 to win the draw brings back +325 and for a Chile victory an extreme underdog at +770. The over under has come on the over as it is now favored at -120 as under 2 ½ goals the underdog at -110.
Chile enters their final game of Group H play in first place after two wins and 6 points. Spain is in second place with a win and a draw for 3 points.
Chile opened World Cup 2010 play with a 1-0 victory against Honduras. In their second match on June 21st it was Chile edging Switzerland 1-0.
Chile found the net against the Swiss deep into the match with a Mark Gonzalez goal in minute 75.
Chile controlled the ball 58% of the time and had 7 accurate shots on goal to Switzerland’s 1.
Spain was upset in their World Cup 2010 opener dropping a 1-0 decision to Switzerland. The team responded with a 2-0 win against Honduras.
David Villa got the first goal past Honduras in minute 17 and that was followed up in minute 51 as Villa struck again.
Spain controlled the ball 57% of the time and had 7 accurate shots on Honduran goal while allowing Honduras 0 accurate shots.
Chile advances into the knockout rounds with a win or draw against Spain. Chile also advances with a Switzerland loss or draw.
Spain chances to reach the knockout stages is a bit complicated.
If Spain wins or draws and Switzerland should draw or lose it would be Spain making the knockout stages.
If all games in Group H end in a draw it would be Chile and Spain qualifying for the knockout stages and Switzerland and Honduras eliminated.
Should Chile lose and Switzerland win we would have three teams all with 6 points and it will have to go to tiebreaker.
A win by Honduras and a loss by Spain would have 3 teams in Group H tied for second place and it would have to go to the tiebreakers.
Chile has a goal differential of +2 and has scored 2 goals. Spain has a goal differential of +1 and has scored 2 goals. Switzerland has a 0 goal differential and has scored only 1 goal. Honduras has 0 points and a goal differential of -3 with 0 goals scored.
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