Saturday, February 4th, 2012
It will be Uruguay battling the lone African nation in the World Cup 2010 quarterfinals as they take the field to face Ghana on Friday afternoon.
They start this contest from Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg South Africa at 2:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN TV.
The three way regulation betting line opened with Uruguay +105 favorites to win with the draw second favorite at +210 and for a Ghana victory the underdog at +285.
The handicap line came in at pick and it saw Uruguay opening up favored to win at -240 with Ghana a +200 underdog.
The goal total opened at 2 goals with under the -125 favorite and over 2 goals the underdog at +105.
The bettors on the three way regulation betting line have come on the favorite as Uruguay is now -110 to win the draw is still +210 and Ghana is a bigger underdog to pull out victory in regulation at +310.
The World Cup 2010 bettors came in early on the handicap line on the side of Ghana as Uruguay is now -220 favorite to win and Ghana a +185 underdog.
The early money on the goal total came on the over as over 2 goals and under 2 goals returns -115 to the wagering public.
Uruguay qualified for quarterfinal play in World Cup 2010 following their 2-1 victory in the Round of 16 in rainy weather against South Korea.
Uruguay opened the scoring as Luis Suarez scored in the 8th minute of play and that held up by halftime. South Korea found the equalizer in minute 68 as Lee Chung-Yong found the Uruguayan net. It was Luis Suarez striking again for the South American squad and it was the game winner as it came in minute 80.
Uruguay held possession for 45% of the time and had 8 accurate shots on goal to South Korea’s 5.
Uruguay were winners of Group A with 7 points.
They opened play in World Cup 2010 with a 0-0 draw with France and followed up with the 3-0 victory against host nation South Africa. The team won their group with the 1-0 victory against Mexico in their final game in the first round of play.
Uruguay last played an African Nation in February 11th in a 3-2 home victory against Libya in an International Friendly.
The South American squad made it to the semifinals of Copa America 2007 but fell in the penalty kick stages to Brazil after drawing 2-2 after regulation and 30 minutes of extra time.
Uruguay failed to make World Cup 2006 after losing in the penalties stages at home against Australia in a playoff round of 2 games. Uruguay defeated Australia on the road 1-0 and then coughed up a home goal to Australia and lost 1-0 and in the penalty stages in their second leg.
Luis Suarez leads Uruguay with 3 goals and Diego Forlan has 2 in the tournament.
Ghana reached the quarterfinals of World Cup 2010 following their 1-0 victory in extra time against the United States.
The club opened the scoring early as Kevin Prince Boateng found the US net in minute 5 and went into the half up 1-0. USA got the equalizer on a Landon Donovan goal in minute 62. Ghana got the game winner in extra time as Asamoah Gyan scored in minute 93.
Ghana controlled the ball 49% of the time and had 6 accurate shots on goal to Ghana’s 6.
The African nation were second place finishers in Group D with a win, draw and loss for 4 points.
They began play in World Cup 2010 with the 1-0 victory against Serbia and followed up that result with the 1-1 draw with Australia. The team then lost a critical match to Germany 1-0 and only qualified for the knockout stages by a loss by Serbia to Australia in the final group contest.
Asamoah Gyan leads Ghana with 3 goals in World Cup 2010.
In the 2010 African Nations Cup Ghana fell 1-0 to Egypt in the finals.
Ghana last faced a South American nation in March of 2007 where they dropped a 1-0 decision to Brazil in a game played in Sweden.
In World Cup 2006 in Germany the African club dropped a 3-0 decision to Brazil in the quarterfinal round.
Ghana is the only Group second place finisher to make it the quarterfinal round.
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