Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
Its another battle of South American versus Europe in World Cup 2010 quarterfinal play as Paraguay meets Spain on Saturday afternoon.
Kick off time from Ellis Park in Johannesburg South Africa is set for 2:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ABC TV.
The regulation three way betting line saw Spain opening as -215 favorites to win the draw is second favorite at +275 and for a Paraguay outright win +600.
The handicap line came Spain -1 goal at +100 with Paraguay +1 goal bringing back -120.
The goal total opened up at 2 ½ goals with under -165 favorite and over 2 ½ goals bringing back +145.
The bettors came in early on the regulation three way betting line on the favorite as Spain is now -235 to win the draw is up to +310 and for a Paraguay win a heavier underdog at +760.
The World Cup 2010 betting public came early on the side of Spain as the club now stands at -1 goal at -105 and Paraguay +1 goal brings back -115.
Bettors on the goal total have come with their money on the over as under 2 ½ goals returns -155 and over 2 ½ goals now brings back +115 underdog return.
Spain is into the quarterfinals of World Cup 2010 following their 1-0 victory against neighbor Portugal in the Round of 16.
The lone goal of the game came by Spain in the 63rd minute by David Villa.
Spain controlled possession 61% of the time and had 10 accurate shots on goal while allowing Portugal 3.
Spain were winners of Group H in the first round.
They opened their play with a 1-0 loss to Switzerland and followed up with the 2-0 victory against Honduras. The European 2008 champions then defeated Chile 2-1 to qualify for the knockout round and win their group.
Spain last faced a South American squad and it happened on November 14th of 2009 against Argentina. Spain defeated Argentina at home 2-1.
Spain is the defending 2008 European Champions as they defeated Italy, and Russia in the knockout rounds prior to their 1-0 victory against Germany in the final.
The 2006 World Cup saw Spain win all three of their Group games but lost 2-1 to France in the Round of 16.
David Villa leads Spain with 4 goals in the tournament.
Paraguay survived their Round of 16 game by defeating Japan in the only game thus far decided on penalty kicks. The game was 0-0 after regulation time and 30 minutes of extra time.
The South American country controlled the ball 58% of the time and had 6 accurate shots on net to Japan’s 6.
Paraguay won their group fixture despite scoring just 3 goals in three of their World Cup 2010 Round 1 games.
The club opened play in group stages with the 1-1 victory against Italy. In their second contest they defeated Slovakia and ended their first round with the 0-0 draw with New Zealand.
Paraguay has scored 0 goals in their past two games against New Zealand and Japan.
No goal scorer has produced more than 1 goal in this tournament.
Paraguay faced a European country in group stages with the 0-0 draw with Italy on June 14th. On May 25th the South American squad dropped a friendly to Ireland 2-1 but defeated Greece 2-0 on June 2nd.
Paraguay in their last big tournament dropped a 6-0 decision to Mexico in the quarterfinals of Copa America in 2007.
Paraguay qualified for World Cup 2006 in Germany but failed to make it out of Group Stages with 1-0 losses to both England and Sweden from Europe. Their lone win in the 2006 tournament came in a 2-0 victory against Trinidad & Tobago.
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