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Northern Ireland v Italy Betting: Cassano can decide this Euro 2012 Group C Clash

Northern Ireland will be hoping to shock the soccer world on Friday evening at Windsor Park, when they take on Italy in this Euro 2012 Group C qualifier. The Bookmakers however do not see any shock forthcoming, where Bet365 for instance make Italy 8/11 odds on in the betting to win the match, with the draw the next best at 5/2, they do however offer a best price of 4/1 for the Northern Ireland win, no matter how unlikely.

Northern Ireland v Italy LIVE on Sky Sports 1 at 1945 on Friday

The Northern Ireland boss, Nigel Worthington, was a relieved and jubilant man last month when his side achieved a highly unlikely away victory over Slovenia, which stopped a run of five successive defeats. The win also has given Worthington fresh belief that his side can do something similar against the four times world champions, which if they succeed in doing, would give them a great chance of eventual qualification to the Euro 2012 finals. A 1-0 win for Northern Ireland carries excellent odds of 10/1 with Bet365 in the Correct Score Betting market, which no doubt will be snapped up by their ardent supporters.

Worthington will have to make do without Celtic midfielder, Paddy McCourt, who has a shoulder injury, but other than that he is likely to field his full strength side, although he may have concerns about striker, David Healy, who has yet to appear for his club, Sunderland this season.

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Italy, who had an awful World Cup, have started life under new boss, Cesare Prandelli in good style, winning both of their Group C openers. The away win against Estonia was a tough encounter for them however where they needed two second half goals from striker, Antonio Cassano and defender, Leonardo Bonucci to come back from a 0-1 half time deficit. Cassano was in fact on the mark again in their second match against the Faroe Islands in which they won by 5-0 in Florence and he has been made a 5/1 with bet365 to be the first goalscorer at Windsor Park on Friday.

The Italians are likely to dispense with their normal safety first policy when playing away, believing that they can turn the ‘Irish’ team over comfortably. They have a strong defence, which typically for Italian sides give away nothing and will know that a couple of smash and grab raids on the home team’s goal should provide the all important goal or two, from which they can defend with some impunity. An Italian 1-0 or 2-0 win carries odds of 9/2 and 6/1 respectively in the Correct Score betting market, provided by Bet365.com

Northern Ireland v Italy Tips

Selection 1: Italy to win 2-0 @ 6/1
Selection 2: Antonio Cassano to score opening goal @ 5/1

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Northern Ireland v Italy Betting

Match Betting

8/11 Italy
5/2 Draw
4/1 Northern Ireland

Correct Score Betting

1-0 Italy win – 9/2
1-1 Draw – 11/2
2-0 Italy win – 6/1
0-0 Draw – 7/1
2-1 Italy win – 15/2
1-0 Northern Ireland win – 10/1
3-0 Italy win – 12/1
3-1 Italy win – 14/1

All odds provided by Bet365 Bookmakers who will operating an in-play market for this match.

Posted: Thursday, 7th October 2010
Author: Rodney Wise
Tags: european championship, windsor park, northern ireland, italy, bet365,

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