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Czech Republic v Montenegro Live Streaming: Tempting odds for Rezek to score first

Czech Republic start as firm favourites for the first leg of their Euro 2012 play-off match with Montenegro on Friday night. Bet 365 are streaming the match live on their website and they makes the Czech's 4/6 odds on favourites, with Montenegro 9/2 to cause an upset at the Generali Arena in Prague.

The Czech side are 1/2 on to qualify from the two legged play-off, while Montenegro are a best priced 6/4 punt to reach the finals of a major competition for the first time in their history.

In contrast, Czech Republic have reached the European Championship finals every time since its inception in 1993 and they look well set to continue that trend. They may not possess the world beaters of old but they still look to have too much qualify and experience for this Montenegro outfit.

Czech Republic finished second to Spain in Group I during qualifying and there is no shame in that as few nations come close to the World and European champions lately. Their only defeat in their last five matches came at the hands of the Spanish and they will be keen to avoid defeat against the little fancied Montenegrins.

Tomas Rosicky is fit for this week's match, although Tomas Huschman is suspended or both legs.

Interestingly, Michal Kadlec has scored five in his last four international appearances, although four of those came from the penalty spot, with Bet365.com pricing him 22/1 to be first scorer. A better punt could be Jan Rezek at 6/1 as he has scored three in his last three outings for the national side.

Goals have certainly been a feature of the Czech Republic's play of late as four of their last five have involved over 2.5, with over 2.5 this week looking particularly good value at odds of 5/4. That looks even better when you consider that the Czechs have kept just one clean sheet in their last five matches.

Furthermore, three of Montenegro's last four matches have involved over 2.5 and they too have had problems with clean sheets. They have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last five outings and the odds of both teams to score could be worth a punt at 11/10 with B365.

Montenegro are in the play-offs after they finished second to England in Group G. They started qualifying brilliantly as they only conceded one goal in their first five matches, although their recent form has been more of a problem.

They have failed to win any of their last five matches, including defeats to Albania, Switzerland and Wales. Meanwhile, Marko Basa is out injured.

Montenegro will no doubt pin their hopes on Juventus striker Mirko Vucinic, who is the one household name in their side. However, Vucinic has only scored two goals in Serie A this season and is an 8/1 punt to score first.

We fancy Czech Republic are well worth their 'favourites' tag and the odds of 15/2 for them to win by the correct score of 2-1 with Bet 365 could be worth taking advantage of.

- Please visit our dedicated Euro 2012 mini-site for more stats, standings, fixtures, odds and betting news.

Czech Republic v Montenegro Form

Check the season's statistics for both Czech Republic and Montenegro, plus the odds ahead of Friday's match.

Czech Republic Stats | Montenegro Stats

Czech Republic v Montenegro Tips

Tip #1: Both teams to score @ 11/10 with Bet365.com
Tip #2: Over 2.5 goals @ 5/4 with Bet365.com
Tip #3: Jan Rezek to score first @ 6/1 with Bet365.com

Czech Republic v Montenegro Odds

Match Odds

4/6 Czech Republic
13/5 Draw
9/2 Montenegro

To Qualify Odds

1/2 Czech Republic
6/4 Montenegro

Correct Score Odds

9/2 Czech Republic 1-0
6/1 Czech Republic 2-0
15/2 Czech Republic 2-1
8/1 Draw 0-0
6/1 Draw 1-1
20/1 Draw 2-2
10/1 Montenegro 1-0
25/1 Montenegro 2-0
16/1 Montenegro 2-1

First Goalscorer Odds

4/1 Milan Baros
5/1 David Lafata
11/2 Tomas Pekhart
6/1 Jan Rezek
7/1 No Goalscorer
15/2 Tomas Rosicky
8/1 Mirko Vucinic
8/1 Daniel Kolar
11/1 Radomir Djalovic
11/1 Andrija Delibasic
12/1 Dejan Damjanovic

Odds supplied by Bet365.com, who will stream the Czech Republic v Montenegro match live on their website on Friday night (Kick Off: 7.15pm).

Posted: Thursday, 10th November 2011
Author: Chris James
Tags: european championship, czech republic, montenegro, jan rezek, bet365,

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