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Argentina v Brazil Odds: High scoring game looks a good bet in International Friendly

The live early evening kick off on Wednesday throws up the mouth-watering clash between the two giants of South American football in Argentina and Brazil. The game is being played at the neutral venue of Doha so home advantage will have no effect on the match, but expect plenty of goals as both sides look to play exciting, attacking football following disappointing World Cup campaigns. Totesport bookmakers currently have Argentina as marginal favourites for the match with odds of 6/4, with Brazil at 13/8 and the draw is odds of 23/10.

Argentina endured an up and down World Cup, pulling off some unlikely wins under Diego Maradona before suffering a humiliating 4-0 drubbing at the hands of Germany to crash out. Maradona has since departed and it is Sergio Batista who is at the helm offering a safer pair of hands. Batista has overseen a 1-0 friendly win over the Republic of Ireland and a hugely impressive 4-1 win over World Champions Spain, but they were brought back down to earth in their last match as they lost to Japan 1-0.

They are missing some key players for the Brazil match with Gabriel Milito and Walter Samuel both out, as well as Sergio Aguero and Carlos Tevez, the main sources of their goals, who are both out injured. But they do boast the talent of Lionel Messi and it is well worth a look at Messi to score 2 goals or more in the match at odds of 5/1 with Totesport bookmakers, especially as Messi has managed that goalscoring feat in 3 of his last 4 league games for Barcelona. It will be left to Real Madrid's star Gonzalo Higuain to lead the forward line in the absence of Aguero and Tevez, and he has managed 7 goals in 12 appearances for Argentina and he is a good bet to score first with odds of 5/1 with Totesport.

Brazil themselves did not enjoy the greatest of World Cups in South Africa, as they crashed out to Holland 2-1 in a display that lacked discipline. They too have had a change in manager as Mano Menezes replaced Dunga and he is focusing on bringing an attacking and youthful style of play to his team. It seems to be doing the trick so far as Brazil have won three consecutive games since the World Cup, beating USA 2-0, Iran 3-0 and Ukraine 2-0, but his defence faces a much sterner examination against rivals Argentina.

They will have to do without the services of Alexandre Pato, the AC Milan striker who has scored in his last three international appearances, so Neymar is expected to start. Neymar has caught the eye with Santos and is believed to be a real prospect for the future, and he managed to score on his international debut against the USA. He is a 7/1 bet to score first on Wednesday or 23/10 to score anytime and that looks really good value with Totesport.com. He is likely to be joined by another young starlet in Inter Milan's Coutinho who has caught the eye in recent Champions League matches against Tottenham. There is also a recall for the veteran Ronaldinho who has been out of favour at AC Milan of late, and the Brazilian midfield could feature the Premiership pair of Lucas Leiva and Ramires.

Argentina and Brazil have won 33 matches each of their 89 encounters, with 23 ending in a draw, although Argentina have failed to win in their previous five attempts. There are likely to be plenty of goals with so much attacking talent on display, and the 3-2 to Brazil, although an outside bet at 28/1 with Totesport, could be a really interesting punt. Also backing there being over 2.5 goals in the match is currently at odds of 11/10 with Totesport bookmakers and well worth a look.

Argentina v Brazil Tips

Tip #1: Neymar to score anytime @ 23/10
Tip #2: Lionel Messi to score 2 goals or more in the match @ 5/1
Tip #3: Brazil to beat Argentina 3-2 @ 28/1
Tip #4: Over 2.5 goals in the match @ 11/10

Argentina v Brazil Odds

Match Betting

6/4 Argentina
23/10 Draw
13/8 Brazil

Correct Score Odds

1-0 Argentina 11/2
2-0 Argentina 9/1
2-1 Argentina 9/1
0-0 Draw 11/2
1-1 Draw 11/2
2-2 Draw 16/1
1-0 Brazil 11/2
2-0 Brazil 11/1
2-1 Brazil 9/1

First Goalscorer Odds

7/2 Lionel Messi
5/1 Gonzalo Higuain
13/2 Robinho
7/1 Neymar
7/1 Ronaldinho
7/1 Diego Milito
8/1 Andre
8/1 Lavezzi
11/1 Angel de Maria
12/1 Dani Alves

Odds supplied by Totesport.com bookmakers who will be provide in play betting for this match and provide several other betting markets.

Posted: Wednesday, 17th November 2010
Author: Chris James
Tags: argentina, brazil, lionel messi, totesport,

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