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Portugal v Spain Odds: Ronaldo great bet to score first against World Cup winners

The match on Wednesday night between Portugal and Spain in Lisbon might be a 'friendly' match but there is likely to be very little friendly about the game between the Iberian rivals. There is an added spice to the game at the Estadio Da Luz after Spain knocked out Portugal on their way to winning last summer's World Cup. Spain are favourites with the bookmakers, with Bet365 offering shortened odds of 7/5 for a Spanish win, with Portugal's odds of 19/10 drifting, and the draw is at 9/4.

Portugal will be hoping to build on some morale boosting victories of late after a hugely disappointing World Cup display under former manager Carlos Queiroz. The former Manchester United assistant manager eventually left his role with the national team after a post-World Cup hangover saw them lose to Norway in a Euro 2012 qualifier and then drawing 4-4 with Cyprus. Since then they have a new manager in Paulo Bento and have recorded successive 3-1 wins against Iceland and Denmark to get their qualification attempts back on track.

They will be missing Fabio Coentrao and Silvestra Varela as they look to avenge their 1-0 defeat to Spain in South Africa, and it was a niggly affair with Ricardo Costa eventually seeing red that night. It is worth looking at there being more than 2.5 cards on Wednesday night and Bet365 are currently offering drifting odds of 4/6 for there to be more than 2.5 cards in total. The main man for Portugal will no doubt be Cristiano Ronaldo, who now plies his trade in Spain, and he has been in sensational form for Real Madrid this season. He looks worth a punt at 5/1 with Bet365.com to score first against the country he now calls home, and he will be renewing La Liga rivalries against several of Barcelona's stars in Lisbon.

Spain boast an array of attacking talent that includes the likes of Barca's David Villa, Andres Iniesta and Xavi, and of course Liverpool's Fernando Torres. Villa is favourite to open the scoring with Bet365.com and he is odds on at 4/1, while Torres is an industry best price of 13/2 but he is doubtful for the match due to an ankle problem. Pedro is also a doubt, and Jesus Navas and Juan Mata are definitely out, but Santi Cazorla does receive a call up.

World Champions Spain have been in decent fettle in their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, winning all three of their games so far but not without alarm. They struggled against Lithuania before eventually winning 3-1, and gave away a 2-0 lead against Scotland before snatching a 3-2 win. Since the World Cup they also lost a friendly match 4-1 to Argentina which raised some concerns about their form, but manager Vincente Del Bosque should be confident that his side will have a little too much quality for Portugal providing they can contain Cristiano Ronaldo.

The correct score of 2-1 to Spain looks a good bet with B365, as Portugal haven't kept a clean sheet in five matches, and that is currently at shortening odds of 17/2. While taking into account Spain's struggles to dispose of sides of late then maybe it is worth a look at the half time/full time betting market, where the half time result of a draw and the full time result of a Spain win is at odds of 9/2.

Portugal v Spain Tips

Tip #1: Spain to beat Portugal 2-1 @ 17/2
Tip #2: Cristiano Ronaldo to score first @ 5/1
Tip #3: Over 2.5 cards in the match @ 4/6

Portugal v Spain Odds

Match Betting

19/10 Portugal
9/4 Draw
7/5 Spain

Correct Score Odds

1-0 Portugal 7/1
2-1 Portugal 10/1
2-0 Portugal 12/1
0-0 Draw 8/1
1-1 Draw 5/1
2-2 Draw 14/1
1-0 Spain 6/1
2-0 Spain 10/1
2-1 Spain 17/2

First Goalscorer Odds

4/1 David Villa
5/1 Cristian Ronaldo
13/2 Fernando Torres
7/1 Fernando Llorente
15/2 Miguel Hugo Almeida
8/1 No Goalscorer
9/1 Rodriguez Pedro
17/2 Helder Postiga
10/1 Luis Nani
12/1 Juan Mata
12/1 David Silva

Odds supplied by Bet365.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: portugal, spain, cristiano ronaldo, bet365,

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