austria/croatia under 2.5

[ThePig+]

My brother is telling me to play this heavy, any strong opinions in the forum regarding this game?

 

[averick]

From the recent matches of these teams i don't see any clear cut direction as to whether the goals will flow.. for me i'd rather go for the croatia win than play the total.

 

[Betting4Fun]

<TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=1 width=600 align=center bgColor=#ffffff border=0><TBODY><TR align=middle bgColor=white><TD class=textwhiteb align=middle bgColor=#003399>Last 8 Matches</TD></TR><TR class=texthead align=middle bgColor=#edeef3><TD align=middle bgColor=#ffffff><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width=400 border=0><TBODY><TR class=textsub align=middle><TD width=118>Won matches <IMG style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #6495ed" height=8 alt="" width=8></TD><TD width=129>Drawn matches <IMG style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #94cfb5" height=8 alt="" width=8> </TD><TD width=172>Lost matches <IMG style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fe525f" height=8 alt="" width=8> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE class=text cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=1 width=600 align=center bgColor=#ffffff border=0><TBODY><TR class=texthead align=middle bgColor=white><TD align=middle width=300 bgColor=#d6ebff colSpan=4>Austria</TD><TD align=middle width=5 bgColor=#ffffff> </TD><TD align=middle width=300 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I wouldn't,true Croetia has not scored much lately but then Austria defence really bad and except fot the motivation part and possibly physical game they don't bring much today to the table,remember that
Austria FIFA ranking is below 100!If croetia takes that seriously they can score alone 3 if not more,imo the over has better chances in most of Austria's games in general.

 

[Betting4Fun]

<TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=10 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=GlobalHeadingBackground width="100%" colSpan=3 height=20>Austria v Croatia - Over/Under 2.5 goals</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width="100%"><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top width="50%"><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD noWrap align=right>Betting on: </TD><TD width="60%"><SELECT id=myBetsBetView onchange=modifyMyBetsBetView(this) name=myBetsBetView> <OPTION value=marketId=20869171&selectionId=47972 selected>Under 2.5 Goals<OPTION value=marketId=20869171&selectionId=47973>Over 2.5 Goals</OPTION></SELECT> </TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=right>Total matched on this event: </TD><TD>$242,906</TD></TR><TR><TD noWrap align=right>Betting summary - Volume: </TD><TD>$202,050 </TD><TR><TD noWrap align=right>Last price matched: </TD><TD>1.74</TD></TR><TR><TD colSpan=2>

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80% of $$ on the under in BF,the value is on the over,
personally would rather pick a side here than total.

 

[GeeBeeVee]

what worries me about this game is i hear NOBODY betting austria and EVERYBODY pounding croatia.
i know austria is horrible and all that stuff, but it's troubling. the line is rather generous for cro betters.

 

[averick]

croatia are not so much better than austria that its a sure win, but i'm getting odds of 1.9 which is good value considering the matchup.

i wonder how important the home advantage will be for the austrians

 

[GeeBeeVee]

^ excuse me?
croatia is 10 times the team austria is. even without da silva. just look at results/rankings/anything else.
austria's worse than canada fergodsakes.
#92-ranked in the world.

 

[X-Files]

what worries me about this game is i hear NOBODY betting austria and EVERYBODY pounding croatia.
i know austria is horrible and all that stuff, but it's troubling. the line is rather generous for cro betters.

If no one was betting Austria, wouldn't the line be moving a lot?

What are you suggesting?

How do you know that no one is betting Austria?

 

[averick]

you misunderstood my words...

croatia might be ten times better, but they still do not have a very huge chance of winning.
if austria was matched against the germans or portuguese maybe i would put more money.. thats because they are THAT much better.

 

[GeeBeeVee]

If no one was betting Austria, wouldn't the line be moving a lot?

What are you suggesting?

How do you know that no one is betting Austria?

i don't "know" everyone's betting croatia.
but as a microcosm, at least, i see on message boards/tv shows/friends ... all laying it on cro.