{"id":2737,"date":"2017-11-17T18:39:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T18:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/?p=2737"},"modified":"2017-11-21T16:08:17","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T16:08:17","slug":"world-cup-line-decided-bookies-think-five-horse-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/news-events\/world-cup-line-decided-bookies-think-five-horse-race\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup line-up decided &#8211; Bookies think it is a five-horse race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The odds for the Word Cup finals are finally ready after the final few places for Russia were confirmed, and the Bookmakers have already narrowed it down to a five-horse race.<\/p>\n<p>32 teams will be taking part in the finals next summer, and now we now every team who will be taking part after the final play-offs were played with the final spot going South American nation Peru, who beat New Zealand over two legs.<\/p>\n<p>Some footballing powerhouses such as Italy and Holland have failed to make it, but Bookmakers already believe that the winner can be narrowed down to five nations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Defending champions Germany, Brazil and France are generally the co-favourites at 5\/1 across the World Cup market,&#8221; revealed OddsMonkey spokesman Peter Watton.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just after that around 7\/1 and 8\/1, come Spain and Argentina &#8211; after that you are well into double figures &#8211; the Bookmakers are not taking any chances here, these five are well clear in the betting and we are being told attracting the majority of the money.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;England are the only home nation involved and are in the second tier of sides at 20\/1 but we expect some changes in the odds once the draw is made at the start of December &#8211; although we don&#8217;t think there will be too many changes with those big five at the head of the market.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But if you are looking for the &#8216;Leicester City&#8217; of the World Cup finals &#8211; then you need to look at Panama, they are 500\/1 &#8211; more than double the next side.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>World Cup odds:<\/strong><br \/>\nBrazil 5\/1<br \/>\nFrance 5\/1<br \/>\nGermany 5\/1<br \/>\nSpain 7\/1<br \/>\nArgentina 8\/1<br \/>\nBelgium 14\/1<br \/>\nEngland 20\/1<br \/>\nPortugal 20\/1<br \/>\nColombia 33\/1<br \/>\nCroatia 33\/1<br \/>\nRussia 33\/1<br \/>\nPoland 40\/1<br \/>\nUruguay 40\/1<br \/>\nMexico 66\/1<br \/>\nSweden 66\/1<br \/>\nSwitzerland 66\/1<br \/>\nDenmark 100\/1<br \/>\nJapan 100\/1<br \/>\nSerbia 100\/1<br \/>\nEgypt 150\/1<br \/>\nIceland 150\/1<br \/>\nNigeria 150\/1<br \/>\nPeru 150\/1<br \/>\nSenegal 150\/1<br \/>\nIran 200\/1<br \/>\nMorocco 200\/1<br \/>\nSouth Korea 200\/1<br \/>\nAustralia 250\/1<br \/>\nCosta Rica 250\/1<br \/>\nSaudi Arabia 250\/1<br \/>\nPanama 500\/1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The odds for the Word Cup finals are finally ready after the final few places for Russia were confirmed, and the Bookmakers have already narrowed it down to a five-horse race. 32 teams will be taking part in the finals next summer, and now we now every team who will be taking part after the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[841,74,1640],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-news-events","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>World Cup 2018: Bookies Predict a Five-Horse Race<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover the top five contenders for the World Cup 2018 as bookies reveal their odds. 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