A much needed three points would be the result that all Irish fans will be praying for this Saturday against Italy, but Ireland’s biggest bookmaker, PaddyPower, put the Italian’s in the driving seat as the 11/8 favourites.
The Republic of Ireland need a win from one of their remaining games to guarantee that they finish second and go into the qualifying round, however they can still win the group if they win both of their final games and the Italian’s only draw against Cyprus in their last qualifying match. PaddyPower is offering football bets at 16/1 that Ireland will win their group and 13/8 for Ireland to qualify for the World Cup Finals 2010.
The Irish online bookmaker is also offering one of their moneyback specials for the game. If Robbie Keane scores the last goal, PaddyPower will refund all losing 1st /last goalscorer, correct score & scorecast singles bets.
In other football betting surrounding the World Cup, PaddyPower is betting at 10/1 that Sin-Bins will be introduced in South Africa, where a player could find themselves put off the field for five minutes for faking an injury or diving.
A spokesman at paddypower.com said:‘I’d love to see a repeat of the Ireland Italy game in World Cup 94’, as I’m sure every Irish fan would, although that does look unlikely. However, if Robbie comes up with the goods and gets the last goal, no matter what the result there’ll be a few smiling punters’.
9/4 Ireland
11/8 Italy
9/5 Draw
4/9 Ireland to fail to qualify for World Cup 2010
13/8 Ireland to qualify for World Cup 2010 |
