Results for tag: Estonia
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Nov 11, 2011 at 08:27:45 AM
[b][u]Estonia v Ireland, Friday 19:45, Sky Sports 1[/u][/b]
Perennially the plucky underdogs, Ireland must feel slightly disorientated coming into this game as the favourites. Having been disappointed at drawing France in the play-off two years ago - and even more disappointed at the outcome of that two-legged tie - a clash with Estonia was as good as Ireland could have hoped for, especially with the second leg being at home.
Drawing solely upon football clichés often produces views opposed to the truth, but for Ireland under Giovanni Trapattoni, it works quite well. Mix a side famed for their 'honesty' and 'work rate' with a wily old tactician with a reputation for defensive football, and you get a hard-working, defensive football side.
The two-legged format should suit Ireland...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Nov 10, 2011 at 11:48:21 AM
[b]The Republic of Ireland are just two games away from making it to the Euro 2012 Championships next summer and are hot favourites to get the better of Estonia in the play-offs. But the Betfair Contrarian is far from convinced they'll go through.[/b]
The Republic of Ireland were able to hide behind Thierry Henry's wandering hands when it all went wrong in Paris two years ago, but this time there will be no excuses for failure. Up against a country who until recently were viewed as nonentities on a football pitch, and with home advantage in the second leg, the luck of the Irish appears to be in full flow. The Contrarian anticipates a spectacular collapse though, and advises you to lay them to qualify at 1.4...
[i]It's the same old story[/i]
If any nation should know that getting...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Nov 10, 2011 at 09:38:22 AM
Ukraine and Poland, as joint hosts, will be there.
Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Holland, Sweden, Greece, Denmark and Russia will also grace Euro 2012... even England are going along to make up the numbers.
That leaves just four places up for grabs at next year's finals... places to be determined by the upcoming play-offs.
Over two legs, Portugal 1.38 are expected to see off Bosnia 3.4, the Republic of Ireland 1.38 are warm favourites to beat Estonia 3.5 and the market fully expects the Czech Republic 1.58 to qualify over Montenegro 2.6.
In fact, Croatia 1.84 against Turkey 2.16 looks the only genuine pick 'em.
All will be played out over the next seven days... but the purpose of this study isn't the substance of the results, more the style.
Typically cagey affairs.Teams...
Posted by:
Betting.Betfair
on Oct 13, 2011 at 01:39:21 PM
Portugal are no longer considered the most likely of the eight Euro 2012 play-off contenders to make it to the finals in Poland and Ukraine after being drawn against Bosnia.
Despite the fact that Paulo Bento's side progressed at Bosnia's expense for the World Cup, winning both legs of their make-or-break showdown 1-0, the Euro 2004 finalists have drifted to 1.48 to find a way through from 1.36 pre-draw.
The tie is bad news for Edin Dzeko and co too, who were close to earning their spot as Group D winners before a Samir Nasri penalty denied them victory in France on Tuesday, as they have flown out from 2.2 to 2.9 to qualify.
One of the biggest movers in the opposite direction are Republic of Ireland after Giovanni Trapattoni's men received the draw that most of the seeds were secretly...