To anybody who picked out Uruguay and Ghana to meet up in the World Cup wagering quarterfinals at the sportsbook, congrats, considering there aren’t lots of of you who gamble on sports online and this quarterfinal matchup has to be most astonishing of them all.

Sure, the final 8 squads of the 2010 World Cup probabilities competition were meant to include squads like Brazil, Spain, Argentina but Ghana?…Uruguay?…simply afterthoughts in the minds of most soccer odds makers minds and surely not meant to move forward to the World Cup betting quarterfinals.

But here they are and these 2 squads are every bit worthy of their place here amidst the greatest squads in the World Cup wagering competition. Nonetheless, it does seem unusual that with all the big names left in this group, these 2 soccer wagering minnows should confront off so late in the World Cup probabilities competition.

Including the team’s most recent Round of 16 wins over the US side, Ghana has played with a ton of heart, squeaking out draws and wins by the slimmest of margins. It will likely play in its last game on Friday versus Uruguay after it qualified for the quarterfinals by the slimmest of margins. Even vs the US squad this team was more than fortunate to win and it took an amazing goal in overtime to beat the US.

The Black Stars are inspired by the prospect of being the first ever African country to move forward to a World Cup semifinal. Jonathan Mensah and Andre Ayew, nonetheless, have been suspended and won’t be playing. The bigger concern might be the health of Gyan who injured his ankle in training on Monday. He might not be at full power though he’s not anticipated to miss Friday’s game.

Uruguay, alternatively, has been reliable from the 1st whistle of this year’s World Cup betting competition. Most sports wagering buffs didn’t even give this team an opportunity to move forward past the group stage, picking instead soccer wagering heavyweights like France and Mexico. But Uruguay made mincemeat of Mexico and played the French to a 0-0 tie in the starter on its way to a 7 point haul in Group A.

Uruguay defender Diego Dodin is not anticipated to start due to injury. Coach Oscar Tabarez does not think he’s ready for a full game though he might still play.

This team’s defense has taken it through to the final 8 and it is allowed only 1 goal through 4 matches and has an impressive +5 goal differential. But probably the most impressive thing about this team is its finishing capacity. No team has done as much with as little as the Uruguayans in this year’s World Cup wagering event. Diego Forlan and Luis Suarez have been awesome in front and nearly every goal this team has obtained has been highlight reel quality.

Uruguay is a reliable fave to defeat Ghana on Friday. They’re -220 with the total at 2 under. The 3-way line lists Uruguay at Even, Ghana at +285 and the Draw at +210.

If Uruguay even gets a look at the goal versus Ghana it will win.


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