Last 16 - First match picks

And now we get to the business end of the World Cup as we move into the last 16.

First up we have Uruguay taking on South Korea and even though Uruguay is probably not particularly popular with the South African fans, I can't see them losing today.

We've backed

• Uruguay to win 2-0 - 7/1 odds


• First goal scorer - Diego Forlan - 7/2

In the second match up we're expecting the US to beat Ghana even though the bookies seem to think Ghana are perhaps slight favourites.

Scoreline wise we're expecting the US to win either 1-0 (6/1) or 2-0 (12/1) with Landon Donovan being the first goal-scorer.

USA USA USA USA USA!

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AFCON predictions

I haven’t followed African football too closely but with the AFCON cup here I thought I’d take a look at the betting and see if there was any value bets floating around.

Two bets jumped out at me – Egypt (8/1) and Nigeria (7/1) on World Sports Betting looks like they offer some value. The only snag I see is that they are both in the same group, hopefully they don’t do eachother some damage.

It looks like a pretty open tournament with Ivory Coast the favourites at 2/1, Cameroon 4/1 and Ghana 5/1 followed by my picks.