South Africa vs Mexico

By Nishant Joshi

I feel a bit of an anticlimax coming with this World Cup. It will be Africa's first, and I can't see it going smoothly. Already there has been plenty of debate over the local vuvuzela, but with so many of the world's leading players coming into the tournament injured or missing it altogether, there will be a bit of a hole in a few teams. Well, I'm not particularly thrilled by the prospect of watching a lot of these opening matches to be honest.

Eight of the last 11 opening matches at World Cups have produced one goal or less. We can get under 1.5 goals at 2.75 on Bwin, which we should take as a nice value punt.

NJ's Bet:

Back Under 1.5 goals - 3pts @ 2.75 (Bwin)

Nishant Joshi