Euro 2012 Odds – Betting markets to explore

By David, bettingexpert.com | Edited 16:59 30.05.2012

We all naturally tend to think of favourites as being distant from delivering those huge disappointments. Once every full moon, you would think, and definitely not on my watch.

Yet is does happen and more frequently than many would think. We tend to get at least one major surprise every major tournament, be it the Euro or the World Cup. And what this means is that we can be on the profits if we invest wisely before all is said and done.

Anyone remember Turkey’s magnificent run to third place in the 2002 World Cup after being beaten by one single goal against losing finalists Brazil? Or the laudable, yet significantly suspicious, South Koreans’ fourth place in that same tournament.

How to forget the Greek triumph in Portugal’s Euro 2004 against the host nation, very much reminiscent of the Danish 1992 final victory in the same tournament in nearby Sweden? For both it was their first ever international title.

Tormented Italy in the midst of the Calciopoli scandal went all the way despite odds being increased on them when they were set to kick off their campaign in 2006 in Germany. On the other hand the internal squabbles in the French camp had them humbled in both the last two major tournaments collecting one point in each and making an early return home.

Meanwhile we saw Russia and Turkey falling on the semifinal hurdle at Euro 2008 and Ghana one step away from a historic semifinal in the 2010 World Cup, with Uruguay making it to fourth place.

So why should these Euro 2012 games not reserve such “surprises” for us? I think they will and below we will have a look at potential surprises that will translate to valuable odds for us to cast an eye upon before the games kick off.

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Euro 2012 odds – Groups

Group A
Nation	Manager	Star Player
Czech Republic	Bilek	Cech
Greece	Fernando Santos	Karagounis
Poland	Smuda	Lewandowski
Russia	Advocaat	Pogrebnyak

Read our full Euro 2012 Group A odds analysis.

Group B
Nation	Manager	Star Player
Denmark	Olsen	Eriksen
Germany	Low	Ozil
Holland	van Marwijk	Robben
Portugal	Paulo Bento	Cristiano Ronaldo

Read our full Euro 2012 Group B odds analysis.

Group C
Nation	Manager	Star Player
Croatia	Bilic	Modric
Ireland	Trapattoni	Robbie Keane
Italy	Prandelli	Cassano
Spain	Del Bosque	Xavi

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Group D
Nation	Manager	Star Player
England	Hodgson	Gerrard
France	Blanc	Ribery
Sweden	Hamren	Ibrahimovic
Ukraine	Blokhin	Yarmolenko

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Euro 2012 odds – Outright winner

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Outright Winner

Spain	4.00	3.75	3.50
Germany	4.20	4.00	4.00
England	12.50	11.00	10.00
Italy	15.50	15.00	15.00
Holland	8.20	7.50	7.50
France	13.50	13.00	11.00
Denmark	110.00	81.00	101.00
Ireland	120.00	81.00	81.00

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Euro 2012 odds – Top goalscorer

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Top Goalscorer

Cristiano Ronaldo	15.50	13.00	13.00
Mario Gomez	9.80	8.00	9.00
Miroslav Klose	21.00	15.00	15.00
Robin van Persie	12.50	10.00	11.00
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	19.00	17.00	15.00
Fernando Llorente	17.50	15.00	17.00
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	55.00	51.00	51.00
Wayne Rooney	40.00	26.00	34.00
Antonio Cassano	95.00	N/A	34.00
Karim Benzema	17.00	17.00	15.00
Robert Lewandowski	29.00	21.00	21.00
Robbie Keane	150.00	81.00	101.00