What Were The Odds Of That? Favourites Dominate World Cup Quals, France Wins Nations League

It was a weekend of few surprises in World Cup 2022 qualification action with favourites getting the job done right across the world. The biggest upset of the weekend was Tanzania’s 1-0 victory of Benin at odds of 5.75 while Madagascar defeated DR Congo 1-0 at odds of 4.20 and Canada drew with Mexico at odds of 4.0. These were the only three results across the weekend’s World Cup qualification games that were at odds of 4.0 or greater.

In European World Cup qualification betting the biggest surprise was Lithuania’s 3-1 win over Bulgaria at odds of 3.50 with the 3-1 correct score paying odds of 34.0 while Albania defeated Hungary 1-0 at odds of 3.40, Norway drew with Turkey 1-1 at odds of 3.30 and Wales drew with the Czech Republic 2-2 at odds of 3.25.

Short Priced Favourites Dominate World Cup Qualification Betting

It was a weekend where favourites dominated play across the planet. In fact there were 22 nations that began their World Cup qualification matches at average odds of 1.50 or shorter and each of those teams won their games. The advantage for favourites across those 22 matches was an incredible 69 goals to six.

An accumulator combining each nation starting at odds of 1.50 or shorter would have paid at a price of 47.40, paying £470.40 on a £10 investment.

France Wins Nations League

France won their first Nations League title after defeating Spain 2-1 in Milan on Sunday evening. Spain took a 1-0 in the 64th minute when Mikel Oyarzabal scored. But it would be short lived with Karim Benzema equalising for France two minutes later. Kylian Mbappe scored the winner in the 80th minute.

France entered the final at a best price of 2.80 while Spain was available at 2.97. The draw was available 3.25 with the Asian handicap France +0 goals at 1.90.

Top 10 Upsets of the Weekend

Let’s now take a look at the biggest upsets of the weekend’s World Cup qualification action. It was a weekend of few shock results with the biggest upset Tanzania getting a 1-0 win over Benin at odds of 5.75. Of the top 10 upsets, six of the results were draws..

RANK	DATE	LEAGUE	SELECTION		OPPONENT	SCORE	ODDS	CSCORE
1	10 Oct	World Cup Qualification	Tanzania	def	Benin	1-0	5.75	10.00
2	10 Oct	World Cup Qualification	Madagascar	def	DR Congo	1-0	4.20	8.50
3	8 Oct	World Cup Qualification	Canada	drew	Mexico	1-1	4.00	8.00
4	8 Oct	World Cup Qualification	Paraguay	drew	Argentina	0-0	3.60	8.00
5	9 Oct	World Cup Qualification	Lithuania	def	Bulgaria	3-1	3.50	34.00
6	9 Oct	World Cup Qualification	Guinea	drew	Sudan	2-2	3.50	21.00
7	9 Oct	World Cup Qualification	Albania	def	Hungary	1-0	3.40	7.50
8	10 Oct	World Cup Qualification	Zambia	drew	Equatorial Guinea	1-1	3.40	7.00
9	8 Oct	World Cup Qualification	Norway	drew	Turkey	1-1	3.30	6.50
10	8 Oct	World Cup Qualification	Wales	drew	Czech Republic	2-2	3.25	19.00

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bettingexpert Super Tipsters Best Bets Results

It was a great weekend for the bettingexpert Super Tipsters Weekend Best Bets. Combined the ten selections went 7-2-1. At tipped odds, the ten selections returned a yield of +40.9% while at starting prices, the ten selections returned a yield of +38.2%.

TIPSTER	EVENT	SELECTION	RESULT	TIP ODDS	SP ODDS
DelPiero28	Germany vs Romania	Over 3.5 goals	LOST	2.13	1.77
GREENS	Liechtenstein vs North Macedonia	Over 3 goals	WON	2.14	1.92
nikolaqq	Forest Green vs Swindon	Forest Green win	LOST	1.89	1.89
martinou	Sweden vs Kosovo	Sweden -1 goals (AH)	WON	1.53	1.63
The_doctorbr	Switzerland vs Northern Ireland	Under 2.5 goals	WON	1.80	1.81
Walimba24	Moldova vs Denmark	Denmark to win to nil	WON	1.50	1.45
nikolaqq	Real Sociedad B vs Ponferradina	Real Sociedad B DNB	PUSH	1.90	1.90
Intuition	Italy vs Belgium	BTTS – yes	WON	1.95	1.88
Intuition	Spain vs France	BTTS – yes	WON	1.95	1.94
Intuition	Venezuela vs Ecuador	Over 2.25 goals	WON	2.22	2.19
			Profit	+4.09	+3.82
			ROI%	+40.9%	+38.2%

• Tip Odds are the odds the tipster took the selection at.
• SP Odds are the best odds available at time of kick off. 

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