
This could be the game of the World Cup 2010, two great attacking teams who still have question marks over their respective defences.
Whichever side wins is going to have to score plenty of goals to have outscored the opposition and both teams will be popular in the betting.
Match betting is a massively popular market and the first market most punters choose to look at as your decision in this market is likely to impact all other bets you place on the game.
You could argue that Germany have so far had the harder matches at the World Cup and although Argentina have looked impressive on a few occasions Germany would also have looked impressive against the likes of South Korea and Mexico so Germany have to be the value call in what should be a close but how scoring match.
The Asian Handicap is an interesting bet as it usually gives one team a lead that should be enough to cancel out any superiority the favourites for the game have.
We think Germany have a good chance of edging this game, certainly a better chance than the current odds suggest, so the fact that they get a head start here meaning the draw is also in your favour means that Germany should be a pretty good bet once again in the asian handicap odds.
Take a look at recent results for the two sides to help decide what the best bets are in the over/under betting and also the correct score market.
These two sides have been scoring plenty of goals so far at the World Cup and despite them only conceding four goals between them both have looked vulnerable defensively and this game will be the toughest task both defences have faced so far. It is difficult to see both teams not scoring and at least one team not scoring at least two goals and that is enough to make the game over 2.5 goals which looks a cracking price.
With so many goals expected the correct score is going to take a bit of guesswork, neither side is expected to win comfortably so a one goal winning margin looks likely, a 3-2 win for Germany is an absolutely huge price and although there is a fair amount of risk in the bet, that is refelcted in the reward and stakes only need to be small for a nice return.
Some of the most fun markets to bet on are the player markets, such as first goalscorer and anytime goalscorer. They are usually relatively big odds and can give plenty of reward if you pick correctly.
Both teams are likely to remain unchanged for this fixture meaning Argentina should continue with Lionel Messi playing behind Gonzalo Higuain and Carlos Tevez whilst for Germany Miroslav Klose will be supported by Lukas Podolski, Thomas Muller and star of the World Cup so far Mesut Ozil.
With many goals expected there should be plenty of value on offer in the anytime scorer odds, there could be four or five players returned in this market as both teams share their goals around, Germany had four different scorers against Australia and three different scorers against England. Miroslav Klose is the man who is constantly on the end of things for Germany as he plays at the head of their attack and he looks very good value to score anytime. For Argentina Lionel Messi is yet to score but he has gone so close so many times it is worth backing him to finally get the bit of luck he deserves.
The latest tips that include the half time result in them, some of the most popular bets here are half time result and half time/full time.
Many goals are expected in this game but it should also be close and there is a good chance, whatever the score, that the game will still be all square at half time. We fancy outsiders Germany to win the game by full time and the draw/Germany bet appears to be overpriced and therefore a good value bet.
We have actually gone for a five goal thriller in this match but there could be even more goals than that. Both teams have great attacks and have scored plenty of goals so far and both teams have very suspect defences so most chances could end in goals, we expect over 2.5 goals to come in relatively early on in this match meaning you can relax and enjoy the game once the third goal goes in.