Cameroon v Japan

Cameroon have high hopes of being one of the African teams that can challenge for the World Cup this year in South Africa and with Samuel Eto'o they have one of the best strikers in world football. There is little doubt they will look to him for inspiration again a solid Japan side, who gave England a scare in a recent friendly.

If either side wants to reach the second round they will need to win this match, a draw is unlikely to be any good to either side.

Cameroon v Japan Match Odds

A bet on the winner of the match is always a popular one and gives you a bet that lasts right up until the final whistle. In competitive games like this there are good odds on both sides.

BACK CAMEROON TO BEAT JAPAN

Cameroon are rightly the favourites for this game but it is a bit of a surprise that they are odds against with many bookies considering they are often considered the best African side. Japan are not really considered the best of the Asian sides with South Korea pretty much grabbing that honour and African football seems stronger than Asian, especially with this World Cup being held in Africa, and Cameroon are a confident selection at decent odds to beat Japan.

Cameroon v Japan Asian Handicap Odds

Asian Handicap is slightly different to regular match betting, usually one side is given a lead to make the game more equal, and therefore more competitive as a betting contest.

BACK CAMEROON -0.25

Cameroon seem to have been generously priced up for a win -0.25 in the asian handicap for this match, the lethal finishing of Samuel Eto'o is likely to be the difference between the two teams and since he is capable of scoring a couple of goals it is unlikely Japan will have enough goals in them to upset the asian handicap.

Cameroon v Japan Goals Odds

Many bets can be placed related on how many goals there will be in the match so working out whether it will be high scoring or low scoring is usually a must before betting on the game.

Cameroon And Japan Recent Competitive Results

BACK A 2-0 WIN FOR CAMEROON AND UNDER 2.5 GOALS

In the final group stage for their qualification Cameroon conceded just two goals in six games so are pretty tight defensively and with Japan scoring just over a goal a game against some very weak opposition you'd expect Cameroon to be able to win this game with a clean sheet. It is probably a case of deciding if Cameroon will win this game by one goals or two and slight preference is for two goals with Cameroon having one of the best strikers in the world at their disposal. This means under 2.5 goals should still be backed whilst 2-0 has to be the bet in the correct score market.

Cameroon v Japan Players Odds

A look at the best bets involving the players of the match, usually the most popular bets in this category revolve around who will score the goals in the match.

Cameroon v Japan Team News

Cameroon are very heavily reliant on their striker Samuel Eto'o who is their best player by some distance and needs to be fit for this match or Cameroon may struggle to win the game or score any goals. Japan have a fairly balanced team and will not be relying too heavily on one single player, but the set pieces of Shunsuke Nakamura are an important element to their play and they will be hoping he is fit for this match.

BACK SAMUEL ETO'O TO SCORE FIRST AGAINST JAPAN

Samuel Eto'o is miles clear of any of the Cameroon players in terms of goalscoring, he picked up nine goals in their qualifying campaign and the next best player only managed to get three so he is well fancied to open the scoring for Cameroon and score all of the goals they score in this match. Japan's best chance of a goal might come from a direct free kick so if you really fancied Japan you could back Shunsuka Nakamura to score anytime, although we will be sticking with Cameroon and Samuel Eto'o to score all the goals and he is fairly priced to score the first one.

Cameroon v Japan Half Time Odds

Your bets don't have to just be on what happens by the end of the game, you can bet on what happens by half time, in conjunction or not with the full time result.

BACK DRAW / CAMEROON IN THE HALF TIME / FULL TIME BETTING

Cameroon managed to score just three goals in the first halves of their most recent six World Cup qualifiers and those games came against some very poor opposition so with it looking as though Cameroon need 45 minutes to warm up in their matches it could be best to assume their victory will come in the second half of the match, and the half time result will be a draw.

Cameroon v Japan Best Bet

There is little doubt that Cameroon should be winning this game and the most likely scorer by some distance is their top scorer Samuel Eto'o, who looks an outstanding bet to score first in this match and the outstanding bet of this game.