Ivory Coast v North Korea

Ivory Coast face an uphill task after Portugal put seven goals past North Korea, they are now nine goals behind the Portuguese in the goal difference so as well as beating North Korea very comfortably Ivory Coast will have to hope Brazil do them a favour by putting a few goals past Portugal.

North Korea have shown what happens when they try and attack teams so they may go more defensive in this match to try to salvage some pride, and that won't play into Ivory Coast's hands.

Ivory Coast v North Korea Match Odds

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.

BACK IVORY COAST TO BEAT NORTH KOREA

Ivory Coast should win this game pretty comfortably and unsurprisingly they are the same sort of price that Portugal have been to beat North Korea. Portugal smashed North Korea and Ivory coast need to do the same so expect a win but the price is short.

Ivory Coast v North Korea Asian Handicap Odds

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.

BACK IVORY COAST -1.25

Portugal didn't have to do anything special to beat North Korea convincingly and the price on Ivory Coast -1.25 looks all wrong, North Korea are favourites in that asian handicap. Ivory Coast look far too big a price to pass up with a relatively small handicap to make up and this should certianly be amongst your bets on the game.

Ivory Coast v North Korea Goals 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.

Ivory Coast Recent Competitive Results

North Korea Recent Competitive Results

BACK IVORY COAST TO WIN 4-0 AND OVER 2.5 GOALS

Ivory Coast games tend to have a few goals in them, at either end, but with North Korea looking highly unlikely to score it should simply be a case of how many for Ivory Coast. The answer to that question is most likely to be three or four so backing a 4-0 win for Ivory Coast looks the sensible play after seeing North Korea completely fold against Portugal. Over 2.5 goals should also be backed, as you would expect there to be at least three goals in the game.

Ivory Coast v North Korea Player Odds

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.

Ivory Coast v North Korea Team News

Ivory coast may name an unchanged team against North Korea although Gervinho could be pushing for a starting palce having impressed so far. Didier Drogba is expected to continue despite recently suffering a broken arm.

BACK DIDIER DROGBA TO SCORE FIRST, AT ANYTIME AND A HAT TRICK

Didier Drogba should be able to help himself to a few goals here against one of the weakest teams in the World Cup 2010 and he should not only be backed to score the first goal of the match, but also to score at anytime and at big odds dhe should be backed to score a hat trick against North Korea. He is miles clear of the rest of the Ivory coast forwards in terms of scoring goals and is likely to be on the end of most of Ivory Coast's chances.

Ivory Coast v North Korea Half Time Odds

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.

BACK DRAW / IVORY COAST IN THE HALF TIME / FULL TIME BETTING

Ivory Coast are certainly expected to win this game by full time so it is really a question of whether or not Ivory Coast score in the first half. North Korea have only conceded once in the first half against Brazil and Portugal so they are clearly a good first half team and can keep another first half clean sheet at decent odds.

Ivory Coast v North Korea Best Bet

BACK DIDIER DROGBA TO SCORE FIRST

Didier Drogba is by far Ivory Coast's biggest goal threat and whilst he is also a good bet to score anytime and a hat trick, at the prices the best bet has to be Drogba to get the first goal of the game.