USA v Slovenia

Neither of these sides have tasted defeat at the World Cup 2010 yet and a win for Slovenia would be massive as it would put them on six points after they beat Algeria in the World Cup 2010 opener.

USA are a much better side than the press seem to have given them credit for and it would be no surprise if they won this match and went on to bigger and better things.

USA v Slovenia 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 USA TO BEAT SLOVENIA

It seems a big surprise that USA are available at odds against with some bookies as they seem to have outstanding claims of winning this match. Their team may not be filled with stars but neither is the Slovenia team. You can be even more confident about victory for the USA as they are well proven in this sort of situation, they beat Spain in the semi final of the Confederations Cup 2009 in South Africa and they were also a little unlucky not to beat Brazil in the final. Anything close to that level of form will see them beat Slovenia comfortably and the price on USA winning looks far too big.

USA v Slovenia 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 USA -0.25

USA look a good bet to win -0.25 in the asian handicap and it offer slightly less risk than backing them to win the game outright as you still get half your stake back if the game finishes a draw. USA looked a decent threat against England and that probably wasn't even them at their best so backing USA -0.25 looks a good option.

USA v Slovenia 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.

USA Recent Competitive Results

Slovenia Recent Competitive Results

World Cup 2010 Results So Far

BACK USA 1-0 AND UNDER 2.5 GOALS

The USA are a well organised and well disciplined side and as they know they don't have a massive amount of goals in them and they usually focus on defending very well, so they only require one or maybe two goals to secure victory. Only Holland conceded fewer goals than Slovenia in qualifying and Holland played two fewer games so that speaks very well about Slovenia's defence. This match is expected to be extremely tight with one goal being enough to win it. Under 2.5 goals is the most confident bet whilst a 1-0 victory for USA looks great value and would probably still be worth a bet at half the odds that are currently available.

USA v Slovenia 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.

USA v Slovenia Team News

USA know they have a great chance of qualifying but victory against their most likely nearest rival Slovenia will be key to reaching the knockout phase. Therefore key players such as Tim Howard, Carlos Bocanegra, Landon Donovan and Jozy Altidore will all need to be fit and at their best. The same can be said about Slovenia, who will be looking to key players such as Milivoje Novakovic to fire them to victory.

BACK JOZY ALTIDORE TO SCORE FIRST AGAINST SLOVENIA

With not many goals expected in this game it seems unecessary to look at anytime goalscorers, if someone scores anytime in the USA v Slovenia match they will probably have scored the first goal. If you did fancy Slovenia to score first then Milivoje Novakovic would have to be the bet, he scored five goals in qualifying which was almost twice what the next best scorer came up with. However, we fancy USA to get the only goal of the game so we are backing Jozy Altidore to score the first and only goal of the game, although Clint Dempsey and Michael Bradley may also get chances.

USA v Slovenia 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 / USA IN THE HALF TIME / FULL TIME BETTING

Both of these team were drawing their opening game at half time and with only one goal expected it is almost 50:50 as to whether or not it comes in the first half or second half. There is plenty at stake in this match with neither side accepting a loss and with USA having drawn five of their last six qualifiers at half time it should be best to go with draw/USA.

USA v Slovenia Best Bet

BACK USA TO BEAT SLOVENIA

A good game from a betting point of view but the odds on USA winning the matchreally stand out as a good bet. If USA replicate their performance agaisnt England they should win comfortably but they should prove even better than that, Slovenia didn't look to have too much creativity in them against Algeria and USA are unlikely to give them any easy chances, back USA to win this match.