Greece v Costa Rica Betting Tips and Predictions

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One of Greece or Costa Rica will be playing in the World Cup Quarter Finals this year and we have free World Cup 2014 betting tips for their clash.

Pre-tournament neither of these teams were even fancied to get out of their groups and now one of them has to play in the last 8. It’s an upset for the books and both teams have a chance to make their nations proud.

For 2/3 of the group stages, Greece looked out of their depth, easily beaten 3-0 by Colombia in the opener before slugging out a 0-0 with Japan whilst on ten men. When it mattered though the Greeks did show up, abandoning their defensive rigidness and dramatically beating Ivory Coast 2-1 with a last minute penalty.

Costa Rica have been the upset of the tournament so far, they had a group of death with Italy, Uruguay and England to contend with but managed to finish top of the group and unbeaten. They came from behind to dispose of Uruguay 3-1 in their first group match before beating Italy 1-0. They only needed a point to get top spot when they took on England and a dull 0-0 draw saw them achieve that. They days of underestimating Costa Rica should long gone, the likes of Joel Campbell and Fulham’s Bryan Ruiz have been a revelation but Greece are a very different challenge.

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It is likely we will see Greece revert back to their usual style here, try and keep it tight and score on the counter. Costa Rica may struggle to break them down and they themselves only conceded once in the group. Neither side will want to lose this early on so we could be in for a tight bitty affair.

Calling a winner of this game is a bit tricky, the bookies have Costa Rica as favourites at 6/4 to win in 90 minutes with the draw at 21/10 and Greece priced at 23/10.

Costa Rica have been the more impressive of these two sides so far in the World Cup but Greece will now have their heads up and be motivated after they snuck out of the group. Neither side is really worth backing here, with little experience in World Cup knockout stages for these two nations (this is just Greece’s second time in the Round of 16 as well as just Costa Rica’s second) neither side has ever been beyond this stage so calling a winner is anyone’s bet.

I can’t see a lot of goals though, Greece are strongest at the back and Costa Rica will have a hard afternoon trying to break them down. Costa Rica themselves only scored once in their last two group matches and conceded just one overall. Under 1.5 goals is 16/11 with Ladbrokes and is a little short for this market but looks smart here.

I struggle to separate these two and this could very easily go all the way to extra-time, under 2.5 goals and the draw is at 9/4 with Bet365 while for a better price still, the 0-0 draw is at 6/1 with Ladbrokes.

Costa Rica v Greece Betting Tips

Under 1.5 Goals – Bet Here at 16/11 with Ladbrokes

Draw + Under 2.5 Goals – Bet Here at 9/4 with Bet365

0-0 – Bet Here at 6/1 with Ladbrokes. 

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