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Switzerland v Czech Republic Betting news

Euro 2008 kicks off on Saturday teatime with co-hosts Switzerland facing the Czech Republic in Basel (Kickoff is at 17:00 BST, and the game will be shown live on BBC1). the last time these two teams met was in 1999, when the Czech Republic ran out comfortable 3-0 winners. With the Swiss on home soil, it shouldn’t be that easy for them this time, and that is reflected in the bookies odds for this match.

Don’t forget that a number of bookmakers have rolled out some special offers for Euro 2008, including Blue Square’s Million Pound promotion (All you have to do is predict the scores of the matches, and you could win £1,000,000), and Bet365’s huge £200 Free Bet promotion. Expect more special offers as the tournament progresses too.

Switzerland v Czech Republic Match Odds

Switzerland to win – 7/4 (Blue Square)
Draw – 15/8 (Ladbrokes)
Czech Republic to win – 9/5 (VC Bet)

That’s a fairly even split, but even factoring in the “home” element, you have to say that this is a poor Switzerland side, that has lost their last four friendlies, whilst the Czechs are a formidable opponent, and you can’t see Chelsea stopper Petr Cech being troubled too often – Indeed the Czech Republic only conded five goals in their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign. Therefore, I feel that there’s great value to be had in backing the Czech Republic to win this match, and 9/5 is a great price – three weeks ago you would have struggled to find odds over the Evens barrier for a Czech win.

Team News

Patrick Mueller is a doubt for Switzerland, whilst they welcome back Tranquillo Barnetta from ankle problems – He may not start in this match, but should be fit for the majority of the group stage. The Czech Republic will be without Pospech with a virus, whilst team captain Tomas Ujfalusi is struggling with an addominal injury. They also welcome back defender Marek Jankulovski from knee worries.

These two teams have met 30 times before, with the Czech Republic winning just over half the matches (16) whilst there have been 6 drawn matches. The Swiss have won just 8, although 6 of them were on home soil – perhaps the “home effect” could have a bearing after all? The referee for Switzerland v czech Republic will be Roberto Rosetti from Italy.

First Goalscorer Betting

Czech Rupublic striker Milan Baros is the favourite to score first in this match, with some temption 7/1 odds to be had (Ladbrokes). 7/1 is also on offer for Frei (Blue Square) and Koller (Ladbrokes). VC Bet will give you 8/1 that there will be no goalscorers at all (remember own goals do not count for first goalscorer bets), whilst Bet 365 will give you 15/2 on Streller and 17/2 on Derdiyok, Fenin, Sverkos or Vlcek. Those looking for an outside bet for the first goalscorer could do worse than look at Senderos at 33/1 (888sport, William Hill and others).

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