Slovakia -1 @ -140 (1 Unit)
Slovakia ranks # 34 / New Zealand ranks # 78
Last 6 games:
Slovakia: 1.17 GF / 0.67 GA
New Zealand: 1.17 GF / 1.33 GA
New Zealand made it to the world cup for 2 reasons:
#1: they beat Bahrain (ranked # 69) 1-0 in a playoff and
#2: (the more important of the 2) because Australia switched to the Asian Qualifying division.
Slovakia, on the other hand, won it's European qualifying group. They beat out Czech Republic, Slovenia, and Poland to end up on top. This is a team that has a number of talented players, who play in top European leagues giving them tremendous advantage, over a team made up of Australian and New Zealand league players. The only team that Slovakia lost twice to in the qualifiers was Slovenia (scores: 2-0 and 2-1). Slovenia played New Zealand in its last warm-up match prior to the World Cup, beating them 3-1. I expect a similar result for Slovakia tomorrow, especially since they just saw the favorites in the group (Italy & Paraguay) play to a 1-1 draw.
Slovakia ranks # 34 / New Zealand ranks # 78
Last 6 games:
Slovakia: 1.17 GF / 0.67 GA
New Zealand: 1.17 GF / 1.33 GA
New Zealand made it to the world cup for 2 reasons:
#1: they beat Bahrain (ranked # 69) 1-0 in a playoff and
#2: (the more important of the 2) because Australia switched to the Asian Qualifying division.
Slovakia, on the other hand, won it's European qualifying group. They beat out Czech Republic, Slovenia, and Poland to end up on top. This is a team that has a number of talented players, who play in top European leagues giving them tremendous advantage, over a team made up of Australian and New Zealand league players. The only team that Slovakia lost twice to in the qualifiers was Slovenia (scores: 2-0 and 2-1). Slovenia played New Zealand in its last warm-up match prior to the World Cup, beating them 3-1. I expect a similar result for Slovakia tomorrow, especially since they just saw the favorites in the group (Italy & Paraguay) play to a 1-1 draw.