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Sporting Kansas City will put its perfect record on the line this Saturday night (8:30 pm Eastern) at home against Real Salt Lake in an early-season clash of Conference leaders to highlight a busy weekend of MLS soccer betting action.

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Sporting Kansas City (5-0) has proven to be virtually impenetrable while winning their first five matches of the season against the MLS soccer betting odds, allowing just one goal against while scoring a combined total of eight goals in victories over Los Angeles, Chivas USA, FC Dallas, New England, and D.C. United.

Kei Kamara and C.J. Sapong lead Sporting with three goals each, while goalkeeper Jimmy Neilsen has been nearly flawless while allowing just the one goal against (by Ricardo Villar of Dallas in a 2-1 Kansas City win on March 25).

Real Salt Lake (5-1) will be anything but a pushover come Saturday night however, as they’ve scored 11 goals and given up only four while powering to the top of the West - with their only defeat coming by a 1-0 score to Chivas USA back on March 24. Fabian Espindola leads Salt Lake with three goals, while Alvaro Saborio has struck twice.

Real Salt Lake has also registered three wins and a draw in their past five matchups against Sporting Kansas City, including a 1-0 victory in their most recent clash which occurred last season (in September). Sporting Kansas City is listed as the -110 home favorite on the soccer betting odds for this Saturday night, with Real Salt Lake an underdog at +275 and draw odds of +230.

Other MLS matches this Saturday include Columbus at Philadelphia, D.C. at New England, Colorado at Seattle, Chivas USA at Toronto FC, San Jose at New York, Montreal at FC Dallas, and Portland at Los Angeles. Sunday’s lone fixture will see Chicago playing host to Houston.

Clearly riding the crest of a competitive high, Chelsea travels to Emirates Stadium this weekend to tangle with Arsenal in a marquee English Premier League soccer betting matchup on Saturday morning (7:45 am Eastern).

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The Blues, who managed to topple FC Barcelona 1-0 earlier this week in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League semifinal tie, also buried Tottenham by a 5-1 margin on April 15 to advance to the English FA Cup final. Chelsea accordingly figures to draw plenty of attention as a +300 underdog for Saturday morning’s EPL fixture against favored host Arsenal (-110), with tantalizing draw odds of +260 also available.

The Blues are currently ranked sixth in the table with a record of 16-9-8 for 57 points with a +18 goal differential, while the Gunners are holding down third place at 20-4-10 for 64 points with a goal differential of +24. In their most recent encounter, Arsenal outgunned Chelsea 5-3 with Robin van Persie collecting three goals in that victory on the EPL soccer betting odds last October.

Other Saturday fixtures include Sunderland (+185) at Aston Villa (+140), Norwich City (+220) at Blackburn Rovers (+115), Swansea City (+215) at Bolton Wanderers (+125), Wigan Athletic (+330) at Fulham (-120), Stoke City (+390) at Newcastle United (-140), and Hotspur (-115) travels to Loftus Road to battle Queens Park Rangers (+300).

The Sunday schedule features three matchups on the EPL soccer betting odds, including table-topping Manchester United (-350) welcoming Everton (+800) to Old Trafford, while West Bromwich Albion (+600) is at Anfield to face Liverpool (-225), and second-place Manchester City (-425) is on the road to Molineux Stadium to battle with Wolverhampton Wanderers (+850).

In what promises to be the most compelling match of the English Premier League season on the soccer betting odds, Manchester City will play host to arch-rival Manchester United on Monday (3:00 pm Eastern) at Etihad Stadium in a late-season derby duel for first place.

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Manchester City is sitting in second place with a record of 25-5-5, just three points behind frontrunning Manchester United which sports a season slate of 26-5-4. City, however, boasts the most impressive goal differential in the EPL at +60, while United ranks second at +54.

All of which means that if the Citizens (+120 odds) can defeat the visiting Red Devils (+230) on Monday, they will take over possession of first place atop the table with just two games remaining for both teams on the schedule. Draw odds for the pivotal fixture are currently listed at +250.

The most recent meeting between these EPL titans took place in a third-round FA Cup fixture on January 8 at the Etihad, with United storming out to a 3-0 first-half lead on a pair of goals by Wayne Rooney and one from Danny Welbeck, with the Red Devils hanging on for a tense 3-2 victory after Aleksandr Kolarov and Sergio Aguero pulled the Citizens close to even.

Also on the books from last October was a devastating 6-1 rout of United at the hands of City, in which Mario Balotelli struck for the only goal of the first half and then added his second marker after the break to precipitate a blistering second-half eruption by the Citizens at Old Trafford.

As for recent form, City has won three straight EPL games since losing 1-0 to Arsenal on April 8, outscoring West Brom, Norwich, and Wolves by a combined 12-1 in the past two weeks. United is in somewhat shakier form, coming off a 4-4 draw with Everton last Sunday as well as a 1-0 loss to Wigan back on April 11, sandwiched around a 4-0 home win over Aston Villa.

Following this potentially decisive encounter on Monday, City will visit Newcastle (May 6) and host QPR (May 13), while United welcomes Swansea to Old Trafford (May 6) and concludes with a match at Sunderland (May 13).

Hot on the heels of an injury to star striker Thierry Henry, the New York Red Bulls will battle the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday night (8:00 pm Eastern) at the Home Depot Center in the marquee matchup of the weekend on the MLS betting odds.

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Henry, who was leading the Major League Soccer scoring race with nine goals in just eight games so far this season, suffered a hamstring injury after scoring the lone marker in last Saturday’s 1-0 win by the Red Bulls over New England.

American forward Kenny Cooper has provided strong scoring support for Henry with seven goals so far this season, while Dax McCarty and Mehdi Ballouchy are the only others to hit the scoresheet for the Red Bulls.

Henry is expected to miss three-to-four weeks of action while recovering from his injury, which will give New York ample opportunity to find out how much it relies on the veteran French national for success against the MLS betting odds.

The Red Bulls have struggled on the road in the early part of the 2012 MLS schedule, recording only one victory (at Columbus) in four matches while losing to D.C. United, Real Salt Lake, and FC Dallas.

As for Los Angeles, after going undefeated at home during the entire 2011 MLS season the Galaxy has already lost twice (to New England and Real Salt Lake) at the Home Depot Center this season, and they were held to a 1-1 draw last Saturday night by FC Dallas.

The Galaxy, which was in Seattle for a late game on Wednesday night against the Sounders, has recorded just two home wins (against Portland and D.C. United) in Carson so far this season.

Coming off a tense victory over English Premier League championship rivals Manchester United earlier this week, Manchester City now continues its dogged pursuit of the EPL title with a tough match on the soccer betting odds against Newcastle United on Sunday morning (8:30 am Eastern) at Sports Direct Arena.

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City, which edged United 1-0 on an exquisitely-turned header by club captain Vincent Kompany late in the first half on Monday, moved level on points with United at the top of the table with that positive result on the soccer betting line - but City holds the decisive advantage (by a margin of eight) on goal differential with just two fixtures remaining.

City will carry the momentum of four consecutive EPL victories forward onto the pitch as -170 favorites on the soccer odds at Newcastle, which is listed as a +425 underdog with draw odds of +300.

United, meanwhile, will be watching closely as they await a later kickoff (11:00 am Eastern) on Sunday at Old Trafford against lowly Swansea City. Despite the anticipated absences of key players Danny Welbeck and Jonny Evans due to injury Manchester United is a heavy -600 favorite to secure three points, with Swansea a massive underdog at +1400 and draw odds of +600.

The final fixtures for both front-running clubs are slated for May 13, with City at home to Queens Park Rangers and United away to Sunderland.

Other Sunday matches this weekend include Tottenham (-115) at Aston Villa (+300), West Brom (+235) at Bolton (+110), Sunderland (+290) at Fulham (-110), Stoke City (+260) at QPR (-105), and Everton (-150) at Wolverhampton (+375), while the lone Saturday fixture features Norwich City (+1100) at Arsenal (-500).

The penultimate week concludes with Wigan (+170) at Blackburn (+145) on Monday, and Chelsea then visiting Anfield on Tuesday to tangle with Liverpool.

Manchester City will be looking to secure its first English Premier League championship crown since 1968 when they face Queens Park Rangers on Sunday (10:00 am Eastern) at Etihad Stadium, as the final day of action on the EPL soccer betting line features a busy slate of ten fixtures.

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While City (27-5-5) is locked in a tie with Manchester United (also 27-5-5) for total points atop the table with 86, Manchester City holds a gaping eight-goal advantage over rival United in the decisive category of goal differential (63-55), meaning that a City victory on the soccer odds over lowly QPR (10-7-20) on Sunday will clinch the title.

City, which has won five consecutive EPL matches (by a combined score of 15-1) since losing 1-0 at Arsenal back on April 8, is listed as heavy -800 favorites on the soccer betting odds to defeat QPR, which is listed as a massive +1400 underdog to engineer a shocking upset of the would-be EPL champions. Draw odds are +750.

United, meanwhile, will be on the road at the Stadium of Light to battle Sunderland (11-12-14) on Sunday, with the favored Red Devils currently priced at -250 to secure three points over the home underdogs who are listed at +600. Draw odds for that fixture are +375.

United rebounded to defeat Swansea City 2-0 last week at Old Trafford, after falling 1-0 to Vincent Kompany and his City mates in their pivotal showdown match on April 30.

The rest of the season-ending fixtures on Sunday include Blackburn (+850) at Chelsea (-350), Newcastle (+220) at Everton (+115), Aston Villa (+200) at Norwich City (+125), Bolton (+175) at Stoke (+140), Liverpool (+110) at Swansea (+235), Fulham (+650) at Tottenham (-250), Arsenal (-150) at West Brom (+350), and Wolverhampton (+500) at Wigan (-180).

Blackburn and Wolverhampton are already bound for relegation next season, while Bolton needs a victory at Britannia Stadium in order to have any chance of avoiding relegation at the possible expense of QPR.

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Chelsea will be aiming to win its first-ever UEFA Champions League title as +188 underdogs to lift the trophy when the English Premier League side takes the field on Saturday (2:45 pm Eastern) against hometown Bayern Munich in the championship match at Allianz Arena. Get your soccer betting lines at Bovada.

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Bovada’s sportsbook has a comprehensive menu of proposition bets featuring Chelsea available for Saturday’s decisive match, including a nice underdog payout of +140 on the soccer odds for those bettors who wish to back the Blues as the team that scores the first goal of the game. Those +140 odds are also available that Chelsea will register the final goal of the game.

Regardless of the final outcome, if you favor Chelsea to take control early in the match you can wager on the Blues holding the lead at halftime at lucrative +450 odds. Accurately predicting the actual score of a halftime lead for Chelsea provides for the possibility of a substantial early payout, with the Blues leading 1-0 priced at 6/1 odds, while a 2-0 lead would reward backers at 28/1 odds, and a 2-1 edge for Chelsea over Bayern Munich offers lucrative odds of 33/1.

A victorious final score of 1-0 for Chelsea is the betting favorite for that side at 10/1 odds, while among the other results available for an historic Chelsea win are a 2-0 victory at 22/1 odds, a 3-0 romp at 6/1 odds, and a shocking 4-0 rout that would pay off at 150/1 odds.

Forward Didier Drogba is listed on the player props as the 17/2 favorite to score the first goal of the match for Chelsea, with Fernando Torres at 9/1 odds, and Frank Lampard and Daniel Sturridge both at 12/1 odds.

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Bayern Munich will be gunning for its fifth European crown as -225 favorites on the soccer betting odds to lift the trophy when the Bundesliga club hits the pitch on Saturday (2:45 pm Eastern) against Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League final at Allianz Arena.

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The sportsbook at Bovada has a wide array of proposition bets featuring Bayern Munich available for Saturday’s final fixture, including an opportunity for bettors to back the favored Bavarian side at -175 on the soccer odds to score the first goal of the match. The odds are the same at -175 that Bayern Munich will score the final goal of the match.

If you think Bayern Munich will get off to a strong start through 45 minutes of play, you can also wager they will hold the lead at halftime at +140 odds. There are also odds available on specific scores at the half, with Bayern Munich leading 1-0 priced at 5/2 odds, while powering ahead by a half-time margin of 2-0 is listed at 8/1 odds, and holding a 2-1 lead over Chelsea at the break would pay off at 20/1 odds.

A victorious final score of 1-0 for Bayern Munich is the overall betting favorite at 11/2 odds, with a handful of other options for a Bayern Munich win also available including 2-0 at 7/1 odds, 3-0 at 12/1 odds, and 4-0 at 28/1 odds.

Striker Mario Gomez is listed on the player props as the 15/4 favorite to score the first goal of the match for Bayern Munich, with Arjen Robben at 5/1 odds and Franck Ribery at 6/1 odds.

The soccer betting odds are considerably stacked against a stubborn Chelsea side as they prepare to face Bayern Munich in the championship final match of the UEFA Champions League this Saturday (2:45 pm Eastern) at the Allianz Arena, which will be packed with partisan supporters of the Bundesliga titans in the Bavarian capital.

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Chelsea, which eliminated the reigning champions FC Barcelona in the Champions League semifinal, will have to overcome suspensions and injuries as well as the hostile surroundings in order to defeat Bayern Munich against the soccer odds and claim its first-ever European crown after losing the 2008 final to English rivals Manchester United in a penalty shootout.

The Blues are currently listed as +330 underdogs on the UEFA betting lines, and will be missing captain John Terry, fullback Branislav Ivanovic, as well as midfielders Ramires and Raul Meireles to suspension for Saturday’s final. Forward Florent Malouda is listed as doubtful after suffering an injury in Sunday’s season-ending English Premier League victory over Blackburn Rovers, while defenders Gary Cahill and David Luiz returned to training on Tuesday in hopes of recovering from their respective hamstring injuries in time to bolster the Chelsea roster against Bayern Munich.

Bayern Munich, which is favored at -125 odds to win the match, will be gunning for its fifth European title after eliminating Real Madrid in the semifinals. The German side will be absent the suspended trio of Luis Gustavo, Holger Badstuber, and David Alaba, while midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger is expected to play with a sore ankle.

Mario Gomez (15/4 odds), Arjen Robben (5/1), and Franck Ribery (6/1) are listed on the Champions League player props as the favorites to score the first goal of the match for Bayern Munich, while veteran Didier Drogba (17/2), Fernando Torres (9/1), and Frank Lampard (12/1) are listed as the leading contenders to pay off with the initial strike for Chelsea.

Jurgen Klinsmann will continue assessing his troops for important World Cup qualifying matches in June, as the United States national team gears up to host Scotland in an international friendly match on the soccer betting odds this Saturday night (8:00 pm Eastern) at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida.

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Freshly bolstered by the addition over the weekend of 11 players from the ranks of the European leagues and Major League Soccer – including American stalwart Landon Donovan – Klinsmann now has 27 players in camp from which to select the 23-man roster for a busy stretch of five fixtures ahead on the soccer odds within the next three weeks.

First up is the friendly test this Saturday night against a defensively-structured Scottish side, which will take the field as +400 underdogs against the Americans which are favored to win at -160, with draw odds of +250 and the total set at 2.5 goals.

The most recent two encounters between these national teams both resulted in a draw-odds payout, with a 1-1 tie playing out in 2005 on Scottish soil at Hampden Park in Glasgow and a scoreless draw unfolding back in 1998 in Washington.

Klinsmann, who has guided the United States to three consecutive 1-0 victories in international friendly competition so far in 2012 against Venezuela, Panama, and Italy, will continue evaluating his personnel first against Scotland, followed by Brazil (May 30) and Canada (June 3), before the Americans take the field against Antigua and Barbuda on June 8 in a World Cup 2014 qualifying match at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.

The Americans will then hit the road to face Guatemala at Estadio Mateo Flores in a subsequent qualifying match on June 12.

The powerful United States national women’s soccer team will continue its final preparations for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with an international friendly match on the soccer betting odds against underdog China on Sunday night (7:00 pm Eastern) at PPL Park in Chester, Pennsylvania.

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Currently holding steady as the No. 1 team in the world on the official FIFA women’s world rankings, head coach Pia Sundhage will announce on Friday the 18 players that will hit the pitch for Sunday’s action on the soccer odds after the conclusion of a two-week training camp in Princeton, New Jersey that included 28 national team hopefuls.

The United States and China previously dueled on the pitch at PPL Park back in October 2010, with the heavily-favored American side needing a late strike just seven minutes from time by Alex Morgan in order to secure a 1-1 draw in that encounter. The Chinese national team is currently listed at No. 18 in the official FIFA women’s world rankings.

Sundhage has guided her troops to an impressive 10-1-1 record so far in 2012, with just five goals being scored against the Americans in those 12 matches. Following the friendly fixture on Sunday night against China, the United States will undergo its final per-Olympic tuneup with a match against world No. 7 Canada on June 30 at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah.

The American side has won each of the past two Olympic gold medals – claiming the crown in 2004 at Athens and again in 2008 at Beijing – and will begin its chase for a third consecutive Olympic title in late July as the heavy betting favorite to emerge from their preliminary group, which also includes world No. 6 France, No. 8 North Korea, and No. 28 Colombia.

German striker Mario Gomez enters Euro 2012 as the favorite to prevail as the top goalscorer of the tournament at 7/1 on the soccer prop odds, but he’ll have plenty of talented competition nipping at his heels when the event kicks off beginning June 8.

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Gomez, who was a key part of the Bayern Munich side that fell at home to Chelsea on penalty kicks in the recent UEFA Champions League final, scored six goals during the qualifying stage of Euro 2012 (in just 406 minutes of playing time) for Germany. Gomez also scored 26 goals for Bayern Munich to rank second overall in the Bundesliga.

Dutch striker Robin van Persie led the English Premier League in scoring this past season with 20 goals for Arsenal, and like Gomez he also scored six times during qualifying action for Holland in limited minutes (474) of playing time. Van Persie is at 9/1 odds to score the most goals at Euro 2012, which will be jointly hosted in Poland and the Ukraine.

Cristiano Ronaldo was a force for his native Portugal with seven goals during qualifying, and at 11/1 odds the dynamic goal-scorer offers a potentially significant payday for his backers. Ronaldo scored a whopping 46 goals for Real Madrid in Spain’s La Liga this season, second only to Argentina’s Lionel Messi of Barcelona who scored 50.

Also lurking among the top contenders for goal-scoring glory on the Euro 2012 betting lines are Miroslav Klose (12/1) of Germany, Fernando Torres (14/1) of the defending champions from Spain, along with Klaas Jan Huntelaar of Holland and Mario Balotelli of Italy (both at 16/1 odds).

Huntelaar was the only player to outscore Gomez with 29 goals in the Bundesliga, and also led all players during the qualifying rounds with 12 goals for the Dutch. Klose scored nine times for Germany.

High-scoring striker David Villa of Spain will miss Euro 2012 as he continues his recovery from a broken leg suffered back in December.

Russia is ranked among the middle tier of contenders at 20/1 odds to win Euro 2012, but they’re a much clearer favorite to advance from Group A and earn a berth in the quarter-finals despite some potentially tough competition.

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Russia is listed as the betting favorite at +135 on the soccer odds to emerge from Group A, after qualifying as a group winner with a sparkling record of seven wins, two draws, and one loss while posting a goal differential of +13.

Poland (66/1 odds to win Euro 2012) figures to have plenty of support after being awarded its spot in Euro 2012 as one of the two host nations along with Ukraine, and is listed at +300 odds to advance from Group A while playing each of its matches on home soil.

The Czech Republic (50/1 odds) is capable of providing a formidable challenge for the other three teams in Group A, as they are listed at +350 to advance after qualifying for the Euro 2012 final tournament as one of the four second-place teams who survived playoffs in order to secure their spot. The Czech Republic eliminated Montenegro 3-0 on aggregate in that two-game tie to advance.

Greece (66/1) certainly exemplifies the depth of talent that will compete in Group A, listed at +400 odds to move on after advancing as a group winner from the qualifying round with an undefeated record of seven wins and three draws with a goal differential of +9.

Group A action will highlight the first day of Euro 2012 competition on June 8 with host nation Poland facing Greece and Russia battling the Czech Republic on Day 1. Greece will then challenge the Czech Republic while Poland takes on Russia on June 12, with the Czech Republic against Poland and Greece versus Russia on June 16.

Coming fresh off a dominant performance in a 5-1 win over Scotland on Saturday, the United States National Team will host Brazil’s National Team in Landover, Maryland in an international friendly this Wednesday. Bet on soccer at Bovada.

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After a slow start under new manager Jurgen Klinsmann, the United States have started to build up some positive momentum in international play after beating Italy 1-0 in February and topping Scotland 5-1 last Saturday behind a hat trick by Landon Donovan. Going up against a much tougher opponent against Brazil on Wednesday, Klinsmann has stated his team will spend less time on the attack and more time trying to pick its spots.

While this isn’t Brazil’s strongest national team in recent memory, it is still loaded with elite talent, and the United States team will need to be at its absolute best to pull off an upset. In the history of this series, Brazil is 15-1-0. Back in 2009, the United States took a 2-0 lead over Brazil in the FIFA Confederations Cup, only to surrender three unanswered goals to lose by a final score of 3-2.

While that loss stung, losing by one goal to Brazil wasn’t an unfamiliar spot for the Americans; 10 of their 15 losses to Brazil have come by just one goal.

Looking at the current odds at Bovada USA is +1 (-205) and Brazil is -1 (+155) in spread betting, while the three-way betting lines read USA +300, Brazil -120, and Draw +240. The total is set at 2.5 goals with the OVER at -130 and the UNDER at +100. Based on Klinsmann’s announced strategy, there may be some value in the UNDER; but that is always a scary proposition against Brazil’s stacked offense.

One note to take into consideration when betting this game is the status of Clint Dempsey, who missed the Scotland game with a groin strain. Dempsey is expected to return for Wednesday’s marquee matchup, but it is yet to be determined whether he will start or what type of impact he can have.

At 11/1 on the soccer futures to win Euro 2012, England ranks comfortably among the Top 6 teams favored to earn a championship - but the path to glory begins with survival from Group D where England will face a stern challenge from three dangerous adversaries just to advance.

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England is listed as the favorite at +150 on the soccer odds to advance from Group D, after qualifying as a group winner with an undefeated record of five wins and three draws and a solid goal differential of +12.

France (12/1 odds to win Euro 2012) figures to be a strong contender as well in Group D, as they are listed at +185 to advance after also qualifying for the Euro 2012 final tournament as a group winner with a record six wins, three draws, and a single defeat with a goal differential of +11.

Ukraine (40/1 odds), which was awarded its berth in Euro 2012 as one of the host countries (along with Poland), will have massive support when it hits the pitch in Kiev and Donetsk for its Group D battles and is listed at +400 odds to advance.

Sweden (66/1 odds) earned its appearance at Euro 2012 as the best runner-up; they were the highest-ranked second-place team during group stage play in the qualifying round with a record of six wins and two losses (among the eight results that counted) with a goal differential of +9. Sweden is listed as the longshot to advance at +600 odds.

Group D action kicks off with two matches on June 11 as France faces England and Ukraine will battle Sweden. Ukraine will challenge France and Sweden tackles England on June 15, with England meeting Ukraine and Sweden squaring off against France on June 19.

Every major tournament on the soccer odds always seems to include a so-called Group of Death in which the competition for advancement will inevitably leave some powerful teams behind, and Euro 2012 is no exception when it comes to Group B.

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Perennial powerhouse Germany is the second-ranked team overall when it comes to the soccer betting futures to win Euro 2012 at 3/1 odds (trailing only Spain at 11/4), and they’re the +110 favorite to win Group B.

Germany, which leads all nations with ten previous appearances at the European championships as well as three titles (1972, 1980, 1996), qualified for Euro 2012 as an unblemished group winner with ten wins in ten games and a goal differential of +27.

Holland is ranked third overall at 7/1 on the Euro 2012 futures, and is listed at +185 odds to win Group B after qualifying as a group winner with nine wins and just one defeat while recording a goal differential of +29.

Portugal, which should certainly be considered a value contender at 18/1 odds to win Euro 2012, had to take the long road in order to qualify via the second-place teams’ playoffs, and only advanced on the strength of a 6-2 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina after battling to a scoreless draw in the first tie. Portugal, featuring captain Cristiano Ronaldo, is listed as +400 underdogs to win Group B.

Denmark, which dispatched Portugal to the playoff qualifier, closes out the ranks of the Group of Death at 80/1 odds to win Euro 2012 and +1400 longshots to win Group B. The 1992 European champions qualified as a group winner with a record of six wins, one draw, and one loss with a goal differential of +9.

Group B action kicks off June 9 with Holland facing Denmark and Germany versus Portugal. The Danes will battle Portugal before Holland takes on Germany on June 13, with Portugal tackling Holland and Denmark against Germany on June 17.

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Spain begins its title defense of the European championship as the 11/4 betting favorite on the soccer futures to win Euro 2012, but their potential return to glory includes a significant challenge right out of the gate from three upset-minded teams in Group C.

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Spain, which defeated Germany 1-0 in the final match to win its second European crown four years ago at Euro 2008, is listed as -160 chalk on the soccer odds to win Group C this time around after qualifying as a group winner with a perfect record of eight wins in eight matches and a goal differential of +20.

Italy, which surprisingly has only one European title under its belt (1968), is a solid 12/1 contender on the futures to win Euro 2012 and is listed at +300 odds to win Group C after also qualifying as a group winner with eight wins and two draws in ten games and a goal differential of +18.

Croatia, listed third at +600 odds to advance by winning Group C, eliminated Turkey on the strength of a first-leg 3-0 victory in Istanbul before holding on to that aggregate margin in advancing to Euro 2012 from the second-place teams’ playoffs. Croatia proved it has Euro contender credentials, however, with a strong quarter-final finish back in 2008.

The Republic of Ireland also qualified via the runner-up playoffs, knocking off Estonia 5-1 on aggregate including a 4-0 rout in Tallinn, and is listed as the clear underdog at +1200 odds to win Group C.

The Group C battles begin June 10 with Spain facing Italy and Croatia against Ireland. Italy tangles with Croatia and Spain tackles Ireland on June 14, with Spain taking on Croatia and Italy verses Ireland on June 18.

It doesn’t seem like all that long ago that Spain was topping the Netherlands in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, but here in the middle of 2012, the 2014 World Cup is right around the corner. Some of the world’s top international teams are in action this weekend in the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers. Bet on international soccer at Bovada today.

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After a disappointing exit from last year’s World Cup, Argentina is primed and focused to make a deep run this year with Lionel Messi leading a talented group that includes Real Madrid’s Gonzalo Higuain and Angel Di Maria, and Manchester City’s Sergio Arguero. Argentina is currently behind only host Brazil in the 2014 World Cup futures at 11/2 to win the event.

Argentina is a heavy favorite against Ecuador this weekend in Buenos Aires, favored by a spread of two goals (-2, +100) and -550 to win in the three way odds (Ecuador +1200, Draw +500). The total is set at three goals, with the OVER and UNDER both at -115.

Led by breakout star Diego Forlan, Uruguay turned plenty of heads in finishing fourth in the 2010 World Cup. Uruguay enters the 2014 World Cup at 33/1 to win. Uruguay is -1.5 (-115) against Valenzuela (+1.5, -115) this Saturday in Montevideo, and is -350 to win on the three-way moneyline (Valenzuela +850, Draw +380). The total is set at 2.5, with the OVER at -140 and the UNDER at +110. While Diego Forlan missed practice Monday with a foot complaint, he will play and is expected to be fine.

Two other World Cup contenders in action this week (in friendlies instead of World Cup Qualifiers) include England (16/1) and Portugal (25/1). England is a -220 favorite to win over Belgium (Belgium +550, Draw +300), and Portugal is a -160 favorite to win against Turkey (Turkey +400, Draw +260).