Group G – Cote d’Ivoire’s Chances

Group G of the World Cup is going to be an extremely tough group this year. The five-time world champion Brazilian team will be the heavy favorites of this group. Portugal, North Korea and Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) round out the group with North Korea being the weakest link. It was shocking to even see North Korea make the group stage and they face the Brazilian powerhouse in their first match.

Portugal is the other favorite in this group with their loaded roster. Cristiano Ronaldo is a big contributing factor to what makes Portugal so dangerous. Brazil is no stranger to the World Cup finals and currently holds the Copa America and FIFA Confederations Cups. Cote d’Ivoire and North Korea are the underdogs, however, Cote d’Ivoire went undefeated in the preliminary rounds and was quite impressive in Germany 2006.

Group G – Ivory Coast Odds

Bet365.com offers Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) the odds for their first match with Ivory Coast at +188 and Portugal at +150. The draw is at +220. For U.S. players, betUS.com offers Ivory Coast at +180 and Portugal at +140.

These are moneyline odds. Ivory Coast has a 4.50 odds of winning Group G of the 2010 World Cup offered by Ladbrokes.com.

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Ivory Coast Beyond Their Group

Cote d’Ivoire were impressive in 2006 with impressive matches against the Netherlands and Argentina. They lost both matches narrowly but went on to beat Montenegro and Serbia. They are facing a tough Brazil and Portugal and will need to bring their best game to pull off victories against these two.

Ladbrokes offers high pay out odds on who will win the 2010 World Cup and also who will score the most goals. The Ivory Coast is offered at 26.00 for winning the whole tournament at Ladbrokes. Ladbrokes also offers a 21.00 odds bet that Ivory Coast power forward Didier Drogba will score the most goals.

Cote d’Ivoire – Preliminary Rounds

06/01/08 – Cote d’Ivoire – 1:0 – Mozambique
06/08/08 – Madagascar – 0:0 – Cote d’Ivoire
06/14/08 – Botswana – 1:1 – Cote d’Ivoire
06/22/08 – Cote d’Ivoire – 4:0 – Botswana
09/07/08 – Mozambique – 1:1 – Cote d’Ivoire
10/11/08 – Cote d’Ivoire – 3:0 – Madagascar
03/29/09 – Cote d’Ivoire – 5:0 – Malawi
06/07/09 – Guinea – 1:2 – Cote d’Ivoire
06/20/09 – Burkina Faso – 2:3 – Cote d’Ivoire
09/05/09 – Cote d’Ivoire – 5:0 – Burkina Faso
10/10/09 – Malawi – 1:1 – Cote d’Ivoire
11/14/09 – Cote d’Ivoire – 3:0 – Guinea

The Ivory Coast Coach

Cote d’Ivoire is being coached by Vahid Halilhodzic and has led the Ivory Coast to maintain an undefeated record. However, Cote d’Ivoire did suffer a 1-0 loss to Japan when Halilhodzic first took over. Halilhodzic is a club coach who played forward for Yugoslavia in the 1982 World Cup and has traveled all within the Club circuit.

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