Honduras v Switzerland World Cup 2014, 25th June Betting Preview
Everything is on the line in this Group A encounter for Switzerland as they go into the match level on points with Ecuador as they chase down the second qualification spot behind France. Switzerland’s 5-2 defeat at the hands of France in their last match means that they are worse off in the goal difference department. So they will be hoping that France do them a favour against Ecuador. The Swiss have to make a -2 goal difference over Ecuador in case they finish level on points.
Honduras v Switzerland Betting Tips
The Swiss have to pick themselves up after being torn apart by France. That was very uncharacteristic by the Swiss, and they have to find something. As long as Ecuador lose against France, a point would be enough for Switzerland here. If they and Ecuador lose, they will be hoping that France damage Ecuador’s goal difference badly. If they both win, Switzerland need to win by a big margin to overcome the goal difference. This will be just the second meeting between the two nations and that previous game was back at the 2010 World Cup, which on that occasion was also the last fixture in the group for both, and it ended in a draw.
The Swiss are running as strong favourites and they have never suffered defeat against a CONCACAF side at the World Cup (W1 D2). They were in great form heading into that game against France, which followed an opening 2-1 win over Ecuador. Prior to the game against France, Switzerland had lost just one of their previous nineteen matches. They conceded as many goals in that game against France as they had conceded in their previous nine World Cup matches put together (5). The Swiss have returned four goals at the World Cup now in Brazil, and three of them have been in the last ten minutes. This is their easiest looking game of the group, so they should win it, to the point where they are no value in the outright market. Josip Drmic and Haris Seferovic are even money in the anytime goalscorer market for the Swiss.
Honduras are still waiting for their first ever World Cup victory. They have played eight games now at the World Cup finals and have only posted a D3 W5 record. They did manage to score finally in their 2-1 defeat against Ecuador, the goal from Carlo Costly being their only one in their last 569 minutes of World Cup action. They aren’t an offensive threat at all, and Switzerland should handle them. Switzerland will be comfortable if they get a couple of goals up, so go under 2.5 goals because of the lack of threat by Honduras, who have failed to score in their last four World Cup games against European nations and are winless in six (D3 L3) against UEFA opposition.
Honduras v Switzerland Betting Odds
Switzerland 4/9, Draw 7/2, Honduras 7/1
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Honduras v Switzerland Predictions
The Central Americans have only managed the one win in their last six matches and aren’t a quality side. Switzerland, a good up and coming young side have a lot of positive qualities about them, shown in the way that they just didn’t lie down when 5-0 in arrears against France. The Swiss should find a way to pick up the three points.
