USA v Panama Betting Preview
The conclusion of the CONCACAF tournament will be played on Sunday, July 28th and the expected showdown between rivals USA and Mexico did not pan out. That was because the Mexicans were upset in their semi final against Panama and the Americans, as host nation of this year’s CONCACAF Gold Cup, go off as strong favourites.
USA v Panama Betting Odds at online bookmaker Ladbrokes
USA 1/2, Draw 3/1, Panama 11/2
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USA v Panama Recommended Bet:
It has been a bit of a strange tournament for the Americans. It’s hard to say that they have played really, really well and outclassed everyone else, but they have just been quality in front of goal. They have really capitalized well on defensive errors by other sides in particular. But the Americans can be gotten at, especially through the midfield, but they are favourites here for the final. The USA have only kept one clean sheet in their five matches en route to the final of the Golf Cup, but they have punished opposition. In the quarter finals against El Salvador, once the opposition had gone down to ten men, the USA just ran riot.
In their semi final against Honduras, there was some massive gaps at the back in the Honduran defence early on, and the pace and power of the USA saw them make the most of things and take what was a much more comfortable win than was expected. But the fact that they have scored so much along the way, with Landon Donovan and Eddie Johnson looking particularly sharp, it will be an upset if they don’t get the job done in the final. As for Panama, they have been quietly impressive in their Gold Cup endeavours this time. They had already topped their group over Mexico in the first stage, beating the Mexicans 2-1. It was the same scoreline by which Panama progressed over Mexico in the semi final when they met again.
Panama have kept two clean sheets through the tournament so they should put up some resistance, however their record against the USA isn’t great. In twelve previous matches between the two nations, there has only been one win for Panama against nine from the USA. They have already met this year as well, as they faced each other in the CONCACAF 2013 World Cup qualification zone. That was a comfortable 2-0 win for the USA in Seattle on that occasion and Panama’s only win came back in 2011 in the CONCACAF Gold Cup group stage. They met again in the semi finals and the USA won 1-0.
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