Spain should beat USA to nil in Confederations Cup
Spain are breaking records for fun at the moment and it’s hard to see the USA producing anything capable of stopping the juggernaut when they meet in the Confederations Cup semi-finals on Wednesday night. Not only are the Spanish on a world record run of 15 consecutive victories, but avoiding defeat in this match would also set a new all-time record for unbeaten matches – they are currently level with Brazil on 35. They won all three of their group games, scoring eight goals and conceding none, while strikers Fernando Torres and David Villa both have three goals apiece. However, at 1/4 for Spain to win this match in 90 minutes we are not going to get rich so it is worth pursuing value in other markets.
Not only do Torres, Villa and Co wreak havoc on opposition defences going forward, but Iker Casillas, Gerard Pique and Carlos Puyol have put together a very effective partnership in defence. They haven’t conceded a goal in this tournament to date and in their 35 match unbeaten run, a clean sheet has been kept in a remarkable 25 of these fixtures (over 70%). It is worth trying to capitalise on this by backing Spain in a couple of likely scorelines. We favour backing them to win 2-0 and 3-0 at odds of 5/1 and 7/1 respectively with BetUK.
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