Brazil vs Croatia World Cup Betting Tips

Brazil open up the 2014 World Cup in front of their home fans after a tumultuous few weeks and months of protests, cost overruns and general tomfoolery at the political level. However, now the hand-wringing must end and the football must be played so it’s time to start analyzing the fixtures for the 2014 World Cup. 

Traditionally, the host nation plays the opening match and this year is no exception. Punters will find the Brazil team - who are widely-considered to be the betting favourites to win the competition outright - trading as the significant favourites to win this match-up against Croatia. 

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The Europeans are certainly no slouches though and many punters might be willing to have a bash on odds as high as 13.0 to get the reverse over Brazil in what would be an absolute shocker. While it would really compound things if they were to be beaten down like this at home, it also happening in the debut match up could potentially throw the Samba Boys into a tail spin. 

It would not be the first time that Brazil went out of a global competition in an underwhelming fashion. 

As it currently stands, Brazil are priced at around 1.28 to get the outright result here against their Croatian counterparts. Watch out for the draw at a full 5.0 as that could very well be a potential outcome - particularly if we have a scoreless first half and both teams spend much of the match on the backfoot. 

The lowest-priced correct score selections are 1-0 and 2-0 Brazil, both available at odds of 5.50. You’ll find that a 3-0 Brazil victory would reward at 7.5 while a 0-0 draw trades at 9.0.