BRAZIL VS NORTH KOREA STARTING LINEUPS AND LIVE BETTING TIPS
The team sheets are out for the face off between Brazil and North Korea in the final match of Tuesday's World Cup action. There's no massive surprises there with Brazil naming a well-balanced side that boasts one of the best-looking defenses in the tournament. That's a rare ace up the sleeve for Brazil and it will be interesting how they deal with their other two group matches.
These are the starting lineups for Brazil vs North Korea:
Brazil: Julio Cesar, Maicon, Lucio, Juan, Felipe Melo, Michel Bastos, Elano, Gilberto Silva, Luis Fabiano, Kaka, Robinho
North Korea: Ri Myong-guk, Cha Jong-hyok, Ri Jun-il, Pak Nam-chol, Ri Kwang-chon, Pak Chol-jin, An Yong-hak, Ji Yun-nam, Mun In-guk, Hong Yong-jo, Jong Tae-se.
These players are more or less how the bookmakers expected the North Koreans and Brazilians to all line up. The goals should come pretty early, but you have to wonder how the odds will fluctuate if North Korea stifle Brazil and keep them off the scoresheet for the opening twenty minutes.
A half-time draw would be betting chaos as a strong performance from an unknown quantity could potentially trigger a bookmaker run with punters piling on to North Korea. This is a real longshot, but if Brazil play poorly and North Korea play really well I have a feeling that people will start trying to take a stab at this.
We've profiled the odds on this match fairly thoroughly and it's obvious that everybody expects a big victory for Brazil, but you'll find the highest World Cup prices yet on North Korea in this match. They are the biggest longshot out there and you have to fancy a number of different goalscorers for Brazil. If you really think that Brazil are going to run riot here, then I suggest backing Luis Fabiano or Robinho to hit a hat-trick.
Remember that the live betting odds will be fluctuating pretty heavily if Brazil start scoring and look like getting plenty more. I think it probably won't be the blow-out that everyone is expecting, but if Brazil look especially sharp I'd suggest getting in there and backing them while the odds are still decent.