CAMEROON VS ZAMBIA 2010 AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS BETTING TIPS

Cameroon are certainly under the gun today as they take on Zambia in a crunch African Cup of Nations clash kicking off at 18:30 today. The bookmakers seem to think that Zambia have it all to do and Cameroon are listed as fairly heavy favourites to take this one. They had a really frustrating outing last time and will need Samuel Eto'o to be on top of his game for this encounter. 
Ladbrokes is listing Cameroon as the 1.5 favourites on this fixture while Zambia trades at a lengthy 6.0. The draw, which Cameroon has to avoid at all costs, is paying out at 3.5 and that's a fair indice that a tie-game is a very realistic possibility. 
In football betting, one of the easiest ways to figure out whether a team really has a genuine chance of winning is to examine the correct score betting and see how a 1-0 victory for the favoured side correlates to a 1-1 draw. The bigger the gulf between the two, the better the chance of a favourite winning. Sometimes you'll see a team listed at 1.8 to win but their odds of winning 1-0 are 7.0 while odds of a 1-1 draw are only 5.5. In that situation, I would avoid betting on the favourite, outright at least. 
In this encounter, we have Cameroon favoured to win either 1-0 or 2-0 at 6,0 while the 1-1 draw pays out at 6.5. 1-0 to Zambia pays out at 10.0 while a 2-0 win over Cameroon pays out at a massive 26.0. 2-1 is likely Zambia's best shot at winning this and you're looking at 21.0 for that. I think it isn't out of the question for them to score two goals against Cameroon's defence, but the real crux of the whole match is whether Cameroon can score. If they can score, they will likely win the match. If Zambia can frustrate them and keep them scoreless for the first 45, then I think they have every chance in the world. 
Samuel Eto'o is heavily favoured to score first with a price of 3.75 while Mohamadou Idrissou trades alongside Pierre webo at 6.0. Achille Emana is listed at 8.0 to score first while Jean Il Makoun is listed alongside Collins Mbesuma at 11.0. Keep your eyes on Geremi, who will be taking free-kicks for Cameroon- he's at 15.0 to score first. If the game is nervy and low-scoring, players like him can make all the difference. 
If you're looking to bet against Cameroon, try Zambia/Draw at 2.25 in the double chance market. I think Cameroon are the definite favourites, but I can see Zambia grinding out some type of a result if things go their way. The first half is critical and I think whoever wins that will go on to win the match.