Tournament News
Bookies: Uruguay over Bafana
2010-06-15 11:52
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Cape Town - Bookmakers have installed Uruguay as favourites to beat Bafana Bafana in their second game of the 2010 Soccer World Cup at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Wednesday.
Kick-off is at 20:30.
Leading SA bookmakers, GreatOdds, have Uruguay as 13/10 favourites.
Bafana can be backed at 2/1 with a draw on offer at 11/5.
In the overall betting stakes, Bafana are 150/1 to win the tournament.
Uruguay, who are appearing at their 11th SWC, drew their opening match against France 0-0 in Cape Town.
Hosts Bafana, appearing at just their third SWC, were involved in a memorable 1-1 opening match draw against Mexico in Johannesburg.
Squads for the South Africa v Uruguay match:
South Africa
Goalkeepers: Moeneeb Josephs (Orlando Pirates), Itumeleng Khune (Kaizer Chiefs), Shuaib Walters (Maritzburg Utd)
Defenders: Matthew Booth and Siboniso Gaxa (Mamelodi Sundowns), Bongani Khumalo (SuperSport Utd), Tsepo Masilela (Maccabi Haifa/ISR), Aaron Mokoena (Portsmouth/ENG, capt), Anele Ngcongca (Racing Genk/BEL), Siyabonga Sangweni (Lamontville Golden Arrows), Lucas Thwala (Pirates)
Midfielders: Reneilwe Letsholonyane and Siphiwe Tshabalala (Chiefs), Lance Davids (Ajax Cape Town), Kagisho Dikgacoi (Fulham/ENG), Thanduyise Khuboni (Arrows), Teko Modise (Pirates), Surprise Moriri (Sundowns), Steven Pienaar (Everton/ENG), Macbeth Sibaya (Rubin Kazan/RUS)
Strikers: Katlego Mphela (Sundowns), Siyabonga Nomvete (Moroka Swallows), Bernard Parker (Twente/NED)
Uruguay
Goalkeepers: Fernando Muslera (Lazio/ITA), Juan Castillo (Deportivo Cali/COL), Martin Silva (Defensor)
Defenders: Diego Lugano (Fenerbahce/TUR), Diego Godin (Villarreal/ESP), Andres Scotti (Colo Colo/CHI), Jorge Fucile (FC Porto/POR), Martin Caceres (Juventus/ITA), Mauricio Victorino (Universidad de Chile/CHI)
Midfielders: Walter Gargano (Napoli/ITA), Egidio Arevalo Rios (Penarol), Sebastian Eguren (AIK Stockholm/SWE), Diego Perez (Monaco/FRA), Maximiliano Pereira (Benfica/POR), Alvaro Pereira (FC Porto/POR), Ignacio Gonzalez (Valencia/ESP), Nicolas Lodeiro (Ajax/NED), Alvaro Fernandez (Universidad de Chile/CHI)
Strikers: Luis Suarez (Ajax/NED), Diego Forlan (Atletico Madrid/ESP), Sebastian Abreu (Botafogo/BRA), Edinson Cavani (Palermo/ITA), Sebastian Fernandez (Banfield/ARG)