Belgium qualify in unspectacular style

Belgium qualify in unspectacular style

By Charlie Rowing Jul 4, 2014

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Belgium qualified for the World Cup knockout stages with three wins from three. They were also joined by an impressive Algeria side. Read this 2014 World Cup Group H betting review for an insight into how the group turned out and how accurate the pre-tournament odds were.

2014 World Cup Group H betting review

2014 World Cup Group H final table

Nation

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Points

Belgium

3

0

0

4

1

3

9

Algeria

1

1

1

6

5

1

4

Russia

0

2

1

2

3

-1

2

South Korea

0

1

2

3

6

-3

1

Belgium lived up to their favourites tag by qualifying for the Last 16, winning all three of their group games. However the fact that they only won each of their games by a one goal margin: 2-1 vs Algeria, 1-0 vs Russia and 1-0 vs South Korea may put bettors off from backing them in the latter stages.

Algeria were the surprise package of the group, outscoring all the other teams in the process of qualifying in second place. Prior to the tournament they were 8.400 to qualify, with an implied probability of 11.90%.

However Russia massively underachieved, given that they were seen as 1.435 – 69.69% 2nd favourites to qualify.

2014 World Cup Group H pre-tournament implied probability table

Position

Nation

Odds

Implied probability

Actual finishing position

1

Belgium

1.148

87.11%

1

2

Russia

1.435

69.69%

3

3

South Korea

2.850

35.09%

4

4

Algeria

8.400

11.90%

2

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