France & Switzerland make it through

France & Switzerland make it through

By Charlie Rowing Jul 4, 2014

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Former World Cup winners France, finished top of Group E to make it to the Last 16, they were also joined by their neighbours Switzerland. Read this 2014 World Cup Group E betting review for an insight into how the group turned out and how accurate the pre-tournament odds were.

2014 World Cup Group E betting review

2014 World Cup Group E final table

Nation

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Points

France

2

1

0

8

2

6

7

Switzerland

2

0

1

7

6

1

6

Ecuador

1

1

1

3

3

0

3

Honduras

0

0

3

1

8

-7

0

There weren’t too many surprises in Group E as each team qualified in the exact same positions as our odds pre-tournament implied.

Former winners France were the first in the group to seal qualification after two very convincing displays against Honduras and Switzerland, winning 3-0 and 5-2 respectively. Switzerland then followed suit after beating Honduras on the final matchday 3-0.

Ecuador came close to qualifying, but a late goal conceded in their opening game against Switzerland, to give their opponents a 2-1 win, ensured that the rest of the group stage was going to be an uphill struggle. However their odds of qualifying at 2.110 – an implied probability of 47.39% reflected that they would always find things difficult.

2014 World Cup Group E pre-tournament implied probability table

Position

Nation

Odds

Implied probability

Actual finishing position

1

France

1.328

75.30%

1

2

Switzerland

1.746

57.27%

2

3

Ecuador

2.100

47.39%

3

4

Honduras

5.410

18.48%

4

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