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Euro 2008 Golden Boot BettingThe Golden Boot betting is always a fun market to bet on as it lasts a long time and lets you enjoy every goal scored by your selection.
There are some simple factors to consider which will give players an advantage in this market.
What teams is your player going to play against?An easy couple of group games is an ideal opportunity for a striker to score the main proportion of goals he is going to score all tournament. Being drawn against the tournament whipping boys is a massive positive for a player’s potential to be Golden Boot.
What sort of tactics does your player’s side employ?First of all the team is going to need to be fairly attacking. A team that wins the tournament with a series of 1-0 wins is not likely to provide a Golden Boot winner. A team that has plenty of high scoring games is preferable. The team will also need to play to the player’s strengths. Just because a player scores plenty of goals for his club doesn’t mean he always transfers it to the International stage.
How far is your player’s team likely to get?Teams will play a minimum of three games and a maximum of six games. That’s a big difference. A team that gets to the final is obviously going to get more games to score goals. In nine of the last twelve European Championships the Golden Boot has played in the final.
Does your player take free kicks and penalties?Taking free kicks and penalties can often add one or two goals to a player’s tally that they may not have ordinarily scored. This can make all the difference between a winner and a loser. It should only take five or six goals to win the Golden Boot so that’s a big proportion.
Euro 2008 Golden Boot ContendersThese are the leading contenders for the Euro 2008 Golden Boot. Check out our thoughts and their golden boot betting odds.
Cristiano Ronaldo – PortugalRonaldo has become a prolific goalscorer over the last year and also has the advantage of being a complete all rounder. He scores penalties, free kicks, screamers, tap ins and headers. Portugal score plenty of goals and Ronaldo got eight in qualifying so he clearly enjoys scoring as much for Portugal as he does Manchester United.
Back Cristiano Ronaldo to be the Euro 08 Golden Boot at 16/1 with Paddy Power
Mario Gomez – GermanyGomez only scored twice in qualifying but has been in very good form for Stuttgart this season scoring almost a goal a game despite the rest of his side struggling for form. Has been a massive springer in the Golden Boot market in recent weeks but may not even be Germany’s top scorer.
Back Mario Gomez to be the Euro 08 Golden Boot at 100/1 with Blue Square
Miroslav Klose – GermanyKlose relishes the group games of these tournaments as the lesser sides seem to really struggle to cope with his aerial ability. In the World Cup he scored five goals, all of which were headers. Germany play to his strengths looking to pick him out as often as possible and he is likely to score the majority of his goals in the group games against Croatia, Poland and Austria. At the very least he is bound to be a much shorter price once the group stage is over and a possible trading opportunity.
Back Miroslav Klose to be the Euro 08 Golden Boot at 33/1 with Stan James
Luca Toni – ItalyToni is Italy’s main goal threat and is likely to score the lion’s share of their goals at Euro 08. Italy have a tough group with France, Holland and Romania so he is unlikely to get too many goals there and Italy don’t score too many goals anyway so he might only get two or three goals which wouldn’t be enough.
Back Luca Toni to be the Euro 08 Golden Boot at 50/1 with Boylesports
Fernando Torres – SpainAfter a fairly quiet start to his career in England Fernando Torres massively improved in the second half of the season to go close in the Premiership Golden Boot race. He only scored two goals in qualifying and both of those came on home soil so there is a fair chance he could be outscored by one of his Spanish team mates.
Back Fernando Torres to be the Euro 08 Golden Boot at 12/1 with Bet365
David Villa – SpainVilla scored eight goals in qualifying, five of which came away from home so you don’t have to worry about him playing in a tournament on foreign soil. He takes penalties for Spain and has a good free kick so he should get plenty of opportunities. Spain should do well in this competition so he he will play close to the maximum games and with the likes of Cesc Fabregas pulling strings in midfield he can score plenty. The game against Russia will be key as he could potentially score half of his tournament goals in that game.
Back David Villa To Be Euro 08 Golden Boot
at 3/5 with Sporting Bet |
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