Poland v Greece

Euro 2012 co hosts Poland get Euro 2012 underway against Euro 2004 winners Greece.

This game kicks off Group A, probably the most open group at Euro 2012, and a win for either side may go a long way to deciding which teams qualify for the knockout rounds. Poland are the second favourites in Group A thanks to the perceived advantage that the hosts have but Greece were unbeaten in qualifying and will be no pushover.

Poland v Greece Match Odds

Betting on the result of each match is usually the most popular market, with this being a close game decent odds are available on all outcomes.

Poland v Greece

Full Time Result

	Odds	Bookie
Poland	2.25
Draw	3.25
Greece	4.00

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Head To Head Record

Games Played	Poland Wins	Draws	Greece Wins
6	4	2	0

Recent Meetings

Date	Competition/Venue	Team	Result	Team
29/05/2004	Friendly/Szczecin	Poland	1-0 (1:0)	Greece
12/08/2009	Friendly/Bydgoszcz	Poland	2-0 (0-0)	Greece
29/03/2011	Friendly/Larissa	Greece	0-0 (0-0)	Poland

BACK GREECE TO BEAT POLAND

This is undoubtedly going to be a very close game, Poland have home advantage but are not as strong a side as Greece who are 52 places ahead of Poland in the FIFA rankings at the time of writing. Greece have shown decent recent form to win their qualifying group whilst Poland are here because they are the co hosts and finished bottom of their group four years ago. Greece should be able to put their superior class to good use and are good value to win the opening match of Euro 2012.

Poland v Greece Asian Handicap Odds

Asian Handicap is available on all games and offers slight twist on match betting, one team is usually given a lead to level the playing field.

Poland v Greece

Asian Hcap

	Odds	Bookie
Poland -0.25	1.77
Greece 0.25	2.10

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BACK GREECE +0.25

Greece look to be very underrated in this match and even with the +0.25 handicap they are still massively overpriced. Greece are a very solid side and didn't lose a single match in qualifying so look unlikely to lose against Poland who performed very poorly four years ago and have shown little signs that they are going to massively improve here. Greece +0.25 looks one of the best bets on this match at odds against at the time of writing.

Poland v Greece Goals Odds

A look at how many goals are likely to go in and the best bets surrounding those goals.

Poland v Greece

Total Goals

	Odds	Bookie
Over 2.5	2.62
Under 2.5	1.53

Correct Score

	Odds	Bookie
Poland #1-0	6.00
Draw #1-1	6.50
Draw #0-0	7.00
Greece #1-0	8.00

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Poland Recent Friendly Results

Date	Home Team	Result	Away Team
11/11/11	Poland	0-2 (0-1)	Italy
15/11/11	Poland	2-1 (1-0)	Hungary
29/02/12	Poland	0-0 (0-0)	Portugal
22/05/12	Poland	v	Latvia
26/05/12	Poland	v	Slovakia
02/06/12	Poland	v	Andorra

Greece Recent Competitive Results

Date	Home Team	Result	Away Team
26/03/2011	Malta	0-1 (0-0)	Greece
04/06/2011	Greece	3-1 (2-0)	Malta
02/09/2011	Israel	0-1 (0-0)	Greece
06/09/2011	Latvia	1-1 (1-0)	Greece
07/10/2011	Greece	2-0 (0-0)	Croatia
11/10/2011	Georgia	1-2 (1-0)	Greece

BACK 1-0 GREECE AND UNDER 2.5 GOALS

Greece's success has always come from low scoring matches, that is how they won Euro 2004 and it was also the winning correct score in almost half of Greece's wins in qualifying for Euro 2012. The correct score options are fairly limited in Greece matches as in qualifying (against largely weaker teams) they only scored more than two goals once and in six games they either scored no goals or one goal. Seven of Greece's qualifiers had under 2.5 goals and nine had under 3.5 goals, there is often quite a big price difference between the two bets and since there wasn't a massive difference in the amunt of games had under 2.5 goals and under 3.5 goals it is under 2.5 goals that gets the vote.

Poland v Greece Player Betting

A look at all the best bets that involve the players from Poland and Greece, the most popular of which are the goalscorer odds.

Poland v Greece Goalscorer Stats

Player	Games (Sub)	Goals	Games Scored In	First Goals	Last Goals
Giannis Fetfatzidis (Gre)	2 (4)	2	1	1	1
Kyriakos Popadopoulos (Gre)	4	2	2	0	1
Vassilis Torossidis (Gre)	7	2	2	2	2

Poland v Greece Bookings Stats

Below are all the players who were booked more than once or sent off during qualifying for each team.

Player	Games (Sub)	Yellow Cards	First Yellow Card Of Game
Vassilis Torossidis (Gre)	7	4	2
Giannis Zaradoukas (Gre)	3	2	0
Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Gre)	4	2	1
Giorgos Samaras (Gre)	8	2	1
Avraam Papadopoulos (Gre)	7	2	0
Giorgos Karagounis (Gre)	10	2	2
Kostas Katsouranis (Gre)	9	2	0
Giannis Maniatis (Gre)	0 (3)	2	0
Giorgos Tzavellas (Gre)	3	2	1

Poland v Greece Team News

Team news will be added closer to kick off.

BACK KYRIAKOS POPADOPOULOS TO SCORE FIRST AGAINST POLAND

Greece don't really have an out and out goalscorer at the moment and they are likely to spread the goals around the team. This makes picking the goalscorers a bit more difficult but also potentially more rewarding if you can get it right. In Euro 2012 qualifying one of Greece's joint top scorers was defender Kyriakos Popadopoulos who scored two goals in just four matches. The defender should be good value to score first in this game and since we are only predicting one goal in this match the first goalscorer betting looks a much better bet than anytime goalscorer betting.

Poland v Greece Half Time Odds

The half time betting markets allow you to bet on what the result will be at half time, either on its own or together with the full time result. This can help to maximise profit from a game when you have studied the form carefully.

Poland v Greece

Half Time Result

	Odds	Bookie
Draw	1.95
Poland	3.00
Greece	5.50

Half Time / Full Time

	Odds	Bookie
Draw - Draw	4.50
Draw - Poland	5.00
Poland - Poland	5.00
Greece - Greece	6.50

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Team	Games	HT Wins	HT Draws	HT Losses	1st Half Goals	2nd Half Goals
Greece	10	2	5	3	3	11

BACK DRAW/GREECE IN THE HALF TIME/FULL TIME BETTING

With a narrow win for Greece predicted in this match it should just be a case of deciding whether Greece take the lead in the first half or the second half of the match. Hopefully this should be fairly simple as during their qualifying campaign, Greece scored just three first half goals and eleven second half goals so they look unlikely to score in the first half of matches. Greece won seven matches in qualifying but were only winning twice at half time so the recommendation here is Draw/Greece.

Poland v Greece Best Bet

Whatever happens in this match it should be tight and low scoring and whilst a 1-0 win for Greece does look a very good bet it could be best to play it slightly safe in the opening match of the tournament and go for under 2.5 goals. Recent results point to that scoreline and with so much on the line in this match it could be even lower scoring than many predict.