Russia v Czech Republic

Russia look very fortunate having been drawn in Group A which looks to be the weakest of all the groups at Euro 2012.

If there is a winner in the opening Group A match between Poland and Greece there will be plenty of pressure on these teams to avoid a draw, Russia will want to cement their place as the favourites in the group whilst Czech Republic won't want to get too far behind as they will still be hoping at least to pick up the runners up spot in Group A.

Russia v Czech Republic 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.

Russia v Czech Republic

Full Time Result

	Odds	Bookie
Russia	2.20
Draw	3.30
Czech Republic	3.60

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Head To Head Record

Games Played	Russia Wins	Draws	Czech Republic Wins
1	0	1	0

BACK RUSSIA TO BEAT CZECH REPUBLIC

Both Russia and Czech Republic have had various highs and lows in recent years but judging on recent form it is easy to see why the bookies prefer Russia to Czech Republic in this match. Russia won their qualifying group for Euro 2012 averaging 2.3 points per game whilst Czech Republic had to qualify through the playoffs after finishing second in their group, a campaign in which they averaged just 1.625 points per match. There is a slight excuse for Czech Republic as they were in the same group as Spain but by the end of the campaign they had finished just two points ahead of Scotland and that doesn't look particularly strong form. Russia should have the measure of Czech Republic in their opening match.

Russia v Czech Republic 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.

Russia v Czech Republic

Asian Hcap

	Odds	Bookie
Russia -0.25	1.86
Czech Republic 0.25	2.00

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BACK RUSSIA +0.25

It may be worth having some of your stake on the asian handicap in this match and having a punt on a quite comfortable victory for Russia. If backing Russia -0.25 in this match there is limited risk with Russia looking very likely to win this match and you might just find your bet rewarded at very decent odds should Russia dispose of Czech Republic comfortably.

Russia v Czech Republic Goals Odds

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

Russia v Czech Republic

Total Goals

	Odds	Bookie
Over 2.5	2.40
Under 2.5	1.60

Correct Score

	Odds	Bookie
Russia #1-0	6.00
Draw #1-1	6.50
Draw #0-0	7.50
Czech Republic #1-0	8.50

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Russia Recent Competitive Results

Date	Home Team	Result	Away Team
26/03/2011	Armenia	0-0 (0-0)	Russia
04/06/2011	Russia	3-1 (1-1)	Armenia
02/09/2011	Russia	1-0 (1-0)	FYROM
06/09/2011	Russia	0-0 (0-0)	Republic Of Ireland
07/10/2011	Slovakia	0-1 (0-0)	Russia
11/10/2011	Russia	6-0 (4-0)	Andorra

Czech Republic Recent Competitive Results

Date	Home Team	Result	Away Team
29/03/2011	Czech Republic	2-0 (1-0)	Liechtenstein
03/09/2011	Scotland	2-2 (1-0)	Czech Republic
07/10/2011	Czech Republic	0-2 (0-2)	Spain
11/10/2011	Lithuania	1-4 (0-3)	Czech Republic
07/10/2011	Czech Republic	2-0 (0-0)	Montenegro
11/10/2011	Montenegro	0-1 (0-0)	Czech Republic

BACK 1-0 RUSSIA AND UNDER 2.5 GOALS

Both of these teams have traditions of being attacking sides but during qualifying their games were tighter than expected. Russia had a strong defence that conceded just four goals and seven of their ten matches contained under 2.5 goals. There were a total of ten clean sheets for either side in Russia's qualifying matches so it seems quite likely that at least one team will be keeping a clean sheet in this match. Russia don't score a huge amount of goals either, in six of their matches they either failed to score or scored just one goal with their total goals figure being skewed by a 6-0 home win against Andorra. Czech Republic averaged a goal against in every game during qualifying and either failed to score or scored just once in half of their qualifiers with only two games coming against teams better than Russia.

Russia v Czech Republic Player Betting

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

Russia v Czech Republic Goalscorer Stats

Player	Games (Sub)	Goals	Games Scored In	First Goals	Last Goals	Hat Tricks	Pens Scored
Roman Pavlyuchenko (Rus)	3 (4)	4	2	0	1	1	1
Alan Dzagoev (Rus)	6 (2)	4	3	2	1	0	0
Michal Kadlec (Czech Rep)	10	4	3	1	3	0	3
Pavel Pogrebnyak (Rus)	2 (5)	2	1	1	1	0	1
Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Rus)	5	2	2	2	1	0	0
Jan Rezek (Czech Rep)	4 (1)	2	1	0	0	0	0
Jaroslav Plasil (Czech Rep)	9	2	2	1	0	0	0

Russia v Czech Republic 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	Red Cards
Roman Hubnik (Czech Rep)	9	1	0	1
Tomas Hubschman (Czech Rep)	7	1	0	1
Aleksandr Anyukov (Rus)	8	4	1	0
Igor Denisov (Rus)	7	3	1	0
Jan Rezek (Czech Rep)	4 (1)	3	0	0
Aleksandr Kerzhakov (Rus)	5	2	0	0
Aleksei Berezutski (Rus)	3 (3)	2	0	0
Sergei Ignashevic (Rus)	9	2	0	0
Jaroslav Plasil (Czech Rep)	9	2	0	0
Milan Baros (Czech Rep)	6 (1)	2	0	0

Russia v Czech Republic Team News

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BACK ALAN DZAGOEV TO SCORE FIRST AGAINST CZECH REPUBLIC

The goalscoring duties for Russia could be split between Roman Pavlyuchenko and Alan Dzagoev, the pair were Russia's top scorers in qualifying with four goals each but Dzagoev should be a bigger price than Pavlyuchenko, played less games than the striker, scored in more games (3) and scored more first goals (2) sho the attacking midfielder could prove very good value in the first goalscorer betting, especially with only one goal predcited in the entire game.

Russia v Czech Republic 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.

Russia v Czech Republic

Half Time Result

	Odds	Bookie
Draw	1.95
Russia	2.95
Czech Republic	4.33

Half Time / Full Time

	Odds	Bookie
Russia - Russia	3.50
Draw - Draw	4.75
Draw - Russia	5.00
Czech Republic - Czech Republic	6.50

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Team	Games	HT Wins	HT Draws	HT Losses	1st Half Goals	2nd Half Goals
Russia	10	5	4	1	10	7
Czech Republic	10	4	3	3	7	8

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

We have gone for a low scoring Russia win so the only possible outcomes for us in this market are Draw/Russia and Russia/Russia. During qualifying Russia were drawing four matches at half time and winning five matches at half time and they had three goalless draws at half time and were winning 1-0 at half time three times. That means there isn't much in it either way for Russia but the fact that Czech Republic are better than most the teams in Russia's group, if not all of them, means this could be a bit tougher so the goal looks most likely to come in the second half.

Russia v Czech Republic Best Bet

Whatever the scoreline in this match Russia look much more likely than Czech Republic to score the first goal in this match and Alan Dzagoev could prove good value in the goalscorer markets in Russia matches at Euro 2012 so backing Dzagoev to score the first goal in this match should be the best value call in this match.