Bet Early To Get The Best Odds On Euro 2012 Winner

By Kristo Mari

It might seem a little early to start thinking
about Euro 2012 with the competition being a year away and the qualifiers not
yet even complete, but there are already some great bets to be had. Striking
while the iron is hot is a great way to get better odds and value before anyone
else and there are already some cracking odds and bets out there to be had.

The perfect example of this can be seen with
Betfair who are currently offering some cracking deals on outright winners of
the European Championships next summer. Surprisingly maybe, there is no better
value on there than France who are currently valued at 11.5 to win the
competition. These good odds seem to be because the team crashed out of the
World Cup last summer and had all sorts of problems. But now under the new
management of Laurent Blanc they have shown some real quality and have beaten
both England and Brazil in friendly matches. This price though will not stay as
it is and will most definitely shorten after qualification and as more friendly
matches are played in the build up to the competition next year.

There are other good bets out there that need to be snapped up while
it is still early on. Euro
2012 odds  won’t stay like this as
although it is early and perhaps too soon to tell how a team will perform, it
is most definitely worth taking advantage of, even if it’s only a smaller bet.
This is because the closer it gets to the competition the more fans will start
to believe that their team can do well and put their money on their side. This
of course means that the odds for teams will dramatically fall when they
qualify for the tournament and the final group stages are drawn. But also,
especially if there is a real feeling in the media that their team could really
do something this time round. England are another great example of this and are
currently priced at around 9.4 on the Betfair site to win the European
Championships, odds that will undoubtedly drop as the media pressure increases
before next season. So, although it may be rather early it is definitely the
case that the early bird catches the worm.