William Hill have opened a book on how many of the players taking part in the World Cup Final will appear in the Premier League during season 2010/11 - and offer 13/8 that it will be EIGHT or more; 7/4 FOUR or fewer.'With the Premier League regularly boasting that it is the best competition in the world it will be interesting to see how many players from the best two teams in the world play any part in it this season' said Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe.
Number of players to play anytime WC final to start opening day of PL season –

DETAILS ODDS
Less than 5 7/4
5 to 7 13/8
Over 7 13/8
William Hill:
League of first goalscorer –
Spanish La Liga – 1/2
English Premier League – 7/2
German Bundesliga – 13/2
Italian Serie A – 9/1
Dutch Eredivisie – 10/1
90 Minutes – Bets void if no goal scored
Club of first goalscorer –
Barcelona – 11/10
The field – 4/6
90 Minutes – Bets void if no goal scored
WILLIAM HILL....PLAYER TO SCORE DURING EXTRA TIME (Bets lost if no extra time; bets void if player does not start extra time, assuming it is played)
DETAILS ODDS
David Villa 18/1
Robin Van Persie 25/1
Fernando Torres 25/1
Wesley Sneijder 33/1
Arjen Robben 33/1
Fernando Llorente 33/1
Pedro 40/1
Dirk Kuyt 40/1
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 40/1
Ibrahim Afellay 40/1
David Silva 50/1
Juan Mata 50/1
Xavi 66/1
Andres Iniesta 66/1
Rafael Van Der Vaart 66/1
Cesc Fabregas 66/1
Xabi Alonso 66/1
Eljero Elia 66/1
Ryan Babel 66/1
Jesus Navas 66/1
Javi Martinez 66/1
Mark Van Bommel 80/1
Demy De Zeeuw 80/1
Stijn Schaars 80/1
Sergio Ramos 125/1
Gerard Pique 125/1
Nigel de Jong 150/1
Sergio Busquets 150/1
Johnny Heitinga 150/1
Giovanni Van Bronckhorst 150/1
Gregory Van Der Wiel 150/1
Joris Mathijsen 150/1
Joan Capdevila 150/1
Alvaro Arbeloa 150/1
Carlos Marchena 150/1
Raul Albiol 150/1
Carles Puyol 200/1
Khalid Boulahrouz 200/1
Andre Ooijer 200/1
Edson Braafheid 250/1
TO WIN WORLD CUP GOLDEN BALL...6/4 Sneijder; 15/8 Villa; 6/1 Xavi; 9/1 Iniesta; 14 Robben; 20 Forlan; Ozil; Schweinsteiger.
A William Hill Manchester betting shop client stands to collect £424,000 if David Villa, now 8/11 favourite to do so, ends up as tournament top scorer after placing a £30,000 double on Holland to win their Group at 4/7, with Villa at 8/1.

Another Hill's shop punter in Essex placed a £250 treble on Rafa Nadal and Serena Williams to win their respective Wimbledon singles tournaments, running on to Holland - and will collect £30,000 if the Dutch oblige.

'It has been a good World Cup for bookies thus far, with 52% favs winning , 27% draws and 21% underdogs, which doesn't sound that great, except that the high turnover matches have tended to go our way - not least the England matches, and the Germany-Spain semi in which there were bets of 500,000 and 75,000 euros on a German win' said Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe.
WILLIAM HILL WEBB WONDERS....
PUNTERS EXPECT TO SEE HOWARD WEBB SEND AT LEAST ONE PLAYER OFF IN THE WORLD CUP FINAL. 'We've seen a lot of small money bets for Webb to flash his red card during the match and cut the 90minute odds about him doing so from 7/2 to 11/4' said Hill's spokesman Graham Sharpe.
Howard Webb to award a penalty during normal time 10/3
Howard Webb to award a penalty (extra time included) 11/4
Howard Webb to send a player off during normal time 11/4
Howard Webb to send a player off at any time (including extra time) 9/4
Howard Webb to order a penalty to be retaken during normal time 25/1
Howard Webb not to issue a card during 90 minutes 12/1
Howard Webb not to issue a card in the whole match (including ET) 14/1
Uruguayan Ref - Howard Webb to miss an incident (and not award a goal) where the ball is clearly shown to cross the goal line 50/1
Russian Ref – Howard Webb to award a goal where the ball is clearly shown not to cross the goal line 50/1
Thierry Henry - Howard Webb to give a goal when a clear handball is shown to have occurred in the build up 8/1
Graham Poll – Howard Webb to issue any player single with three yellow cards 100/1
Jack Taylor – Howard Webb to award a penalty to both teams (shoot-outs not included) 20/1
Clive Thomas – Howard Webb to disallow a goal because the final whistle had been blown 100/1
Howard Webb to be replaced as match referee at any point (extra-time included) 50/1
Match to go to a penalty shoot-out 9/2
 

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