Honduras vs Chile Match Preview

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Time: 16th June, 13.30 local time.

Venue: Nelspruit, South Africa

The first games of the final group to kick off their World Cup campaigns, Group H, will take place on the 16th of June. The first, seeing Honduras take on Chile, will be at the Nelspruit stadium and play commences at 13:30 local time.

Honduras are one of the biggest outsiders to win the tournament, just ahead of North Korea and New Zealand at anything from 350/1 with Expekt to 1000/1 with bet365. Their opponents Chile are in the upper middle of the pack with odds ranging from 33/1 with bodog.com out to 66/1 from bwin and Paddy Power among others, in around the same region as Ghana and Serbia.

In a group that also features outright 4/1 favourites to win the title, Spain, and low ranking European side Switzerland, Chile will be hoping, if not expecting, to make it through this group whereas Honduras will most likely expect to go out in the group round and will see just qualifying for the competition as a major achievement in and of itself. Switzerland may have the potential to cause an upset to Chile’s plan, but it is very unlikely Honduras will be stopping any of their opponents in this stage.

The odds for the match reflect the comparative weakness of the Honduras side. The best odds from Chile, available from PaddyPower, are a meagre 4/6. Odds for a Honduras win from most bookmakers are 9/2. A draw would get best prices of 11/4 from Victor Chandler.

In the correct score market, the favourite result is currently a 2-0 win to Chile. This has odds of around 11/2 in most places, with 6/1 the best price from Paddy Power and Stan James. A 1-0 win to Chile also will fetch 6/1 with Victor Chandler, with most bookmakers offering 5/1.

Best prices on Honduras winning 1-0 are 11/1 with Paddy Power, and they also offer the best price of 33/1 on a 2-0 win for the outsiders.

The odds of Chile keeping a clean sheet are good at 10/3, with a clean sheet just 17/20 – both from William Hill. The bookmakers seem confident Chile will score and win in this game.

Prediction

It is hard to expect anything but a win for Chile here, and it will be difficult for Honduras’ inexperienced team to get past their defence and score in this match. For these reasons, the prediction here matches that indicated by the bookmakers’ offerings – a 2-0 win for Chile.