Group D

June 18, 2011
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Group D is certainly one of the harder groups to call with each team having a very realistic chance of qualification. Germany, Serbia, Ghana and Australia all have good players and are capable of beating each other on their day. Despite it being a tight group, Germany have been made favourites to win the group at 10/11 (Victor Chandler) and can be found at 1/5 (BlueSq) simply to qualify. Although the current German side may not be as intimidating as previous generations, they always seem to perform at the major tournaments and manage to grind out the results when needed. They have progressed to at least the quarter-final stage in the previous five world cups and look capable of doing the same again. They had a fairly comfortable route to the finals which included beating the Russians both home and away and should they continue their consistent form, qualification should be achievable.

Slight favourites to qualify along with Germany are fellow Europeans, Serbia, at 5/4 (Victor Chandler). Serbia have been in great form during qualification, only losing 1 game, despite a fairly tough group. They have a very physical side and will prove a tough test for any team in South Africa, and 6ft8 Valencia striker Nikola Zigic will be an intimidating prospect for any defender. They also have Man Utd centre-back Nemanja Vidic marshalling the defence so are likely to be a well-organised unit. Given this 5/4 may offer good value.

The African representative in group D are the ‘Black Stars’, Ghana. They are another team who had a fantastic qualification campaign and subsequently reached the African Cup of Nations’ final. Confidence will certainly be high in the Ghana camp and they will fancy their chances of qualification to the second round. Serbian manager Milovan Rajevac will also have the added incentive of overcoming his home country in their game. Ghana’s chances however may be heavily dependant on the form of star midfielder, Michael Essien. His drive and ability certainly has a massive influence on how they play, should he suffer any injuries before or during the tournament, Ghana’s chances of qualification may well be significantly reduced.

Australia are the bookmakers outsiders for this group at 5/2 (SKYBET) to qualify. They also had a very solid qualification campaign all be it in a slightly easier region. One statistic of note is that they managed to keep 10 clean sheets out of 14 games showing they may well prove a tough-nut to crack. This coupled with attacking threats, especially off set-pieces, with players such as Tim Cahill and Harry Kewell may give Australia a chance of qualifying from this well-matched group.