Since Germany beat England for 1 to 0 in 2000, they haven’t won any big selection team again. The last three times it faced Argentina, Germany lost one and the other two ended up as a tie.
The betting market faces the hardest challenge of all games played until now. In the English sites, the preference leans towards Argentina, although in the Spanish ones the Germans win.
According to the betting market of the 2006 World Cup, the match next Friday would make Argentina suffer a lot, but they would have a place in the semi finals, leaving powerful Germany out of the competition.
The statistics, up to now have been mostly right in the bets placed during this World Cup, where the only surprise was given by Portugal against Netherlands. Ladybrokes is paying U$S2,50 for Argentina and U$S2,60 for Germany, although this could be seen as a technical tie, there is a slight advantage for Argentina. William Hill also pays a little bit more for Germany, which favors Argentina in the result.
However, Betandwin pays U$S2,85 for Argentina and U$S2,40 for Germany. This is a curious tip since this is the most popular betting house in Spain, and there is where Argentineans have their biggest hopes to beat Germany. But the press has clearly shown that their favorite is Germany, and so have the bets.