Socceroo striker Tim Cahill is favourite to score first in tomorrow night’s World Cup qualifier against Japan.
It is uncertain whether Cahill will start in the match at Docklands, but he heads betting at $7.00, with online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au.
Tomi Juric is also $7.00 but has attracted a third of the money Cahill has, with Mathew Leckie and Robbie Kruse both on $9.00.
The Socceroos are slight favourites on $2.40 but have a massive 86% of punter support to win the match while Japan is $2.86 and a draw is $3.25
“It hasn’t been decided whether Tim Cahill will start or come off the bench, but that hasn’t stopped punters backing him to score first. He scored a double last time the sides met and its one-way traffic for a Socceroo win,’’ said sportsbet.com.au’s Will Byrne.
Markets courtesy of sportsbet.com.au
Australia v Japan
$2.40 Australia
$3.25 Draw
$2.87 Japan
First Goalscorer
$7.00 T Cahill
$7.00 T Juric
$7.50 G Haraguchi
$7.50 A Giannou
$8.00 K Honda
$8.00 S Okazaki
$9.00 C Ikonomidis
$9.00 Yu Kobayashi
$9.00 R Kruse
$9.00 M Leckie
$9.50 A Mooy
$10 T Asano
$10 H Kiyotake
$10 S Kagawa
$10 T Rogic
$10 M Luongo
$13 M Jedinak
$13 C Goodwin
$15 M Milligan
$15 Y Kashiwagi
$17 Jackson Irvine
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