International Friendly betting - Republic of Ireland vs Algeria

While fans of the Republic of Ireland will have enjoyed their win over Paraguay on Wednesday evening, for many it will merely serve as a reminder of what they will miss out on this summer in South Africa and leave them wondering what might have been. Tonight they face another team that will be participatng in the World Cup, in the form of Algeria, who share a group with England and the USA.

The hosts are favourites for the game at 5/6 (bet £60 to win £50 profit), leaving Algeria as underdogs at 7/2, with the draw at 11/4. Unlike Ireland, Algeria have not been in action for some time and their last showing was a 3-0 home defeat to Serbia at the beginning of March.

A 1-0 home win has been made the favourite score tonight at 6/1, followed by 1-1 at 13/2 and a more convincing 2-0 at 15/2. The bookmakers offer 11/1 that the game finishes goalless and a 1-0 win for Algeria is available at the same price.

Robbie Keane, the captain and all-time leading scorer for the Republic of Ireland, is favourite to open the scoring tonight at 9/2 with Bet365 after an impressive recent season on loan at Celtic. Ladbrokes offer 6/1 on Kevin Doyle, while Algeria`s best hope of breaking the deadlock is seen to be Rafik Saifi, available at 17/2 with Bet365.

The Republic of Ireland scored twice in the first half against Paraguay and they are 2/1 to lead tonight at both half-time and full-time and 7/2 to wn the match after drawing at half-time. Draw/draw is 11/2 with Betinternet and Algeria/Algeria is 8/1 with Victor Chandler.

Algeria may be the only side tonight going to the World Cup but they are given almost no hope of going very far and interestingly it is the Irish bookmakers Paddy Power who offer the best price, going as long as 600/1.

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