It's Argentina vs Germany in the 2010 World Cup quarterfinals stage. Former World Cup champions Argentina are the clear favorites to defeat Germany after they had a perfect 3-0 record in the group stages, and also showing a decisive win in the round of 16 over Mexico , wining 3-1. Argentina also has a lot of attacking power with the likes of Lionel Messi, Carlos Tevez and Gonzalo Higuain , who is the one of current top goal scorers of the 2010 World Cup with 4 goals to his name, including a rare hat-trick against the South Korea . Of course, former World Cup champions Germany are no slouch either. Despite booking one loss in the group stages due to being undermanned 10 players to Serbia's 11, Germany has also proven that they can show some amazing football against strong teams. Germany showed that dominance in their 4-1 victory over England , who many predicted would be among the top contenders for the World Cup. Germany may have a young team that lacks World Cup ...

Argentina , as expected, won all of their matches in the group stage to top Group B with 9 points, and advance to the round of 16 where they will face Mexico . Mexico had a decent group stage, grabbing a crucial 4 points and edging out South Africa on goal difference to make it through to the round of 16. Argentina is clearly the more impressive team than Mexico , and with stars like Lionel Messi, Gonazalo Higuain and Juan Veron playing extremely well. Spanish La Liga top goal scorer Lionel Messi may have not yet scored in this 2010 World Cup , but with most of the defense focused on him when he has the ball, it opens up a lot of other scoring opportunities for his teammates, who have benefited from rebounds to put their mark on the World Cup. Mexico haven't shown their capacity to score goals with only 3 goals scored in 2 matches, and 2 goals scored against them. Mexico also suffered a defeat against Uruguay , and almost missed out on advancing if it wasn't for the...

Two-time FIFA World Cup winners Argentina are among the top teams expected to go deep in the 2010 World Cup , and perhaps even win it. Undoubtedly, there is a lot of scoring talent in Argentina with the likes of 2009 FIFPro Player of the Year and Barcelona top scorer Lionel Messi , Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez , Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain and Inter Milan striker Diego Milito . Argentina also has a talented midfield with the likes of Javier Mascherano , Maxi Rodriguez and Juan Sebastian Veron . Certainly, these big names for Argentina make them favorites to win against Nigeria . However, the point spread given by oddsmakers is +2.5 for Nigeria , which means that Argentina would have to win by three goals. That's a tough feat considering it's the World Cup , and Nigeria will certainly have somewhat of a homecourt advantage with the match being played in African soil under the African weather. A straight $100 moneyline bet on Argentina to win outright would...