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Spread favourites for Group D, Germany, have been one of the best performing nations in World Cup history. Any spread punters that have bought their outright win index at 27 will be confident of seeing them in the mix at the latter stages of the tournament. Spread bettors looking to buy the side’s Group D index at 16 with Sporting Index (25pts for the winner, 10pts for runner-up, 5pts third, 0pts fourth) will hope that they progress as they have done in previous tournaments. During the naughties Germany were particularly strong in major tournaments, and spread buyers will be pleased to see that the nation finished runner-up at the 2002 World Cup, third in the 2006 World Cup, and runner-up at Euro 2008.

Sellers of their group index spread should note that they have two proven goal scorers in Lukas Podolski and Miroslav Klose. Klose is third on the all-time list of top goal scorers for the country and scored a total of seven in Germany’s ten qualifying matches.

Serbia are second favourites to win Group D but spread bettors should note that this will be their first appearance at a finals as an independent nation. A positive for buyers will come from the Serbs’ excellent qualifying campaign that saw them finish above France, who have an outright tournament index spread of 25-28. Serbia’s qualification run saw them win nine games, lose twice and draw once. Buyers of bookings index spreads in any of Serbia’s matches will of course be familiar with Manchester United and Serbia defender Nemanja Vidic style of play.

Australia, coached by Pim Verbeek, have only ever reached the World Cup finals in 2006 and 1974. Those looking to buy their Group D index will have noted a dramatic improvement in their recent results. Spread punters that bought their outright win index at Germany 2006 can count themselves unlucky that they lost out to a late penalty from the current World Champions, Italy.

Buyers of their outright tournament index in South Africa will be banking on a repeat of the defensive efforts during qualifying which saw them only concede one goal. The Aussies also topped their group. However, sellers of their group index will argue their group didn’t contain the any of the world’s top sides.

Ghana are also making their second appearance at the finals, and buyers of their Group D index will the hoping they can build on their decent record on the African continent. Spread buyers will be pleased to know the Black Stars have won the African Nations on four occasions and narrowly missed out on a fifth to Egypt earlier this year.

The Black Stars’ under-20 side won the 2009 World Cup, beating Brazil in the final which is good indication that the side have a good squad. Sellers of their group index will argue that the last of their African Nations triumphs came in 1982.