Spain striker huge favourite to win golden boot award

Spain striker David Villa is now just 1/2 with Bet365 to be the top goalscorer at the 2010 World Cup.

Barcelona’s new £35 million signing scored his fifth goal of the tournament against Paraguay on Saturday night to move ahead of Miroslav Klose and Thomas Muller in the scoring charts and with two more games guaranteed it is hard to imagine anyone catching the Spaniard.

Villa has scored five of Spain’s six goals in South Africa and with Fernando Torres out of form it is conceivable that the former Valencia striker will be used as a lone striker for the World Cup semi-final against Germany. With Andres Iniesta and Xavi pulling the strings for Spain in midfield, Villa will certainly get chances on Wednesday and it is hard to imagine him not getting on the scoresheet again.

His main challenger for the golden boot award will be Germany’s Miroslav Klose, who has netted four times in South Africa. The Bayern Munich striker is just two goals shy of the all-time World Cup scoring record, held by Ronaldo, and considering that he is averaging over a goal a game in South Africa, in a Germany side that is scoring goals for fun, he could easily pass the Brazilian legend. It is 4/1 with Bet365 that Klose is the top scorer at the 2010 World Cup.