Day 33: World Cup Diary & Bets.

World Cup Hub — Daily Diary: Day 33-34

Day 33-34 – Semi Final

For the first time in history the FIFA ranked World Top 4, complete the semi final lineup.

France vs Spain
England vs Argentina

Two fascinating games and likely to offer up two very different types of matches. Focusing on the goal markets in both appears to be the easier market for value. 

 

Semi Final:

France vs Spain: Over 3.5 goals at 3.25

England vs Argentina: Argentina -1 at 5.50

 

 

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Tournament Record 

Group Stage: -13.24pts.

Tournament total: -14.24pts.

Last 32: +0.96

Last 16: -2.70

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Tournament outrights — open positions

Golden Boot: Bruno Fernandes 130.0, Yamal 36.0, Messi 26.0, Gakpo 50.0

Golden Ball: Bruno Fernandes 19.0

World Cup Winner: 2.5pts Argentina at 5.20; 0.5pts Mexico at 70.0, 1pt Spain at 8.60

Argentina have the cleanest route to the semi final with expected opponents Cape Verde > Egypt > Colombia

Question marks over both Brazil and England, leaves Mexico with a great opportunity to get to at least the QF by leveraging home / host status.

Spain have drifted a lot since the start of the tournament but in reality Portugal are the only real side preventing them getting to the QFs and beyond. 

Germany, Netherlands and France all sit in the one bracket and although France are clearly the strongest, cases can be made for all three and for now, we’ll watch how that side of the draw plays out.