Fifa World Cup, June and July Football

Quill wrote:

Bookie Basher wrote:

Quill wrote:

Spain + France + England to maOke the Quarter Finals @5.25

Out of interest, where did you manage to place that bet Quill?
I seem to be struggling to find a bookie that will allow me to pair up multi's for respective teams to reach the quarters.

Bet365
Much appreciated!
 

Mexico v South Africa, Thursday's opening match preview  is available here

Although I think it will be tough going I'm not quite as pessimistic about Bafana's chances here. Mexico have some good prep results whilst SA's were poor but not sure that Mexico squad should be feared.

Punchers chance for a draw at 7/2 but will probably take most of these early matches to small stakes. 

pools outright acca - all to win their pools - 

brazil
switzerland
england
portugal
argentina
netherlands
spain
france
germany  

@ 25/1

Friday 12th June action Group A South Korea v Czech Republic in the early hours and Group B Canada v Bosnia & Herzegovina at night. 

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South Korea v Czech Republic, Patrik Schick to score the first goal boosted to 23/4 with  Sportingbet 

Canada v Bosnia & Herzegovina, Multi scores Canada to win 1-0, 2-0 or 3-0 at 39/20 with  Sportingbet

For anyone in SA that likes to bet on player props for the world cup, such as goalscorer, player shots, fouls, cards, etc, I see that Sunbet is offering a Super Sub feature now. Similar to how it is overseas with bet365 and Paddy Power, if your player gets subbed without completing the specific line, the betslip is still active as the bet is transferred to the substitue player. 

Seems a nice feature for those that are actually not limited at Sunbet 

Vin Naidoo wrote:

Seems a nice feature for those that are actually not limited at Sunbet 

and those you can probably count with the fingers of one hand

Settled on the following outrights

GROUPS

Bafana  nil points  @  8/1  

Highest scoring group  J  @  8/1  Last match of group phase Argentina v Jordan so bet is live to end.

Following on South's take - Group winners
Switzerland/Germany/Netherlands/Belgium/Spain/France/Argentina/Portugal  @  17/1


TOURNAMENT

Goalkeeper assist - Yes  @  4/1  Sucker bet per Kompost so should keep me entertained till the end

Player of the Tournament
Dembele  @  25/1   Reasonable odds for the Ballon dÓr winner

To make the finals
Spain/Argentina  @  16/1
Spain/Portugal  @  20/1
France/Argentina  @  25/1
France/Portugal  @  28/1
 

 

Saturday's matches USA v Paraguay, Qatar v Switzerland and Brazil v Morocco. General point, if you are not following the tournament closely but looking to have a bet please check your kick off times as some of these matches start in  the early hours of the morning. 

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Group D USA v Paraguay 
Match result draw at 24/10 with  Sportingbet 

Group B Qatar v Switzerland 
To win both halves, Switzerland? Yes at 29/20 with  Hollywoodbets   

Group C Brazil v Morocco  
Player to be carded Ayyoub Bouaddi at 39/20 with  Hollywoodbets  

 

Would not be me if I did not have at least one ridiculously long odds shot in a tournament.

Quadruple on four group straights
A   Mexico - South Korea
D   Turkey - USA
I   France - Senegal
J   Argentina - Algeria
 lands  @  276/1

Very little enthusiasm for the World Cup ATM. Almost zero jeopardy for any above average team to get out of the group has definitely not helped, and  going through the seemingly endless amount of betting markets feels like a real chore. I'm planning on doing most of my betting on a day to day basis, but betfair exchange over some big prices on the top scorer outrights.

Haaland top scorer @ 18/1 - great form for Country, Norway also like they might get a fairly decent route to the quarters. Should be involved in the majority of Norway goals.

Raphinha top scorer @ 29/1 ew - don't think Brazil can win it but will play offensive football. Could score a load of goals in the group stage against Hati and Scotland.

Doku top scorer @ 129/1 ew - absolutely massive price ( next best is around 60/1 ). Belgium have little chance of beating one of the big teams, but their group is by far the easiest and the route to the quarters looks potentially decent.

The winner of every WC thus far had been coached by a local born coach. Eliminates quite a few teams if one pays a lot of attention to this stat. I asked AI to give me all the teams at this years tournament with a local born coach and this was the answer:

Argentina, Australia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cape Verde Islands, Croatia, Czechia, Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, Iran, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Senegal, South Korea & Switzerland.

Argentina Outright 21/2 @ BetXchange appeals. 

@ JT
can't fully trust these Artificial Insemination guys 
What about Spain? and even Ivory Coast

• Spain: Luis de la Fuente was born in Haro, Spain. He is a textbook home-born appointment who spent decades coaching Spain's youth national teams before stepping up to lead the senior squad to their Euro 2024 trophy.
• Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire): Emerse Faé holds Ivorian citizenship and represents the country internationally, though his background has a slight technical twist. He was actually born in Nantes, France, to Ivorian parents. He played for France at the youth level but chose to represent the Ivory Coast at the senior international level (even playing for them in the 2006 World Cup). Because he is an Ivorian citizen who played for the national team and took over to lead them to their recent Africa Cup of Nations glory, footballing-wise, he is proudly counted as one of their own!

Thanks @ Kompos. Yeah can't fully trust this AI. I even asked it to verify this using reputable sites like soccerway, transfermarket etc. and it still missed Spain and Ivory Coast. Happy with those odds on Argentina. Spain a big runner for tournament winner.  

Haiti v Scotland, Australia v Turkey, Germany v Curacao and Netherlands v Japan all coming up throughout Sunday.

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Group C Haiti v Scotland 
Scotland to win and over 2.5 total goals at 1.45/1 with  Lucky Fish

Group D Australia v Turkey 
Turkey to win by 1 goal exactly at 2.55/1 with  Lucky Fish  

Group E Germany v Curacao
First goal method, by a header at 36/10 with  Pokerbet   

Group F Netherlands v Japan
Netherlands total corners over 5.5 at even money with  Pokerbet   

Mexico vs South Africa

Bet365 has this Mega Boost offer - Mexico to score one goal from odds 1.14 to $2.00!!
I took it, of course.

betxchange are betting to 100.88% on tonight's match
I've NEVER seen this - of course I don't check soccer betting that often, but this is crazy
compared to 104.4% to the next best and worse from the fleecers

Monday 15th June matches, Ivory Coast v Ecuador, Sweden v Tunisia, Spain v Cape Verde, Belgium v Egypt and Saudi Arabia v Uruguay

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Group E Ivory Coast v Ecuador  
Any time goalscorer Amad Diallo at 37/10 with  Betway   

Group F Sweden v Tunisia  
Sweden to win at 9/10 with  Betway   

Group H Spain v Cape Verde  
Multi scores, Spain to win 1-0, 2-0 or 3-0 at 12/10 with  Betway     

Group G Belgium v Egypt  
Match result draw at 11/4 with  Betway    

Group H Saudi Arabia v Uruguay  
Total match goals, under 2.5 at 8/10 with  Betway  

Newsletter bet arrives Mexico and BTTS NO but man Bafana were awful - our goalie almost got a couple of assists into his own net 

Really, really poor from Bafana, I didn't think Mexico were anything too special but we made them look like champs.

Tuesday 16th June including Iran vs New Zealand, France vs Senegal and Iraq vs Norway 

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Group G Iran v New Zealand 
Any time goalscorer Chris Wood at 26/10 with  Hollywoodbets 

Group I France v Senegal 
Both teams to score? Yes at 11/10 with  Hollywoodbets

Group I Iraq v Norway 
Norway total goals 3 or more at 19/20 with  Hollywoodbets