World Cup betting

[valleys caveman]

Who is your money on?
I don't know much about international football, but it seems Germany are there or thereabouts when the big tournaments are played, so my £10 is going on them.

Outright winner:

Brazil 10/3
Argentina 11/2
France 8/1
England 8/1
Spain 8/1
Germany 10/1
Holland 13/1
Portugal 14/1
Belgium 18/1
Denmark 25/1
Uruguay 35/1
Croatia 50/1
Serbia 80/1
Switzerland 90/1
USA 125/1
Senegal 125/1
Wales 175/1
Poland 175/1
Ecuador 175/1
Mexico 175/1
Canada 300/1
Japan 300/1
Ghana 300/1
South Korea 300/1
Morocco 300/1
Cameroon 300/1
Qatar 425/1
Iran 500/1
Saudi Arabia 500/1
Costa Rica 500/1
Australia 500/1
Tunisia 500/1

Golden Boot:

Kane 7/1
Mbappe 7/1
Messi 10/1
Neymar 11/1
Lautaro Martinez 18/1
Lukaku 20/1
Depay 20 /1
Ronaldo 20/1
Lewandowski 33/1
Bale 50/1
Kieffer 150/1

Wales V USA:

Wales 23/10
USA 11/8
Draw 2/1.

[chrisp_1927]

Re: World Cup betting

I've had a bit of dough on gakpo (50/1) and de bruyne (80/1) for top scorer. Depay and Lukaku are injured for first 2 ganes so I think they will be the main men for Belgium and Netherlands. Both got weak looking groups so I'm hoping they fill their boots. Had a bit ew on mbappe at 9/1 aswell.


Jumped on France when they started drifting. Had 10.5 on Betfair yesterday

[valleys caveman]

Re: World Cup betting

A few movers and shakers so far.

Argentina from 11/2 to 9/1.
Belgium from 18/1 to 22/1.
Wales 175/1 to 300/1.

Wales v Iran

Wales 11/10
Iran 10/3
Draw 29/13

[valleys caveman]

Re: World Cup betting

I've had a bit of dough on gakpo (50/1) and de bruyne (80/1) for top scorer. Depay and Lukaku are injured for first 2 ganes so I think they will be the main men for Belgium and Netherlands. Both got weak looking groups so I'm hoping they fill their boots. Had a bit ew on mbappe at 9/1 aswell.


Jumped on France when they started drifting. Had 10.5 on Betfair yesterday

Your scorers are doing ok so far :thumbup:
France now second favorites at 7/1.

[Harry Bosch]

Re: World Cup betting

I couldn't see past Brazil with Neymar for the Golden Boot going into the tournament. But France were pretty impressive last night.

[The Bloop]

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Its difficult to gauge how well the favourites are doing when they have a comfortable victory over a lesser nation.
Yes, both France and England have had easy wins but England especially, showed signs of fragility at the back.
Would love to see Brazil have a really good tournament, playing some great football on the way.

[NYCBlue]

Re: World Cup betting

I lost $100 on Wales on Monday. I think I'll give it a rest for the remainder of the tournament.

[valleys caveman]

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I couldn't see past Brazil with Neymar for the Golden Boot going into the tournament. But France were pretty impressive last night.

Brazil to win WC and Neymar to win Golden Boot 20/1 (Bet365)

[BlueArmy 86]

Re: World Cup betting

Brazil to win WC and Neymar to win Golden Boot 20/1 (Bet365)

I've gone Argentina & Messi 28/1 (it was 40/1 a few days before)

Hoping the Saudi Arabia result puts a rocket up them

[Ninja]

Re: World Cup betting

There's no value in outright winners really but if I had to pick one, I'd probably be going France at this point.

[valleys caveman]

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Brazil v Serbia

Brazil 1/2
Serbia 7/1
Draw 7/2

Hat-trick

Neymar 33/1 (I think he needs 3 goals to beat Pele's record of 77)
Pedro 33/1
Richarlison 66/1
Jesus 66/1
Raphinha 80/1
Mitrovic 150/1

[Cardiff-Cal]

Re: World Cup betting

I had a fiver on Japan when they were 1-0 down the other day. 20/1.

I then put a tenner of those winnings on Spain to score 5+ goals v Costa Rica.

[Cardiff-Cal]

Re: World Cup betting

There's no value in outright winners really but if I had to pick one, I'd probably be going France at this point.

Pre tournament, I backed Spain at 8/1 which I thought was good value.

[valleys caveman]

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Wales v Iran

First goalscorer

Bale 17/4
Kieffer 6/1
No Goalscorer 7/1
Johnson 19/2
Ramsey 13/1
Wison 13/1
Harris 14/1
James 17/1
Colwill 24/1
Joniesta 40/1
Neco 55/1
Allen 90/1
Ampedu 180/1

Hat-trick

Bale 66/1
Kieffer 125/1
Johnson 175/1
James 250/1
Colwill 300/1
Wilson 300/1
Harris 325/1
Ramsey 400/1
Allen 750/1
Joniesta 750/1

[Ninja]

Re: World Cup betting

Pre tournament, I backed Spain at 8/1 which I thought was good value.

Can't argue with 8/1 as such, they are good odds of your confidence is high.
The issue for me is how many teams are in with a chance.
It's like betting on a horse race with 20 teams in it, you're probably better off looking to lump on something with an each-way punt in order to cover yourself.

Not sure what sort of bets are available, but say Spain are 8/1 and the bookies are paying a fifth of the odds if they make the semi's for example... £50 each way would cost you £100, but if they make the semi's, you'd at least get your £100 back. If they win, £450 back.

I tend to lean towards acca's on lower stakes but bigger value so betting outright isn't normally my thing as it requires bigger stakes.