The last quarter final of this World Cup weekend takes place in Sochi on Saturday evening between host nation Russia and their Eastern European rivals Croatia. Both teams needed penalties to get past their previous opponents and many pundits are expecting an equally close contest here. It’s a tight call from a betting point of […]

Saturday’s World Cup action finishes with the second of two quarter finals and this clash between Brazil and Belgium has the potential to be one of the games of the tournament. Brazil have recovered from a slow start to gain momentum with a series of wins while the Belgians have been impressive from the very […]

England are through to the quarter finals of the 2018 World Cup via the unlikely route of a penalty shootout. Having lost in this fashion so many times in the past, some fans were stunned as the players kept their composure to overcome a resolute Colombian side. Next up for Gareth Southgate and his men […]

We’re at the quarter final stage of the 2018 World Cup and the round of Last Eight games gets underway on Friday with an absolute cracker. France and Uruguay both looked impressive as they eased past Argentina and Portugal respectively but at the end of this game, one of the more credible candidates to lift […]

The Round of 16 is finally complete and we now have just eight remaining teams left in the battle to become 2018 World Champions. Two of the most credible candidates for glory at Russia 2018 meet in Nizhny Novgorod on Friday afternoon with France and Uruguay facing off for the right to play either Brazil […]

For most of the group phase, France’s Kylian Mbappe, along with the majority of his teammates, was having a subdued World Cup but the PSG striker sprang into life in the Round of 16 game against Argentina. Two goals in that 4-3 victory takes Mbappe’s tally to three for the tournament and if he maintains […]

Tuesday’s early kick off at Russia 2018 features two sides who will hope to benefit from being placed in the weaker half of the draw. Few punters – if any – would have expected either Sweden or Switzerland to go deep into the tournament but they are now just one game away from the quarter […]

A nation is getting behind England and expecting their team to progress further into the knockouts after coming through the group stage with ease. However, for those who aren’t quite so convinced that the Three Lions are good enough to go further, there are some good prices available on Colombia to qualify. The open markets […]

England fans may have been disappointed with the defeat to Belgium last time out but that loss does hand their side with an easier passage through to the World Cup final. There’s a lot of football to be played before that can happen, however, and first up is a tricky Round of 16 tie against […]

Like a number of his teammates, England striker Harry Kane could only watch from the sidelines as his team went down 1-0 to Belgium in their final group game of Russia 2018. Now we enter the knockouts and after that rest, the Spurs man will be back and ready to play a key role as […]