With so many top sides dropping out of this summer’s World Cup, the path seems to be clear for pre-tournament favourites Brazil to take advantage. On Monday, Tite’s side take on Mexico for the right to progress to the quarter finals and, as often happens, the focus is on one player in particular. Neymar scored […]

Brazil now find themselves as very strong favourites to win the World Cup after so many major teams have fallen away. In the last few days, Germany, Spain, Portugal and Argentina have all been eliminated and many punters are finding it tough to look beyond the South Americans right now. The Brazilian squad will be […]

While neither team was at their best during the group stages of Russia 2018, France and Argentina have the capacity to lift their game on Saturday night to give us the best tie of the Round of 16. With Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero facing Antoine Griezmann and Olivier Giroud on the other side of […]

At first glance, this may be one of the easier Round of 16 matches to predict at this summer’s World Cup. Croatia made it through Group D with ease and a 100% record of three wins from three and are now clear favourites to go one better and qualify for the quarter finals. Denmark, meanwhile, […]

Croatia were one of the most impressive teams in the group phase of Russia 2018, winning all three of their matches while overcoming group favourites Argentina with an emphatic 3-0 scoreline. Their reward is a Round of 16 tie against Denmark in Nizhny Novgorod on Sunday and the Eastern Europeans are favourites to progress to […]

With the group phase of this year’s World Cup finally coming to an end, the Round of 16 games are starting to fill up and the knockout stage begins this Saturday. Getting us underway in Sochi are Uruguay and Portugal who experienced mixed fortunes at the start of the tournament. The Uruguayans finished top of […]

As we move into the last 16 of this year’s World Cup, many of the initial knockout ties look too close to call. In contrast, this match between host nation Russia and 2010 winners Spain has a clear favourite but will the Spanish justify their odds and come through to deliver a profit? If you’re […]

With England in such sparkling form at the start of Russia 2018, the bookmakers are tying a number of enhanced odds deals to the Three Lions but this offer from Coral will be tough to beat. It’s a new customer promotion with a mighty price of 66/1 available if England come through and beat Belgium […]

Both England and Belgium are through to the Round of 16, having taken maximum points from their opening two games at Russia 2018. With the teams in top form, neither will be too concerned over their potential opponents in that knockout stage but it will be important to seal a win and secure a psychological […]

With Group F favourites Germany finding a last gasp winner against the Swedes on Saturday, this could be a ‘Winner Takes all Match’ in Yekaterinburg on Wednesday evening. Mexico have a better goal difference and maximum points from two games so they are favourites but Sweden can progress if they win by two clear goals. […]