World Cup betting<\/u><\/a> on Betway this morning, France is +450 to win the tournament, then Spain +500, England +800, Portugal +800, Argentina +1000, Brazil +1000, Germany +1400 and Netherlands +1800 (Cape Verde? +100000).<\/p>\nBelgium was expected to open with a win, but Egypt held them to a 1-1 draw yesterday. Saudi Arabia earned a huge point against Uruguay, a 1-1 tie. Uruguay entered the tournament as the clear favorite in Group H.<\/p>\n
New Zealand nearly pulled off an upset against Iran, settling for a 2-2 draw.<\/p>\n
Bottom line \u2013 no one seized control of Group G and Group H. Spain, Belgium, Uruguay, Iran were all betting favorites yesterday, all settled for draws.<\/p>\n
Some news headlines this morning. According to ESPN, the U.S. team\u2019s star attacker Christian Pulisic trained away from the core team yesterday as he recovers from a calf injury, with U.S. manager Mauricio Pochettino saying Pulisic was \u201cgood\u201d, without elaborating. The Americans play Australia Friday in Seattle. Pulisic told reporters a few days ago he got a kick to the calf in the first match against Paraguay, adding he didn\u2019t think it was anything to be worried about.<\/p>\n
According to media reports, Neymar (calf injury) is not expected to return for Brazil until the knockout stages.<\/p>\n
On the Canada front, Canadian Press reported that captain Alphonso Davies, working through a hamstring injury, remained limited in World Cup training yesterday. Canada plays its second group match Thursday in Vancouver against Qatar (Canada is -400 at Betway, Qatar +900, Draw +475).<\/p>\n
Today, three matches are on the docket, led by tournament betting favorites France and Argentina.<\/p>\n
France plays Senegal, 3 p.m. EST, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey.<\/p>\n
On Betway, France is -236, Senegal +600, with odds of a draw at +350.<\/p>\n
Then, at 6 p.m. EST, Iraq plays Norway, at Gillette Stadium, in Foxborough, Massachusetts. On Betway, Norway is the big favorite at -500, with Iraq at +1100, and odds for a draw is +550.<\/p>\n
Finally, in primetime, 9 p.m. EST, Argentina plays Algeria, at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. On Betway, Argentina is -250, Algeria +650, and odds for a draw at +350.<\/p>\n
France to win over Senegal, is the best overall bet. Senegal is a solid African side, but France should control possession, with the best attacking talent in the tournament (Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9, Michael Olise and D\u00e9sir\u00e9 Dou\u00e9) leading to high-quality chances. Plus, Spain\u2019s stumble is a jolt of confidence for the France side.<\/p>\n
Senegal is a tough opponent, though, so maybe look at Both Teams to Score, at -106. Mbapp\u00e9 is -134 in the anytime goalscorer market.<\/p>\n
At Betway, Erling Haaland is -250 to score anytime and +150 to score the first goal of the match.<\/p>\n
On the total, Over 2.5 goals is priced at -118 in the Argentina-Algeria match, while Over 3.5 goals is available at +210. Argentina has enough firepower to score three goals on their own, and if Algeria falls behind the match early, things could open up fast.<\/p>\n
Lionel Messi, 20 years since his World Cup debut, is back for one last kick, leading the defending champions. Messi is -115 to score anytime today at Betway.<\/p>\n"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118936,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118935\/revisions\/118936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}