Argentina vs. Australia Bet Builder Tips: 7/1 double makes appeal in last-16 clash
The second last-16 match taking place on Saturday is Argentina against Australia and once again we are here to provide you with our best bet builder tips for the occasion.
Argentina vs Australia Odds
After a humiliating defeat in their World Cup opener against Saudi Arabia, Argentina turned things around and managed to secure their place in the knockout stages, with a win over Mexico, before their best performance of the tournament so far in the 2-0 victory over Poland.
Australia have lost all four of their previous meetings with Argentina, however Graham Arnold’s side are riding the crest of a wave after beating Denmark to reach this stage of the tournament for only the second time in their history.
The Socceroos are also one of biggest priced sides to ever feature in a knockout stage of a World Cup after opening up at 20/1 to beat Argentina on Saturday. 16/1 is now the biggest price on show for them to do the job in 90 minutes, with the draw available at 6/1 and Argentina given an implied chance of victory of 83% with odds of 1/5.
Argentina vs Australia Bet Builder Tips
It may not feel like the most inspired selection but with Argentina expected to put a few past Australia on Saturday, we cannot keep away from having Lionel Messi to find the net anytime in the match.
Over 1.5 Argentina team goals is trading at just 4/11 for this game which gives an inclination of how the bookmakers are wary of Argentina racking up the goals against the Aussies. Lionel Messi proved he is human after all with his penalty miss against Poland but it’s worth noting that he still racked up four shots on target - no player has recorded more in a game so far in this tournament.
Messi found the net in Argentina’s opening two fixtures and with him being on penalty duty we are happy to include him here in this Bet Builder.
The other selection we have been drawn towards for this game is for Riley McGree to be carded. The midfielder who plys his trade in England was booked five times in just 13 league appearances for Birmingham City last season, having already amassed four in 16 starts for his new employers Middlesbrough in 2022/2023.
In Australia’s game against France Riley McGree made three fouls and was rather lucky to get away with not going into the book. He then followed that up with two fouls against Tunisia, before racking up another three in the final group game against Denmark.
All of those fouls have currently gone unpunished without a card for McGree and we think this is the game where his luck runs out. No player has committed more fouls at the tournament so far for Australia than McGree, and with this same double paying shorter than 4/1 with Betfair, we’d recommend taking the 7/1 on offer with Boyle Sports.
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