Argentina vs. Croatia Bet Builder Tips: Modric to rack up the fouls in 12/1 treble

We are now down to just four, and the first of the World Cup semi-finals will be played on Tuesday with Argentina taking on Croatia. Here at BettingOdds.com, we’ve put together our best Bet Builder tips for the occasion.
Argentina vs Croatia Odds
Lionel Scaloni’s men were involved in another dramatic game at the World Cup on Friday evening as The Netherlands scored two late goals to take the quarter-final clash into extra time.
Argentina managed to prevail on penalties and are now the 13/8 second favorites behind France to lift the trophy on Sunday 18 December.
Remarkably for a country of just 3.9 million people, Croatia will be looking to reach their second consecutive World Cup final, with a repeat of the 2018 renewal against Les Bleus on the cards.
The Checkered Ones have already claimed one big South American scalp after seeing off Brazil on penalties in the last-eight and their goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic is now the 7/4 favourite to win the Golden Glove award.
Argentina vs Croatia Bet Builder Tips
Luka Modic has been exceptional at the World Cup so far and can be backed at 20/1 to win the Golden Ball, however we are kicking off our Bet Builder on Tuesday with the midfielder to commit Over 1.5 fouls.
No Croatian player has made more fouls at the tournament than Modric (12), and his totals from the five matches he has featured in read: 4,3,1,2,3.
Argentina also have the most fouled player at the World Cup in Lionel Messi (19) which could well lead to an increase in fouls from the Croatians. With a place in the final on the line, 5/4 for a selection that has landed in four of Modric’s five matches so far in Qatar looks a good value proposition.
Sticking with the player fouls market and the next selection we have sided with is for Ivan Perisic to commit Over 1.5 fouls. In both of Croatia’s knockout matches so far at this tournament Perisic has cleared the 1.5 line, with two against Japan in the round of 16, before another three against Brazil in the quarters.
When looking at common culprits when it comes to fouls for Croatia at the World Cup, only Luka Modric (12) and Marcelo Brozovic (11) have racked up more than Ivan Perisic (10). A player who wears his heart on his sleeve and will be using all those years of experience to try and propel his team to a second consecutive final
Rounding off this trio of picks is Lionel Messi to get his name on the scoresheet anytime inside 90 minutes. No player has let off more shots so far in Qatar than Messi (25), and he’s sure to be leading the charge in pursuit of that elusive World Cup that would be the icing on the cake to what has been a phenomenal career.
Only Kylian Mbappe (5) has scored more goals than Messi so far (4) and the Argentine can be backed at 3/1 to win the Golden Boot. As always, Messi will also be on free-kick and penalty duty for his national side and adding him to score with the two selections above takes us up to a very backable 12/1.
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