England vs. France Bet Builder Tips: Maguire to be carded in 61/1 double

England take on France in a huge World Cup quarter-final match on Saturday night and here at BettingOdds.com we’ve put together our Best Builder tips in the form of a 61/1 shout with Paddy Power. 

Gareth Southgate’s side booked their place in the last-eight of the tournament thanks to a commanding performance after putting to bed the nerves of the first thirty minutes. The Three Lions now have the chance to reach the semi-finals of a major tournament on three consecutive occasions and the nation will hold its breath as they do battle with a dangerous looking France side on Saturday.

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The current World Champions have now reached the quarter-finals in five of the last seven renewals and have also managed eight victories in their last 10 knockout matches against European sides. France will also take confidence from the fact that they have only lost in one of the last eight matches against England, but are yet to keep a clean sheet at this tournament. 

Taking a look at the odds to qualify for the last-four and the bookmakers have made France the 8/11 favourites, while England can be backed at 11/10.

The first of two selections in this 61/1 Bet Builder for England against France is for Harry Maguire to be carded. A player notorious with card-collecting in recent years Maguire has been shown a yellow in three of his four Premier League matches this season for Manchester United.

The centre-back was also booked this term in his only appearance in the Carabao Cup and in the 2020/2021 season, only one player in John McGinn (12), picked up more bookings than Maguire(11) in the entire campaign. 

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At last summer’s European Championships, Maguire was shown a yellow card in the Round of 16, the semi-final, and in the final against Italy. If we could have a bet on just one England player being carded against a tricky France attack, it would be Maguire. 

It’s been some tournament so far for Kylian Mbappe and we are backing him to score two more goals on Saturday evening. With five goals, Mbappe is the leading goalscorer in Qatar, he also ranks 1st for shots taken (21), and 1st for touches in the opposition box (46).

It’s quite scary to think that Mbappe could potentially lift the World Cup trophy for a second time at just the age of 23 and England must stop him if they are to prevail here. Mbappe has a remarkable 33 international goals for France and has scored two or more on six occasions throughout his international career. 

In Qatar, Mbappe has bagged himself a brace against Denmark and Poland who are both no pushovers and if England start like they did against Senegal, they will be punished. Combining Maguire to be carded with Mbappe to score 2+ goals pays 61/1 with Paddy Power, compared to just 44/1 with bet365 and 35/1 with Unibet. 

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