Football Accumulator Tips: Massive Bet Builder Double For Friday's World Cup Quarter Finals
It is finally business time at the 2022 World Cup. Friday sees four World Cup heavyweights clash, with just two set to advance to the semi finals in midweek. Brazil and Argentina are favourites to go through, but particularly the latter know they are in for a tough game.
Here at BettingOdds we've taken a look through the player based markets and picked out a gigantic 140/1 betbuilder across both games, with a player backed to score and another backed to be carded in both of Friday's clashes...
Friday World Cup Acca Tips
Brazil have been by far the standout side of the World Cup to date, with their first half performance against South Korea in the round of sixteen one of the greatest halves of international football by any side from any era at a World Cup.
They are fully worthy of their place as short-priced favourites for a record-extending sixth World Cup triumph in Qatar, and should in truth make lightwork of a spirited but aging Croatia side who laboured to a penalty shootout success over Japan last time out.
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There was some conjecture before the tournament kicked off over who should lead the Brazilian line between Spurs and Arsenal men Richarlison and Gabriel Jesus.
It was Richarlison who got the nod from Tite and he justified his coach's faith in spades with a stunning double in their opening game.
Jesus sadly got injured in their dead rubber game in the group stages when Tite rotated his squad, but this means Richarlison is almost guaranteed to start and play 90 minutes in this quarter final, and is a major contender in the Golden Boot Betting.
He is in the form of his life, supported by elite talent like Vinicius JR, Raphinha and of course Neymar, and we expect Brazil to stroll past Croatia.
Anything above even money looks a belting price for the former scouse bus driver to bag another World Cup goal.
As discussed in the opening paragraph, this Brazil team look at least as good as the 2002 vintage that romped to World Cup glory in Japan and Korea. The Croatian defence will undoubtedly be under the cosh from the first whistle and one man we expect to be given the run around is the Croatian left back - expected to return to the side after missing out through illness against Japan - Borna Sosa.
The Stuttgart left back looks likely to be tasked with shackling Barcelona livewire Raphinha down Brazil's right flank.
Fans of the Premier League know all about Raphinha's tricks and penchant for landing his opposite full back in hot water due to his time at Leeds United, but the tricky wide man has taken his game to another level and is undoubtedly now one of the world's top right wingers.
He is keeping £85m man Antony on the bench for his country and it's easy to see why with his dazzling displays so far this tournament. With Brazil expected to have all of the ball and Croatia be pegged back in their own half for much of the afternoon, Sosa will surely resort to illegal maneuvers to stop Raphinha and is a good bet at 7/2 (bet365) to be carded.
Cody Gakpo is the Dutch top scorer so far in the tournament with 3 goals and has looked like their main threat throughout the campaign in Qatar.
Despite not hitting the target last time out in the round of sixteen, Gakpo still caused chaos for the American defence with his pace and power and he looks way overpriced at 7/2 to hit his fourth goal against Argentina. Obviously taking on the Argentinians will be the Dutch's toughest test to date, but they are also the stiffest opponent for their opposition and with a wide array of threats Gakpo can profit.
He is a threat off both feet and in the air, which can come in handy when expert delivery from Denzel Dumfries amongst others is on hand. and with Argentina's defence struggling for coherency expect the Dutch to at least wipe out their clean sheet. If they do, Gakpo is the most appealing bet to do so and with this huge-looking price, he is in as the third leg of our Friday bet building four fold.
Completing this massively priced bet builder, we are siding with Enzo Fernandez to get booked at 13/5 (bet365).
Since forcing his way into the Argentinian starting 11, the Benfica midfielder has shone for his country and inspired a turnaround in their fortunes (along with a certain Lionel Messi). Prior to the World Cup Fernandez was already one of the most exciting midfield prospects in the world, but this has undoubtedly been a breakout tournament.
He faces an almost unique test against the Netherlands on Friday when expected to contain one of the most press-resistant midfielders around in Frenkie De Jong. Barcelona's unwanted man over the summer is one of the Dutch stars and with our expectation being this will be a close but entertaining game, expect him to make plenty of marauding runs into the Argentinian half.
Fernandez will be tasked with stopping him before he gets going, and we can envisage plenty of tactical fouls in this scenario which will eventually bring a booking from the official.