Netherlands vs. Argentina Bet Builder Tips: Otamendi to be carded in 25/1 poke
Lionel Messi will play potentially his last ever World Cup game on Friday evening as the Netherlands face Argentina in a mouthwatering quarter-final clash. That is of course if Scaloni’s side do not advance to the semi’s and here at BettingOdds.com we’ve put together our best Bet Builder tips in the form of a three-pronged 25/1 punt.
Netherlands vs Argentina Odds
Louis van Gaal’s side cruised past the USA in the round of 16 with a rather comfortable 3-1 victory. Denzel Dumfires put in one of the performances of the tournament providing two assists as well as getting on the scoresheet to take his team's unbeaten run in all competitions to 19 matches.
The Orange have now reached the quarter-final stage in four of their last five World Cup tournaments and still boast the title of the biggest footballing nation never to lift the trophy.
It was almost inevitable that Lionel Messi would steal the headlines in Argentina’s knockout clash with Australia as The Goat once again showed his brilliance by scoring the opening goal of the game in what turned out to be a 2-1 victory.
The monkey on Messi’s back over Maradona winning the World Cup and him not doing so will remain unless he can lift the trophy on December 18th, but Argentina must first navigate their way through this tricky-looking tie.
The bookmakers go a general 8/13 that Argentina advance to the last-four, while the Netherlands can be sided with at 13/10 with be365.
Netherlands vs Argentina Bet Builder Tips
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We are kicking off proceedings with Cody Gakpo to register one or more shots on target in the match.
One of the stand-out players at the tournament so far, Gakpo’s purple patch in front of goal came to an end with him not finding the net for the fourth consecutive game against the USA, however we believe he will be one of the biggest threats Argentina need to worry about on Friday.
In the Eredivisie this season Gakpo has registered 24 shots on target in just 14 appearances and at 27/20 to land 1+, he looks a good value prospect.
Next up it’s back to that man, Lionel Messi. No introduction needed here, Messi has scored in three of his four matches so far at this tournament. He has let off 12 shots across his last two matches alone and will be on penalty duty for Argentina as usual.
Rounding off this trio of picks is Nicolas Otamendi to be carded.
Now in the latter stages of his career at the age of 34, Otamendi is no stranger to a booking. In his last 67 league appearances for Benfica, he has been shown a yellow card on 24 occasions, a ratio of well under one in three. The centre-back has also been sent off in the Portuguese top-flight earlier this season and should be given a good test by Memphis Depay and Cody Gakpo.
This Bet Builder pays just 15/1 with Skybet and 18/1 with bet365, so we’d certainly recommend heading over to BetUK and taking the 25/1 here.
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