With the Tournament now less than 70 days away, Betfair previews the betting odds, tips and predictions. Matches will be played across eight different stadiums; all featuring state-of-the-art air-condition systems to try and shield players from potentially stifling conditions. When you examine the quality of players likely to be called-up across each of the top chances, you quickly begin to realise how evenly contested this tournament will likely be.
Looking at how the key chances qualified for the Tournament: Die Mannschaft Germany and the Danes both collected 27 points a-piece from their UEFA group qualification matches; with England following closely behind with 26 points. They will knock England out in the quarter final sorry , Portugal in the semi and then either Argentina or Germany in the final.
Didier Deschamps has been at the helm for a decade which is almost unheard of in World football and oversaw their dominant performances at the FIFA World Cup. He has introduced fresh talent into the mix since the victory; with the likes of Tchouameni and Camavinga both at Real Madrid and complementing established stars in their midfield. They also have multiple, proven routes to goal. Whilst Ronaldo is now 37 and is struggling for gametime at club, he was the golden boot winner at Euro and will probably turn it on in surely his last international tournament.
When you cast your eye across the players likely to represent the broader squad, the Portuguese have exceptional depth across all areas of the park with household names at the likes of PSG, Manchester City and Wolves. Worth a nibble at a price! Having topped their AFC qualifying group against the likes of Japan and the Socceroos, we fancy their chances of surprising a few.
The Saudis will likely have strong representation in the stadiums and are capable of demonstrating technical ability that is equal to stronger European nations. Trying to pick a player where there is a disproportionate reliance on them as an avenue to goal is always tricky, as is establishing first choice penalty takers. I think that Argentina will go deep in this tournament, hopefully deep enough for Inter Milan star Lautaro Martinez to pinch the golden boot.
In his last 14 outings for Argentina, Martinez has scored an impressive 10 goals — which included a few games where he played less than an hour. Harry Maguire is somewhat of a walking headline and is earning a reputation for some comical defending.
Jordan Pickford had an outstanding showing at the Euro tournament; however has been in and out of the squad since. Kane will no doubt score, but will this be enough to carry the team through the Tournament? Barca defensive lynchpin Ronald Araujo may miss the World Cup, which leaves them a bit thinner for quality at the back. Over to other threat Ghana- their story is similar.
Inaki Williams has been a star for Athelitco Bilbao and is a wildcard for Ghana. They have a blend of players across top leagues. My only real question mark is over the quality of their goalkeeping stocks. World cup qualifier performances The Socceroos were often frustrating to watch throughout qualifying, failing to either put teams away or conceding soft and critical goals through defensive lapses.
The loss to Japan in October Group B qualifiers seemed to knock the wind out of their sails, going on to then draw and lose to Saudi Arabia, draw with China and lose to Japan again. Japan have failed to keep a clean sheet in any of their last ten matches Belgium vs Japan Betting Tips Belgium finished top of Group G with three wins from three matches and with an unbeaten run stretching back to it is hard to see them not beating Japan.
Japan have not kept a clean sheet in any of their last ten games, so the likes of Romelu Lukaku should be licking his lips in anticipation of adding a few more goals in his charge for the golden boot. They were fortunate that Colombia were down to ten men for almost all of their opening fixture — though they took advantage well to win — but it has become obvious since that 11v11 would have made for a very different story.
With a vulnerable defence up against one of the most potent attacking line-ups in the tournament, who have not been beaten for nearly two years and have scored for fun in recent matches apart from against England, when they rested players you can not see this match ending any other way. Belgium should beat Japan and score a few goals in the process too — as they did against Panama and Tunisia.
Belgium have scored plenty of goals of late, meanwhile, and over 2. With Romelu Lukaku fit again, they should win and win comfortably. After missing the first two matches, Martinez also gave playing time to defensive duo Thomas Vermaelen and Vincent Kompany with at least one set to slot in against Japan with Belgium back to full strength.
Belgium Key Players Romelu Lukaku striker — Scored four goals in first two games and is now a serious golden boot contender. Eden Hazard winger — Two goals against Tunisia took him to 24 in 88 international appearances before he was rested against England. They beat debutants Panama in their first game thanks to three second-half goals — a Dries Mertens strike and two from Romelu Lukaku. They then rested players against a similarly second-string England team and Adnan Januzaj scored the only goal of the game.
Belgium Team Form Having not lost since August , Belgium football team have also now won five matches in a row having beaten Egypt and Costa Rica in their final two World Cup warm-up matches. Their thre egroup stage wins followed to ensure a goalless draw with Portugal is the only match Belgium have not won in their last eight games.
They are likely to revert back to their original XI, however, not least because striker Shinji Okazaki hobbled off injured on his first start of the tournament.
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Belgium vs Bosnia-Herzegovina Predictions This summer showed that Belgium have a lot of attacking talent. Their problem was organisational. Why on earth they then appointed Roberto Martinez is a mystery. The new coach was booed in his first game after a defeat by Spain, in which the Belgians looked incredibly average.