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The 2018 FIFA World Cup Final will take place on July 15th, 2018 between France and Croatia.
It’s not a big surprise to see France here. They were 4th favourites to win the World Cup prior to it beginning. Croatia were down the table at approximately 10th favourites depending on the sportsbook at odds of 33/1.
France won Group C which also featued Denmark, Peru and Australia to get to the knockout stages of the World Cup. They then proceeded to beat 2 South American teams in Argentina (4-3) and Uruguay (2-0) before a solid 1-0 victory over Belgium to make it to the final.
Croatia won all three of their group games against Argentina, Nigeria and Iceland. However the knockout stages were much tougher for them. They beat Denmark on penalties, Russia on penalties and then came from behind to beat England in extra time.
France vs Croatia Betting Odds:
France To Win: 1.90
Croatia To Win: 5.00
Draw: 3.30
(Odds on this page are correct as of 2018/07/12 8:46:09 PM EST but are subject to change)
France vs Croatia Analysis:
Must admit I don’t think this will be a good game.
Croatia are tempting at the odds however I do think they will have a lot of problems and can’t advise them. The fact is that offensively they are pretty damn good. I love the way they work the ball around in the box and they have to me looked like the most dangerous offensive team in the final third of the field.
But France look damn solid. They learnt their lesson against Portugal and we’ve seen how they are defensively. Other than that game against Argentina they have did a terrific job. I went into Belgium vs France praising Martinez and the fact is he did what he could in that one. He tried everything tactically but it wasn’t enough to break that very tight France team down.
Worse is when they were up 1-0 they knew how to handle it. They essentially had a 9-0-1 for the last portion of the game yet still stopped Belgium from attacking them strongly.
I’ll probably do a small bet of France to win in 90 minutes. The odds of them to lift the trophy are too low and I just think this is one big step too far for Croatia. France SHOULD be able to take this one.
Golden Ball Analysis:
I actually read something on reddit about this and it got me looking into it. Mbappe is a very heavy favourite at 1.90 odds for the Golden Ball but I’m doing a 5u bet on Modric.
Modric is a legend in the game. He’s a large reason that Croatia have made it this far. He’s the 2nd favourite to win the Golden Ball but I think deserves it much more than Mbappe.
Modric is a big team player. Mbappe has really did not much but score 3 goals. 2 of them were against Argentina in a game where Argentinas tactics were ridiculously bad and Mbappe was perfect to expose them. He really hasn’t earned the golden ball.
Mbappe should get the best young player award so that is good enough for him. You look at the individual player stats and Modric runs away with it. And winning or losing the final really isn’t a factor it seems.
So that’s my bet – that Modric wins Golden Ball for 5 units. You can bet this at https://www.Bovada.lv.
Now let’s hope for a good final although I don’t have my hopes up.
Following the World Cup I’ll probably take 1-2 days off then start with the daily soccer betting tips.
