World Cup Experts' Best Bets: 18/1 quarter finals acca
Sports Journalist at FST, Gareth qualified as a journalist after graduating from university and spent over a decade as a freelance broadcast journalist, commentator and tipster before joining FST. Now living in Manchester, he is a long suffering Bolton Wanderers fan who also enjoys boxing, the NBA, tennis and rugby league.
We’ve reached the business end of the World Cup with just eight teams remaining and we’ve called on our team of experts for their best bets ahead of the quarter finals.
They’ve combined for an 18/1 accumulator tip, which can be backed below or by heading to our Football Tips page.
18/1 World Cup Experts’ Best Bets Accumulator
Alex Wrigley
France vs Morocco – France over 1.5 team goals @ 8/11 with bet365
Morocco’s incredible run at the 2022 World Cup ended in a 2-0 defeat to France, and Les Bleus can continue their quest for a second successive World Cup final appearance with a comfortable win on Thursday.
Didier Deschamps’ side showed maturity to deal with Paraguay’s shenanigans in the last 16 and have scored 14 goals in their five matches this tournament. They have scored at least twice in four of their five meetings with Morocco, who were not as dominant as the scoreline suggests against Canada.
Gareth Freeman
Spain vs Belgium – Spain -1 @ 13/8 with bet365
Belgium played with a swagger in their 4-1 thrashing of co-hosts USA but any optimism could disappear quite quickly when they come up against an impenetrable Spanish defence.
Spain haven’t conceded a goal at the World Cup and have only faced five shots on target. Their attack hasn’t been quite at the same level, but their solid defence gives them a platform for victory over a Belgium side who have conceded a few cheap goals in the tournament.
La Roja overcame Portugal 1-0 in the previous round and their Iberian rivals are probably a level above Belgium, Luis de la Fuente may be able to win with a bit more room to spare against the Red Devils and they can cover a -1 handicap.
Joe Casey
Norway vs England – Both teams to score and over 2.5 goals @ 1/1 with bet365
Norway and England both progressed from entertaining round-of-16 clashes to reach the last eight, where they face off in Miami.
Erling Haaland’s brilliance helped fire the Scandinavians to their first ever World Cup quarter-final but they have looked open at the back. Both teams have scored in 11 of their last 12 games and this clash looks set to follow suit.
England have been similarly open at the back, they have conceded five times in their last five games, and their games against bigger teams have been particularly end-to-end.
The Three Lions come here on the back of a pulsating 3-2 win over Mexico and this game is fancied to also see both teams score and produce over 2.5 goals.
Henry Hardwicke
Argentina vs Switzerland – Switzerland/draw double chance @ 11/10 with bet365
Argentina have made heavy weather of beating Cape Verde and Egypt in the knockout rounds of the World Cup and La Seleccion are not a convincing betting proposition against Switzerland.
The South Americans have been able to call on the brilliant Lionel Messi to get them through, but the point may have been reached where the 39-year-old cannot continue to bail out Lionel Scaloni’s suspect defence.
Argentina have conceded five goals in their last three matches against Jordan, Cape Verde and Egypt and Switzerland rate an upgrade on those teams.
The Swiss are a solid side, who have conceded only three goals in five World Cup games and Granit Xhaka is capable of controlling the midfield against Argentina.
The A-Team will hope to have star performer Johan Manzambi back from injury, but either way, Switzerland are fancied to keep Argentina at bay.
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