3 more games to go and than we will know who will be the next World Champion!
I we take a look at the semi finalist, we have 2 countries who already have won a World Championship, and 2 who didn't!
France did win in 1998 at home soil and was runner-up in 2006!
England did lift the trophy in 1966 but never managed to reach another semi final!
The best Result for Belgium was the fourth place in 1986 in Mexico and Croatia did managed to get third at the World Cup in France!
The favorites according to the bookies!
As you can see, France is the bookies favorite! The reason that England stands above Belgium has nothing to do with the qualities of the team but because they have an easier semi final than Belgium has!
It is easy to say that Belgium of France will be the favorite in the Final!
But both Semis will be close games! But most of us will see the Semi between Belgium and France as a the final before the final!
France vs Belgium!
Road to the final for France:
- Won against Australia with 2 - 0
- Won against Peru with 1 - 0
- Draw against Denmark: 0 - 0
- Eliminated Argentina with 4 - 3
- Defeated Uruguay in the Quarter with 2 - 0
Stats: 4 wins, 1 draw, 9 scored, 3 against, 4 clean sheets!
Road to the final for Belgium:
- Won against Panama 3 - 0
- Won against Tunisia with 5 - 2
- Won against England with 1 - 0
- Comeback of the tournament against Japan with 3 - 2
- Eliminated Brazil with 2 - 1
Stats: 5 wins, 14 goals scored, 5 against, 2 clean sheets!
Both countries did eliminated one of the favorites at the beginning of the tournament!
Both team have more qualities in the offense than in the defensive. But I do think that the defensive will win the game! For me the Belgium defense seems a little bit more solid than the one of France! Both teams for sure will score! Belgium will miss meunier for this game but he will probably be replaced by Vermaelen, maybe indicating that Belgium will play with 4 defenders at a line!
Belgium has scored 2 goals or more in 4 of their 5 games, France has scored in all eliminations games at least 2 times!
I do think that the over 2.5 goals will be a good bet here, nitrogensports.eu offer this bet at odds of 2.151!
Lars Supertips!
He is already assured a profit with his correct score bets during this world cup! And he nailed one again with the 2 - 0 victory of England.
- France vs Belgium: 1 - 3
He thinks that Belgium will take a lead of 1 - 2 and that France will go into full attacking mode, running into a deadly counter attack of Belgium!
And you?
What do you think about the first Semi final? Do you expect plenty of goals? Will Lars strike again? Will the winner of this world cup also win the final?
I would love to hear!
Keep the faith,
Peter
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