World Cup Best Bets?

Scotland also disadvantaged at being in an early group , which is why i have always been against the idea of best 3rd place finishers , the teams in the later groups in 3rd place will know what they need .

just been doing some work on wc and discovered in second round Iran could play USA and Argentina could play Uruguay.

Baldyfred shops doing a boost each day leading up to the start

Today's was
Spain
France
England
All to reach the quarter finals....7s

I had a bit on,  thought it was a decent price

Good price Reg

BTW, Baldyfred daily World Cup Countdown boosts also available online as well as in shops

Today's is the 3 host countries, Mexico Canada USA, all to win their opening games...6/1

fred going 6/1 today only, usa canada and mexico 6/1 to win opening games, on here less than 5/1

It was me that put up the no new winner banker for money buyers. 2/5 really looks value.
Someone mentioned Portugal as a threat but they will win nothing while Ronaldo keeps playing.
Holland are the only fly in the ointment I can see given their pedigree (in making finals at least) so the sooner they go out, the sooner you can start counting your winnings.

Sports book going Kane 1.5 to be England's top scorer in the tournament.

Spreads,,,,,over 286 goals,,104 games,,includes extra time,,,,

U.S.A. looks a good lay in group D,,,@ 2.7

Baldy boost today...

15/2 England to win outright

yes ive layed usa also- son of shiner

Jun 5, 2026 -- 12:01PM, Platini wrote:

It was me that put up the no new winner banker for money buyers. 2/5 really looks value.Someone mentioned Portugal as a threat but they will win nothing while Ronaldo keeps playing.Holland are the only fly in the ointment I can see given their pedigree (in making finals at least) so the sooner they go out, the sooner you can start counting your winnings.

Ecuador has never won

for anyone who missed reggies 7,s for eng,pain,France making quarter finals,its skybet special today at 6,s

terrible value, but freds  boost today 4/1 from 9/4 ,  1 plus goals in All group matches

Terrible but they will get takers , 72 games without a 0-0 , should be a million to 1

imho, 0-0 is going to be very profitable this tournament

Yes, elisjohn, saw that "offer" in baldy shop this morning
Didn't even post it cos i thought it was that bad
Also, where do they get the original 9/4 from?

if you think it a million have a few quid on   0  v  0,on every game, what's the spread on nil  v  nil,
think there was an early boost of everyteam to score at 4,s with skybet, 32 are qualifying so you,d expect them to get at least 1, leaves you with 16, 12 3rd place team likely to score,leaves you with 12 btm group teams

1.06 Acca 72 matches is about 66/1 and they offer 4/1

personally i think that what fred meant , all teams  to score 1plus goals  in group matches, 4/1 then would be ok

i now thinks its 1plus goal in all 1st round of the group matches, which doesnt seem to bad

1+ Goals in Each First Round Match (was 9/4)
, thats from his website

fair point Lifter. I guess Ecuador could do a greece and draw their way to victory

Norway favs to beat Morocco. Don't see it myself. They might have Haaland, but Morocco are a better team, imo. Could see this ending 1-1 or 2-1 Morocco. Small stakes as only a friendly. On ITV 4, hopefully with less of a delay than ITVX, and please gawd, not the same co-comms as last night.

No comms at all it seems.

I hope ITV sort themselves out for the actual tournament. Last night we had a screeching gobshyte and a 65 second delay, and tonight we have no commentary at all.

1-0 pathetic defending by Norway.

Out of the 16 World Cup tournaments they have participated in through 2022, the Three Lions hold an opening-match record of 7 wins, 6 draws, and 3 losses.
Kane  scored a very late winner v Tunisia in 2018, Eng were 2/9.

If your fancy Scotland not to qualify @ 3/1, take some 16/1 zero points, reckon Haiti game will be like the final for them both.
Weather looks favourable to Scots for this one.

Think it will be possible for a fourth placed finish to see you go out even through you have more points than a 3d placed team that goes through.
It's...
Most points accumulated in group play
Goal difference
Most goals scored
Fair play / Team conduct score


Good luck, reckon the unknown is pitch conditions.

Scotland 3/1 Not to Qualify which Firm goes that price B/Butter?

Today's baldy one boost

All teams to score 1+ goals in the tournament
2/1 out to 3/1

Not saying it's a good bet or a bad bet, but I'd be a layer at 2s definitely...so I'm out

I like this, may have friendly score on it.

A lot of mediocre teams no doubt. But normally two in each group?

One group of death?? Group F?

Dead rubbers on match three for lot of groups.

no games should be a dead rubber with this format

fred offer,    eng to beat croatia and scot to beat haiti double 2/1

skybet
BRUNO who,d rather get an assist than a goal because he ain't winning the  golden boot, 14,s,instead of 10,s for most assists in world cup,

will become world cup next individual trophy ,they might call it

THE GOLDEN BRUNO

surely skybet or someone is going to go 10,s for ENG to win before Thurs ?

surely skybet or someone is going to go 10,s for ENG to win before Thurs ?

I'm waiting for free TV offer if engerland win...

A fantastic world cup countdown boost from a bookie , scotland to win 2-0 against haiti 7/1 from 5/1 , it highlights how terrible their original price was let alone the boost  , it was 5/1 when its available at 8.4 here

Teams that might go well in the Group stages (not the big guns) and worth backing/looking at are:

Equador,- backed them to beat ivory coast at 2.54- will look at germany game later in the tourny

Japan -backed them to beat Holland at 3.75, tunisia 1.73, sweden 2.18- got to be some value there

Morrocco-  backed to beat Scotland at evens- layed Brazil v them.

Switzerland ( backed to win the Group at evens) On at 4/5 to beat Qatar first game and 2.22 to beat Canada

other teams on the radar for value are turkey and austria

Baldy countdown boost today....
England to win their group AND Scotland to qualify from their group...

EVENS.....from 8/15 apparently!

Would not mind some of that 4/5 Dragon got on Switzerland to beat Qatar probably a genuine Mistake typing error from the man Hiself

Don't fall for these kid on Prices Reg

no sevey i got it very early on with 365- it was 5/6- wish id put more on it

placed it backend of may and was my first world cup bet

See Hulks excellent ideas on his world cup draws thread below.

surely skybet or someone is going to go 10,s for ENG to win before Thurs ?

just noticed ladscrooks got em at 9's from 7's today !!

Jun 10, 2026 -- 12:49PM, jasstardust wrote:

surely skybet or someone is going to go 10,s for ENG to win before Thurs ? just noticed ladscrooks got em at 9's from 7's today !!

Is that in shops?

online i saw it

Thanks

Thanks

had a dabble on Cherki at 25/1 for most assists- he secured 12 assits and 4 goals for city this season in 33 games. he also got a few more in cup comp.

worth a shot at that price i reckon

Entain have got Qatar stage of elimination - Group Stage @ 1/2

should be more like a 1/4 shot

if you like short ones

Jun 10, 2026 -- 2:22PM, Flemenstar wrote:

Entain have got Qatar stage of elimination - Group Stage @ 1/2should be more like a 1/4 shotif you like short ones

Qatar wont even win a corner

No Problem Dragon very well done in Kopping the Price my Apologies

corners, goals, entertainment in very short supply this world cup imho, if anything to go on the eng v nz friendly the other night,

Did you see the state of pitch?

Seven, I wasn't suggesting the baldy one's WC boosts were all good, in fact the opposite for most of them...Just sticking them up

Gl all

Sevey,  not seven, sorry

France top scoring team 8/1 lad brokes , 8 to lay here

England vs Croatia = Draw = 3.9 here.

The problem I see with the Cherki assists bet, dragon, is that Cherki is a greedy kont who won't pass to anybody unless he has to. Still, worth a go at those prices, I suppose.

yeah des but as u say 25/1 worth a shot given his good stats at the top level in prem  5 returns 125 so gotta be worth a dip

Spain Win / Mbabbe Golden Boot @ 40to1

g'l me & thee !  :)

I backed England outright last week. Think you've as good a chance as any in an open tournament. Just hope if the opening game isn't a romp media/fans wont start the usual negativity.

eng or  Brazil need to underperform in group stage  or its etc for Brazil   v eng in quarter,s , Southgate managed to dodge them games tourney after tourney,till last time when they met France and it was a case of a  text to the  pilot ,start the engines

and of course it was an Ozzy pilot who replied NO WORRIE,s IVE KEPT THEM RUNNING

how bad is SAKA injury ?
yamal,olise and saka each to core 2 at 6,s with skybet seems  ok

Dragon very informative info, I too fancy Cherki to have a big World Cup once he avoids injury with all his tricky dribbles. Dragon do you give the Host nation Mexico any kind of squeak? Quarter Finals, maybe? Milan's Santiago Gimenez a good goal getter. Their new young star Gilberto Mora now fully recovered from injury (chronic groin strain), at 17 years very young but has not gone unnoticed as Barca and RM are monitoring. Mexico have made the Quarters in 1970, and 1986 both as Hosts. Difficult enough to beat at home, and heat no hay problema.
Hope you win your big one dragon.

Morocco to beat Brazil in 90 mins at 5.8
Morocco 3-0 Brazil at 150
Morocco outright at 60

FIFA rankings: Brazil 6th; Morocco 7th
Brazil lost 6 games of 18 in qualification, drew 4, scored 24, conceded 17.
Morocco won 8 from 8 in qualification, scored 22, conceded 2 goal.
Ok, possibly comparing apples and oranges.

Is 2023 the last time Neymar scored an international goal?

hey jay.

thanks for your comments-in answer to your question i do think mexico have a lot going for them-they have a decent draw, have home advantage and play all group games at high altitude.

i did read up on them and i think their current form is pretty solid. quater finals cd well be within thier grasp. if they win their group then they are at home in mexico city to a 3rd best qualifying team which you wd expect them to win - depending on who they get. if they win that it wd probably be england or netherlands assuming they win their groups.

ive backed them at evens tonight - slybet offer and wd expect them to win their group. i will make a further assessment of their chances after those 3 group games.

yes kings ive layed brazil and backed morrocco - small stakes as previously posted

I think Portugal to be top scoring team at 10/1 and Argentina at 16/1 are fair value.

also done BTTS at evens in brazil -morroco game

mexico game , fred between 4 and 5, max £10 evens a goal 1st half

not staying up for the S Korea v Czechs game, but my prediction is a draw, 0-0 or 1-1.

Endo injured for Japan. Ouch

ttt my lay of usa to win group is looking fragile after last night

im having a turkey and swiss double on todays games.

previously posted my thoughts on brazil v morrocco shd be a fascinating game really looking forward to it best game of tourny so far imvho

interesting fact -of the 6 games played so far only 1 have been overs.

50 per cent of games have been 1-1.

double was a loser but did ok on brazil game

we no its spelt differently now,but TURKEY is still TURKEY why is the BBC comms on iplayer spending 90 mins pronouncing it as it is  now spelt ?

agree, gets on my wick when they keep changing Country's names. I heard someone saying the other day that Czechia should now be Czech Republic again. Who knows any more? Nicknames also irritate me. Germany are Germany to me, not die mannschaft or die national elf. And who (apart from media websites) refers to Brazil as los selecao? F**k off with these stupid nicknames, and just use the country's actual names.

back to the  specials quite like VVD header on target against Japan today, a boosted  4,s from 3,s with skybet,always dangerous in the air at set plays

BOOM BOOM VVD

good shout

good shout indeed ....  spottin' da bette even more impressive ! 

Bet356 today's superboost

Spain to score 2 or more in 90 minutes
Over 2 corners for Spain first half, ditto 2nd half

3/1

Not sure about this one, don't like corners betting, causes me to watch the game differently

Sorry, Spain over 2 goals 90 minutes

That's not the part of the bet that concerns me

The bet has been cut to 5/2 Now

OK sevey, that's unusual, usually hold their boosts

BTW, co-op doing 2 pizzas and 4 budweisers for a fiver, WC special (got to be a member)

Good enough deal, imo

Panama to beat Ghana at 3.6. Iran to beat NZ at 1.89 for the less adventurous.

Morocco to beat Scotland at 1.77 for the English and those Scots with half a football brain. Probably bet of the tournament to date.

Spain to lead at half time evens sportsbook

anyone backing draws will be in clover 8/14 matches have been draws

Well there's been 16 games, so not sure on your maths there..

ALFIE at evens to score against Iraq anytime  ,must be worth a tenner for an interest in the game

oops well spotted clarky i missed the first two games out so it 8/16 - still a high percentage mind

40 out of the 48 teams have scored , which is pretty good after 1 game each ,
All teams scoring has a chance , you would think spain turkey and ecuador will get a goal
so could be close but you feel there will be 1 that lets it down .

Definitely Panama....