KiwiGambler’s Betting Predictions For Qatar 2022
The last month of 2022 is going to be the most important moment in the world of football of the year. The current World Cup year has been quite a different one and we’ll leave it up to you whether that means good or bad. The World Cup edition is being hosted by Qatar and due to the extremely high temperatures in this Middle Eastern country, it will see its final in December instead of sometime in July.
This time, KiwiGambler will be giving fellow Kiwis the best World Cup betting tips at a very different time of the year than usual but it’s just as thrilling and informative. Some important questions that will be answered in the next few days are whether France will be able to retain their trophy won in the last WC edition or whether Leo Messi will win his first ever world cup. At the same time, Morocco and Croatia might just surprise us once again.
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World Cup Betting in New Zealand
It’s not just a massive football tournament for the countries competing, but also for those who want to put their money on the results, which has clearly been the case in New Zealand in the last three weeks. At KiwiGambler, our experienced team of sports betting experts will help you with their easy to understand World Cup 2022 betting predictions. We’ve also taken a closer look at the data of three of the world’s biggest online bookmakers which we have listed below. All together, this should give you a comprehensive view of world cup 2002 betting in NZ. Let’s start with what the bookies say:
| William Hill | Bet365 | LadBrokes | |||
| Winners | Odds | Winners | Odds | Winners | Odds |
| France
Argentina Croatia Morocco |
11/10
13/8 7/1 8/1 |
France
Argentina Croatia Morocco |
11/10
7/4 7/1 9/1 |
France
Argentina Croatia Morocco |
11/10
13/8 7/1 9/1 |
| Top goalscorer | Odds | Top goalscorer | Odds | Top goalscorer | Odds |
| Mbappe (FR)
Messi (AR) Giroud (FR) Álvarez (AR) |
1/2
11/4 6/1 50/1 |
Mbappe (FR)
Messi (AR) Giroud (FR) Álvarez (AR) Kramarić (CR) |
1/2
1/4 6/1 66/1 100/1 |
Mbappe (FR)
Messi (AR) |
1/2
11/4 |
Surprising Quarter Final Results
South American giants Brazil, initially the great favourite amongst online bookmakers and sports professionals, was surprisingly beaten in the quarter-finals by Croatia. The same fate befell Ronaldo’s Portugal against Morocco, and England against France. This now leaves four teams who can crown themselves world champions. Out of the four competitors left, Les Bleus have the most to spare and proved it in the group stage and in their previous round of 16 match, although they did surprisingly lose the last match against north Africans Tunisia. They also showed their perseverance against England in the quarter-final. Argentina playing The Netherlands, as always, was a very close call and each of the nations would’ve perfectly been able to advance to the next round. The South Americans eventually turned out to be the most skilled penalty takers: 4-3 for Argentina.
Argentina v Croatia Prediction
After shocking the football world by sending the main favourites Brazil home after extra time and a penalty shootout in the quarterfinals, Croatia will now try to knock out another South American team and the second favourites (after France) of the tournament in the semifinals. Meanwhile, Argentina needed stoppage time, extra time, and penalties to leave The Netherlands behind — despite having a comfortable 2-0 lead until the 83rd minute of the game. In any case, Argentina is the favourite between the two, but Croatia is the team that has managed to keep surprising us and it’s not the first time they do so.
After reaching the final in 2018, this is their second World Cup semi final in a row after they lost to France in the final in Moscow 4 years ago. The Croatia squad is experienced, has a strong midfield, and they seem to be at the peak of their confidence, so we want to leave some space here and say that it is possible for Croatia to get to the final once again. At the same time, we believe that Argentina’s passion to win the world cup will eventually prevail.
France v Morocco Prediction
Morocco is the first African team to reach the semi final of a World Cup and they got here by impressively eliminating Portugal in the quarter final match. Before that, Morocco also kicked out Spain and earlier, they sent Belgium home in the group stages. The Arabic team is strong in defence since they only conceded an own goal against Canada in group stages, whilst the teams of Croatia, Belgium, Spain, and Portugal all failed to score against Les Lions de l’Atlas.
Having said that, we think that they’ve come to the end of their fairytale. Their opponents in the semi finals are France, who are just too strong. We’re talking about the reigning world champions here and one of the most complete teams of the tournament. In addition, France didn’t need extra time or penalty shootouts to knock out their opponents, although England had a chance to draw from a penalty that Harry Kane missed towards the end of the game. Yet, our prediction is France to eliminate Morocco.
Final World Cup 2022 Prediction
With Argentina and France proceeding to the final on Sunday December 18, truth has to be told that Les Bleus have a much diversified and stronger squad than the South American team. Argentina, however, have Lionel Messi as their captain and the strongest fan base this World Cup has seen. With the thousands of Argentinians dominating the stands, they could trigger another magic Messi day making it possible that the Argentinians win the world cup — and arguably crowning the number 10 as the best football player the world has ever seen.
Most sports betting pros in New Zealand would however put their bets on France, which has the best players in the world’s biggest competitions. The French players’ performance throughout this competition shows that France being the absolute favourite of the online bookmakers is a very well deserved privilege if you ask us. Are you ready to take advantage of our betting predictions and odds? Our sports pros advise you to bet on France, which also has an appealing value on sports sites and online casinos as the final games approach. Deep inside, we do hope that Leo Messi manages to prove us wrong.
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