Soccer Betting and Handicapping Articles

World Cup Expert Betting Predictions: Odds for Teams to Advance from Groups
by Robert Ferringo - 6/4/2018

One of the big benefits of World Cup soccer betting is the variety of wagering options available to the public. Not only is soccer betting unique from a match standpoint, but the multitude of futures betting options make this entire event intriguing for savvy gamblers.

2018 World Cup Group A Predictions and Expert Betting Advice
by Raphael Esparza - 6/4/2018

The 2018 World Cup kicks off June 14, and I'm counting the days until this tournament starts! Here I will preview the first of eight groups that will be traveling to Russia. Group A has the host country and the advantage of playing in their own backyard, but this Group is no cakewalk. Uruguay and Egypt would love to disappoint Russia, and it wouldn't shock me to see Russia not advance to the next round. Down below I have listed the Group A betting odds for offshore sports book MyBookie, and I also listed the Group A schedule.

Betting on 2018 World Cup Soccer: Why You Should Do It
by Robert Ferringo - 6/4/2018

Talk of "Russia" has dominated the American news cycle over the past two years for all the wrong reasons. But for one month this summer, the news coming from Mother Russia will be for the right reasons. Russia is hosting the 2018 World Cup. The World Cup is the largest sporting event on the planet and is the biggest betting adventure on the sports calendar this summer.

2018 World Cup Group B Predictions and Expert Betting Advice
by Raphael Esparza - 6/4/2018

The 2018 World Cup kicks off June 14 and I'm counting the days until this tournament starts! Here I preview the first of eight groups that will be traveling to Russia. Group B will showcase not one but two big European nations, and Spain will be one tough out in this group and throughout the tournament. Portugal is the other big European nation in this group, and we all know who will be on the pitch for this squad (Cristiano Ronaldo). Portugal could be a nice plus-money group winner.

2018 World Cup Group C Predictions and Expert Betting Advice
by Raphael Esparza - 6/4/2018

The 2018 World Cup kicks off June 14, and I'm counting the days until this tournament starts! Here I preview the first of eight groups that will be traveling to Russia. Group C may not look like a tough group, but Australia and Peru are bringing really good squads to Russia. It's no secret that the French are loaded at every position, and they have deep talent on the bench and could make a nice run through the group and be a tough out this tournament.

Odds to Win 2018 World Cup with Expert Betting Analysis
by Robert Ferringo - 6/4/2018

Over the course of the last 12 World Cups, spanning more than 50 years, just six countries have won the world championship: Brazil, Germany, Italy, Spain France and Argentina. There has not been an underdog winner or major upset in this tournament in decades, and one of these same national teams are expected to hoist the trophy in Moscow this July.

2018 World Cup Match Schedule
by Robert Ferringo - 6/4/2018

Soccer's World Cup is a tournament featuring 32 teams broken into eight four-team groups. Each team plays a round robin with the other teams in its group, receiving three points for a win and one point for a tie. The two teams with the most points advance to the Round of 16, or knockout stage, with a series of tiebreakers (mainly goal differential) determining what happens if teams finish the group stage with equal points.

2018 World Cup Group D Predictions and Expert Betting Advice
by Raphael Esparza - 6/4/2018

The 2018 World Cup kicks off June 14, and I'm counting the days until this tournament starts! Here I preview the first of eight groups that will be traveling to Russia. Group D has been called the Group of Death, and this group will be one of the most entertaining groups to watch as it has one of the greatest football players of all time, Lionel Messi of Argentina. Three out of four countries can actually win this group, and it's no secret Argentina will have a bullseye target on their back every time they take the pitch.

2018 World Cup Group E Predictions and Expert Betting Advice
by Raphael Esparza - 6/4/2018

The 2018 World Cup kicks off June 14, and I'm counting the days until this tournament starts! Here I will preview the first of eight groups that will be traveling to Russia. Group D was talked about as being the Group of Death, but Group E looks to be a one-sided group. Brazil has always been one of the best squads at every tournament, and the South American giants have won the World Cup five times.

2018 World Cup Group F Predictions and Expert Betting Advice
by Raphael Esparza - 6/4/2018

The 2018 World Cup kicks off June 14, and I'm counting the days until this tournament starts! Here I will preview the first of eight groups that will be traveling to Russia. For Group E we talked about how Brazil is one of the favorites to win it all, and in Group F let's throw in Germany as the other betting favorite to win it all. Germany won the World Cup in 2014, and they look to become the first country since Brazil in 1961 to win back-to-back World Cups.

2018 World Cup Group G Predictions and Expert Betting Advice
by Raphael Esparza - 6/4/2018

The 2018 World Cup kicks off June 14, and I'm counting the days until this tournament starts! Here I will preview the first of eight groups that will be traveling to Russia. Group G has to be one of the toughest groups to decide who will win and who will advance to the Round of 16. Belgium is very talented, but at the same time very inconsistent, and you can also say the same thing about England.

2018 World Cup Group H Predictions and Expert Betting Advice
by Raphael Esparza - 6/4/2018

The 2018 World Cup kicks off June 14, and I'm counting the days until this tournament starts! Here I will preview the eight groups that will be traveling to Russia. You thought Group G was rough, well Group H is pretty much a coin toss because not one country is a minus-money favorite. So many questions in this group! Can Columbia's James Rodriguez have another brilliant World Cup?

2018 World Cup Futures Betting Odds: Stage of Elimination Props Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 3/22/2018

One of the many great things when it comes to the World Cup is the number of ways you can bet on it. Basically, no matter what opinion you have about any of the 32 teams in the field you can find a way to profit on it. You can pick the winner of the tournament, or you can bet on geography, group order of finish, point of elimination - or pretty much anything else you could want to.

2018 World Cup Betting Advice: Overrated Players
by Trevor Whenham - 3/21/2018

There is certainly no shortage of hype leading up to the World Cup every year, and it feels like this year will be at least as intense as usual. There would be more domestic hype, of course, if the Americans hadn't completely botched the qualifying process. But worldwide hype will more than make up for that, and people who are excited about betting on the tournament will find all the information they could need.

2018 Expert World Cup Handicapping: The Most Underrated Players
by Trevor Whenham - 3/21/2018

Everybody loves an underdog. The players that don't get as much attention as the big boys. The guys who perform just outside the brightest spotlight but are more than capable of performing on that main stage as well as the biggest names. Everyone knows that guys like Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo will get dizzying amounts of attention leading up to and during the 2018 World Cup in Russia. What I want to look at today, though, are four underrated World Cup players - guys who are still stars but who don't get enough attention for who they are and what they do - and who could really climb to another level at this tournament.

2018 World Cup Soccer Odds and Expert Picks: Group H
by Trevor Whenham - 3/9/2018

The odds suggest that this is the tightest, most evenly-contested group in the World Cup this year, and it is certainly hard to argue with that notion. Any one of these four teams could advance and it wouldn't be a surprise. And any team could go home after their first three games, and they wouldn't hugely be missed. This is the only group you can say that about in the tournament. The winner of the tournament is not coming from this group - and it's quite possible that a team from this group won't even be in the quarterfinals. But that doesn't mean that this doesn't have a good chance to be an interesting, and hopefully profitable, group.

2018 World Cup Soccer Odds and Expert Picks: Group G
by Trevor Whenham - 3/9/2018

It's almost as if the soccer gods felt sorry for the long-suffering English fans and wanted to give them the best chance they could of advancing after so much disappointment on the world stage in recent decades. Or maybe the organizers are concerned about the soccer hooligans from England and didn't want them to have reason to riot until later in the tournament when they have consumed too much vodka and are worn out.

2018 World Cup Soccer Odds and Expert Picks: Group F
by Trevor Whenham - 2/28/2018

In the last two decades there has been no team as good as Germany when it comes to World Cup performance. They won it all in 2014 and had two thirds and a second in the three prior tournaments. They are every bit as competent and reliable as any car the Germans would make for us, which seems fitting. And they again come into this tournament in a good place, joining Brazil as co-favorites at the time that I write this. They are well positioned to advance, and it would be a massive shock if they didn't.

2018 World Cup Golden Boot Futures Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 2/27/2018

The Golden Boot, oddly named the Golden Shoe from 1982 to 2006, is awarded to the leading scorer in each World Cup tournament - with the Silver Boot and Bronze Boot to the second- and third-leading scorer. It should go without saying by now that whenever there is a contest there is a betting opportunity. We are far from the start of the tournament - three and a half months as I write this - so things could change, but it is a good time to look at the odds offered by BetOnline before the public really starts paying attention. Here's a look at 10 guys who are interesting in this race:

2018 World Cup Soccer Odds and Expert Picks: Group E
by Trevor Whenham - 2/27/2018

Brazil should be the Golden State Warriors - the deep, talented squad that makes a joke of tournaments. Lately, though, they have been more like the Rockets, or at least the pre-2018 Rockets - a consistently-talented and dangerous team that always finds way to get in their own way when things really matter. Well, yet again the Brazilians, the co-favorites in the tournament at this moment, have things set up well for them. They are talented and deep, and they have a manageable group. There aren't a lot of excuses.