Can Africa’s first-ever World Cup semi-finalists become the continent’s first-ever finalists, or will France move on step closer to retaining their trophy?
On Saturday, Morocco made history, becoming the first African, as well as the first Arabic, nation to reach the last four. Youssef En-Nesyri’s amazing towering header enough to see the Atlas Lions beat Portugal 1-0 at Al-Thumama Stadium.
Walid Regragui had already become the first African coach to reach the last eight, but is continuing to rewrite the record books, despite only taking over 105 days ago. His team have conceded just one goal at this tournament, and this was an own goal by Nayef Aguerd in a victory over Canada.
So, France will have to be at their brilliant best if they’re to feature in a fourth World Cup Final on Sunday. Les Bleus edged-out England at the weekend, thanks to Aurélien Tchouaméni’s rocket and then Olivier Giroud’s late header, getting on the end of Antoine Griezmann’s inch-perfect cross.
Under Didier Deschamps, they’ve now won 12 of 15 tournament knockout games, only eliminated once in 90 minutes in a decade. Given all of that, don’t expect France to cruise though this one, but they’re still firm favourites get through.
With a number of surprises already in this World Cup, there has never been a better time to take advantage of the best World Cup betting tips, offers and free bets offered by our trusted operators.
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France vs Morocco Bet Builder
Olivier Giroud 2 or more shots on target ☑️
Sofyan Amrabat 2 or more fouls ☑️
Over 3.5 match cards ☑️
Morocco have been the most defensively sound team in the tournament and keeping clean sheets against Spain and Portugal in the knockout games just back that up even further.
Amrabat the anchor in Morocco’s midfield and has an argument for player of the tournament with his robust performances in the heartbeat of the North African sides midfield. He averages 2.43 fouls per game and against the likes of Griezmann, Rabiot, Dembélé and Mbappé he’s going to have to make plenty of ground and plenty of tackles here.
Giroud, Frances all-time leading scorer, is always good for a goal for the national team it seems, and he’s already scored 5 goals in this tournament. On average he takes 3.4 shots per 90 minutes but is a clear danger in the air from set pieces, with Morocco playing their standard deep defensive line it’s balls in the box that are going to be a route to success for France and Giroud is absolutely vital for that.
Mexican referee César Arturo Ramos is the man in the middle and he’s card happy anyway never mind it being a World Cup semi-final, he averages 4.69 cards per game in his last 160 matches and has issued 4 or more cards in 65% of his games. With the magnitude of this game for both teams you can expect plenty of fouls here.
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World Cup Betting Offers for Existing Customers
Boosted Odds
One of the most popular offer types is the boosted odds offer. As well as giving you great value on a bet – you get some of the biggest odds available on the market – it benefits both new and existing customers through placing a bet on a selection, and accessing bigger odds than are elsewhere on the market.
Early Payouts
Early payout offers have grown dramatically over the past couple of seasons, so don’t be surprised to see a few more of these around during the World Cup. With these offers, if your team goes ahead, usually by two goals, then you are given an early payout.
Whatever happens during the rest of the match, you have a winner, even if your team loses, a great way to give yourself an extra bit of cover when betting on teams to win in Qatar.
Which are the best World Cup betting offers?
The most common betting offer is known as ‘Bet and Get’, which usually involves placing a qualifying bet in order to unlock your free bets. For example, in order to get a £20 free bet, you will need to deposit and stake £10 at odds of 1/2 or greater.
Another type of promotion is the enhanced odds, which offer punters better odds on a sports event than is typically available, so 1/2 odds become 20/1. The very best enhanced odds offers for the World Cup will appear here on this page during the tournament.
The new customers will indeed be able to benefit from several offers before or during the World Cup, but this doesn’t mean that the existing customers are neglected.
Many bookmakers will run loyalty programmes and weekly free bets clubs, which will provide their customers with free bets on a weekly or even daily basis.
