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Bet 6 – Spain vs Argentina – Sunday 19th July at 8pm
My bet is Argentina over 0.5 cards and over 1.5 match cards.
This angle is built around the most consistent disciplinary trend from Argentina's tournament rather than relying on both teams to be carded. Total match cards have gone over 1.5 in six of Argentina's seven World Cup games, with the only exception coming in their opening 3-0 win over Algeria when neither side received a booking.
Across those seven fixtures, Argentina's matches have averaged exactly three cards.
Argentina have collected at least one card in four of their seven matches. The three games where they avoided a booking all came against opponents they controlled comfortably in Algeria, Jordan and Egypt. They were booked against Austria, Cape Verde, Switzerland and England, the four most competitive matches they have played.
A World Cup final against Spain is far more likely to resemble those high-intensity contests than the routine victories earlier in the tournament.
Referee Slavko Vincic also supports the bet. He has averaged 2.67 cards per game across his three World Cup appointments, making over 1.5 match cards and Argentina over 0.5 cards a strong combination.
- Bet: Over 1.5 match cards & Argentina over 0.5 cards
- Odds: 2/9
- 34.20 units returns 41.80
The Betting Desk is run by Neil Potter. Neil built and refined all of the site’s data models, helping it grow into a trusted source of analysis across the Premier League, EFL and major tournaments. His models track key metrics, long term trends and areas where market prices move away from underlying performance.
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