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We will be down to our final eight teams of this FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 by Wednesday. The four Quarterfinals games on Friday, December 9 and Saturday, December 10 could be 48 hours of the greatest Soccer we’ll witness this decade. The first of the four matches (Match 58) will see Croatia facing Brazil at Education City Stadium (Grass) in Al Rayyan on Friday (FOX, 10 ET/9 CT/7 PT) to see who ...

The Group Stage of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ tournament has provided its usual dosage of drama and upsets including Saudi Arabia upsetting Argentina, Japan beating Germany, and Morocco beating Belgium. But upsets in the World Cup don’t guarantee advancement. Lionel Messi and Argentina rebounded to advance on to the Round of 16 and the Knockout Stage. Furthermore, as the tournament’s second...

Two of the biggest clubs in the English Premier League (EPL), Liverpool FC, and Manchester United FC, are potentially up for sale and BetUS has next owner odds for both the Reds and the Red Devils. The Glazer family, worth an estimated $4.7 billion, has owned Manchester United for 17 years now and they announced last week that they have instructed investment bankers to shop the world famous so...

We are closing in on the kick off of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, so let’s continue our look at odds for the individual honors, the Golden Ball, the Golden Boot, and the Golden Glove with the numbers, history and picks for the 2022 Golden Boot winner and predictions. Golden Boot Betting odds can be found at leading FIFA World Cup sportsbooks, like Bovada, where you can also find all of th...

The 2022 FIFA World Cup will see some of the planet’s best Goalkeepers in net for their respective countries in Qatar, with players like Manuel Neuer (Germany), Thibaut Courtois (Belgium), Guillermo Ochoa (Mexico), and Hugo Lloris (France) still getting it done. We’ve looked at the Golden Ball and the Golden Boot, so now let’s examine the Golden Glove Award, including the past winners, the bett...

With the 2022 FIFA World Cup starting soon, we will no doubt see some memories made in the 64 games to be played in this first-ever World Cup held on Arab soil. Most of the greatest World Cup games of all-time involved teams from the UEFA (Europe) and the CONMEBOL (South America) confederations, although one did involve a CONCACAF (North America) team in México. The best World Cup games al...

The 2022 FIFA World Cup gets underway next week on Monday, November 21 with tournament hosts Qatar facing Ecuador in Match 1 at Al Bayt Stadium (Grass) in Al Khor. As we examine this field of 32 teams, there are a handful of World Cup sleepers worth considering. Not only do they have legitimate shots of winning their groups, but also making some noise in the Round of 16 (Knockout Stage) which k...

The eighth and final group in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar is Group H with favorites Portugal, Uruguay, South Korea, and Ghana. This is a very balanced group in this tourney with one team from four different confederations (UEFA, CONMEBOL, AFC, CAF). The 2022 FIFA World Cup will kick off on Monday, November 21 (Sunday November 20 in Qatar) with Ecuador facing hosts Qatar in Match 1 at Al Bayt ...

Brazil heads into the 2022 FIFA World Cup ranked #1 in the FIFA Men’s Rankings and as the oddsmakers favorites (4/1 to win 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar, BetOnline) to win this quadrennial 32-team tournament. CONMEBOL’s Brazil is loaded and have Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain), Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) and Captain Thiago Silva (Chelsea). But the 2022 FIFA World Cup Group G also features UEFA’s Sw...

The FIFA Rankings for the four teams playing in 2022 FIFA World Cup Group F are Belgium at #2, Croatia at #12, Morocco at #22, and Canada at #41. So, this group is very strong but only two can move on and they will likely be the two UEFA nation teams. The six matches in 2022 FIFA World Cup Group F will be played from Wednesday, November 23 to Thursday, December 1. The top two teams from Group F...

Although maybe not as Group-of-Death-y as is 2022 FIFA World Cup Group B (England, USA, Wales, Iran) , FIFA World Cup Group E is very good from top to bottom itself in Qatar. The six games in 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar Group E are scheduled to be played from Wednesday, November 23 to Thursday, December 1. The top two teams from Group E will move on to the Round of 16 (December 3-6). The 2022 ...

Repeating as the World Cup champions is an incredibly hard thing to do, and no nation has done this since Brazil won back-to-back World Cups in 1958 and 1962. Group D favorites France has their work cut out for them with such a tough field heading into this 2022 FIFA World Cup. The six games in 2022 FIFA World Cup Group D will be played from Tuesday, November 22 to Wednesday, November 30 and...

We all know Argentina’s Lionel Messi hasn’t won the FIFA World Cup yet, but having a World Cup win on your résumé isn’t the thing that defines the career of a Soccer player. Messi is one of the three best ever, and even if La Albiceleste don’t win the World Cup, Messi is still a living legend. This will be Messi’s (164 Caps) last World Cup. And if Argentina fans need something to hold onto, kno...

When Wales beat Ukraine in Cardiff to become the last team to make the field of 32 in the 2022 FIFA World Cup, with England and the USA already in Group B, it became the “Group of Death” with one of these potentially three good Soccer teams destined not to make the Round of 16. And the Group of Death moniker is warranted with the group having the highest average rankings from FIFA for any of th...

When the 2022 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Qatar on Sunday, November 20, the first match will Come from Group A. And it will be between host nation Qatar and Ecuador from Al Bayt Stadium (Grass) in Al Khor (FS1, Peacock, 19:00; 7 ET/6 CT/4 PST). Although it’s not the sexiest way to begin the biggest single sporting event on planet Earth, it is what it is and the bottom line is that the loser of ...