£7.50 David De Gea to win the Golden Glove @ 5/1 10Bet (Under “WC 18 Boosts”)
The Man Utd keeper is pretty much the reason his team finished as high as they did in the Premier League, as he basically saved more shots from going in that was statistically probable. He is widely regarded as the best keeper in the world and is as short as 7/2 with Ladbrokes for this. Spain conceded just 3 goals in 10 during qualifying. Its decided by the “FIFA Technical Study Group” and there’s a fair chance that there’s an amount of unconscious bias built in to their decision in any case, looking at the list of previous winners who are all obvious selections.
£15 Mexico to be eliminated in the Round of 16 Stage (was 9/4) @ 11/4 Skybet
(Under Price boost countdown – Previous Boosts see https://www.screencast.com/t/R92fQ00eeif )
This looks a really nice price and is as short as 2.65 with other firms.
Mexico, remarkably, have been eliminated at the last 16 stage in each of the last SIX World Cups. They are desperate to escape this hoodoo, but as much as I’m rooting for them from a neutral football fan perspective, it looks perhaps more likely, not less likely, to happen again.
They have two sides who are worse than them in the Group F in Sweden and South Korea and Germany, who should beat them. That means a very difficult last 16 tie with Brazil is quite probable, in which they will be big outsiders to progress.