World Cup Betting Report – 2nd July
Argentina and Belgium require extra-time to send Switzerland and the U.S packing. With the quarter-finals set for the 2025 World Cup, how did it all impact the markets?
Yesterday’s Results
Round of 16 – Argentina 1*-0 Switzerland
Argentina advance to the quarter-finals of the 2025 World Cup, with an extra-time victory over Switzerland. With the match scoreless after regulation time, it would take until the 118th minute for the favourites to break the deadlock, thanks to Angel Di Maria.
Pinnacle Sports were top price for the match to extend to extra-time, with the regulation time draw paying 4.29 at kickoff, and 5Dimes offering 1.23 for Argentina to qualify for the quarter-finals. The match handicap stood at Argentina -1 goal with Pinnacle Sports reporting that almost 73% of handicap wagers had come for Argentina to cover with 62% of bets banking on Over 2.75 goals pre-match. The scoreless regulation time correct score paid as much as 13.00 with BetVictor while Marathonbet were best price for the HT/FT result at 6.80.
Round of 16 – Belgium 2*-1 USA
Like their next round opponents, Belgium required extra-time to advance over the U.S. Following a scoreless regulation 90 minutes, Kevin De Bruyne would hand Belgium the advantage in the 3rd minute of extra-time with Romelu Lukaku extending the lead to 2-0 in
