Can Brazil dance their way into the semis?

Following an intense finish to their Spherical of 16 fixtures, the eight quarter finalists face off towards one another in a bid to succeed in the ultimate 4.

We preview the primary two quarter finals beneath.

Croatia v Brazil

Croatia had a nervy begin to their Spherical of 16 after going 1-0 right down to Japan on Monday, nonetheless managed to scrape again the victory by displaying their composure on the penalty spot, securing their place within the quarter-finals.

Brazil then again confirmed no mercy dispatching South Korea in a 4-1 victory and search out a spot within the semi-finals which might mark their ninth World Cup semi-final. The event favourites may even kick off because the 1/3 favourites towards Croatia, which isn’t any shock given the dominance they’ve displayed to date.

Croatia will enter the Training Metropolis Stadium because the 17/2 underdogs and might want to discover a option to shut down the free-flowing Brazilian assault to safe a victory right here, which isn’t any small activity given Brazil’s attacking prowess with gamers like Neymar (23/20 to attain anytime), Richarlison (13/10 anytime) and Vinicius Jr. (13/5) of their squad.

Croatia additionally pose their very own menace with many proficient gamers of their beginning XI, corresponding to their captain Luca Modric who performs a vital function in gluing the workforce collectively, Ivan Perisic, who scored a screaming header to equalise towards Japan and Andrej Kramaric. Croatia’s prime scorer to date is 4/1 so as to add one other to his tally towards Brazil.

General that is set to be an thrilling match up between two top-class worldwide groups, and can little doubt be electrical from begin to end if Brazil get their approach. It’s set to be a excessive scoring affair with the whole match objectives over 2.5 priced at 4/5.

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Netherlands v Argentina

The Netherlands flew by to the quarter finals in type with a 3-1 domination of the USA, that means they’re nonetheless unbeaten in Qatar. Argentina endured a couple of nervy moments towards Australia of their spherical of 16 match up, however finally had an excessive amount of high quality for his or her opponents, working out 2-1 winners.

Up up to now within the event the Netherlands have regarded on kind, ending on the prime of their group. To this point they’ve scored eight occasions and conceded solely twice. They head into this sport because the 13/5 underdogs, whereas Argentina, who additionally topped their group, are the favourites at 6/5.

Over 2.5 objectives looks as if an honest guess between these two expert groups, priced at 11/8. For the Netherlands their major attacking menace comes from Memphis Depay and Cody Gakpo, priced at 27/10 and a couple of/1 respectively to attain anytime.

Argentina have a well-rounded workforce however it’s onerous to see their squad having anyplace close to the attacking menace with out Lionel Messi – 8/5 to attain at anytime – who has scored essential objectives for his nation already and at the moment sits on three for the event.

Each of those extremely proficient groups will go head-to-head to safe a spot within the semi-final, and there’s virtually nothing separating them. It’s an unmissable World Cup conflict with the match to go to penalties priced at 9/2, which occurred final time the 2 sides met in 2014.

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