World Cup favourites Brazil bid to begin their campaign in style

Group G and H take centre stage on Thursday with 4 extra fascinating clashes from the 2022 Qatar World Cup, together with event favourites Brazil as they tackle Serbia.

We preview the decide of these ties under.

Uruguay v South Korea – 13:00 GMT

Uruguay and South Korea have met eight occasions prior to now, together with twice at previous World Cups, and the South Individuals maintain a commanding head-to-head benefit, with six wins to South Korea’s one.

That’s more likely to inform the betting on this tie, which sees Uruguay start as the three/4 favourites, whereas South Korea are priced at 4/1 to supply an upset.

Whereas nonetheless fairly reliant on their getting old stars in Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani, Uruguay are filled with high quality, with Actual Madrid’s Federico Valverde and Tottenham’s Rodrigo Bentancur key skills of the following technology. Nevertheless, it’s nonetheless Cavani and Suarez who might be relied upon to attain the objectives this event, and they’re each 15/8 to search out the online at any time right here. Liverpool’s Darwin Nunez may be a key participant for the Uruguayans and can also be priced at 15/8 to seize a objective.

South Korea might be hoping to qualify for the knockout phases for less than the third time of their historical past and may have a optimistic end result right here to take action. They’ve their very own talisman up-front in Heung-min Son and he’s more likely to be their major objective risk at 19/5 to attain anytime.

Portugal v Ghana – 16:00 GMT

These sides have solely met as soon as earlier than, on the 2014 World Cup, the place Portugal secured a slim 2-1 victory. Over 50 locations separate them within the FIFA world rankings, so maybe that’s why ninth ranked Portugal are available in right here because the overwhelming 1/3 favourites.

Regardless of a continued reliance on 37-year-old captain Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal have a powerful squad and might be seeking to make the knockout phases for the fourth time within the final six World Cups. Ronaldo is looking for his 118th worldwide objective and is priced at EVS to notch it on this encounter, whereas he’s 14/5 to open the scoring.

Portugal have a surprisingly robust defence, that has conceded solely 5 occasions of their final 10 video games, so backing them at 7/10 to maintain a clear sheet towards Ghana is perhaps worthwhile.

Ghana look to have their work lower out to attain a optimistic end result at 17/2 to win and 19/5 to safe some extent. Athletic Bilbao striker, Inaki Williams, is their most definitely supply of objectives and is priced at 5/1 to attain at any time.

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Brazil v Serbia – 19:00 GMT

World Cup favourites (3/1) Brazil start their marketing campaign in the hunt for a primary World Cup in 20 years. They face a Serbia facet that hasn’t reached the knockout phases since 1998. These sides had been additionally drawn in the identical group on the final World Cup, the place Brazil emerged as snug 2-0 winners. Of their solely different assembly in 2014, the South Individuals had been additionally triumphant, profitable by a objective to nil.

Brazil are 4/9 to make it three wins from three conferences towards Serbia. This Brazil staff has extra of a steadiness and depth to it than their sides of latest years, with a wealth of attacking choices together with – Neymar, Jesus, Vinicius Junior, Richarlison and Antony – in addition to defensive stalwarts Casemiro, Dani Alves and Thiago Silva. In objective they most likely have the perfect keeper round in Liverpool’s Alisson.

For these on the lookout for worth worth, Neymar to attain first is on the market at enhanced odds of 9/2, whereas Neymar to attain, Brazil to win and there to be over three objectives within the match is a boosted 9/2 from 15/4.

Serbia might be no pushovers (13/2), as a powerful, bodily facet that might be particularly harmful from set performs. Fulham’s Aleksandar Mitrovic leads the road and given the shape he has been in within the Premier League – 9 objectives in 12 video games – it’s totally doable that he might get on the scoresheet at 11/4.

Be careful too for Lazio’s Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, who has the standard to trigger the highest sides issues, and the midfielder is 9/1 to pop up with a objective on this.

There could possibly be loads of objectives on this one, so 7/10 about there being over 2.5 objectives makes some attraction.

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