The World Cup Round of 16 gets going on Saturday and we take a look at the two matches taking place featuring Netherlands against the USA and Argentina against Australia.
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NETHERLANDS V USA
NETHERLANDS
Netherlands topped their group coming through unbeaten having opened up with a 2-0 win over Senegal which was followed by a 1-1 draw with Ecuador. Their final game was against Qatar where they started 1/5 favourites and delivered with a 2-0 victory.
USA
The USA opened their campaign with a couple of draws, 1-1 against Wales and a goalless draw against England and they then did the business against Iran, winning 1-0 at odds of 19/20 to book their spot in the last 16.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
These sides last met in a friendly International back in 2015 with the USA winning 4-3 and they have never met in a World Cup match.
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Netherlands 1/1
Draw 23/10
USA 16/5
Suggested Bet: Netherlands win at 1/1
I am going to keep this fairly simple as I have been impressed with what I have seen from the Netherlands and I think they have the attack to get through this USA defence whereas by contrast I am not sure the USA are going to trouble the Netherlands much up front.
Other markets of interest given the trend in this World Cup would be the 11/10 Second-Half Highest Scoring and also the Correct Score at Half-Time 0-0 at 12/10.
ARGENTINA v AUSTRALIA
ARGENTINA
Argentina recovered from an early scare against Saudi Arabia, where they lost a 1 goal lead to lose 2-1, to come storming through their group with a 2-0 win over Mexico and another 2-0 win over Poland last time out and they are now firmly back on track for a deep run into the Tournament and possibly a win.
AUSTRALIA
Australia had it all to do to qualify after an opening 4-1 defeat to France, but they came back with 1-0 victories over Tunisia and Denmark. In the game against Denmark they started 13/2 underdogs so it was a massive result for the Aussies.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
These sides haven’t met since 2007 when Argentina won a friendly International 1-0 and they did meet in the World Cup in 1994 in the qualification group with Argentina winning one and the other game drawn.
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Argentina 1/5
Draw 6/1
Australia 16/1
Suggested Bet: Under 2.5 goals at 11/10
Four goals conceded against France aside, I have been very impressed by Australia’s defence and I think they are going to set out the intention of frustrating Argentina. The under 2.5 goals looks a big runner.
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