7-4 for goals galore in World Cup quarter-finals
THE World Cup goals dried up in the second-round matches and it is 7-4 with Boylesports that the four quarter-finals produce at least 12 goals in Brazil over the course of Friday and Saturday.
Three of the four matches - France v Germany, Brazil v Colombia and Argentina v Belgium - look relatively close, although Holland are strong favourites to overcome surprise quarter-finalists Costa Rica.
Bet365 go 3-1 there are seven goals or fewer across the four ties and Coral quote 2-1 for at least two of them to finish in 90-minute draws after five of the last-16 matches went to extra-time.
Brazil are 3-1 favourites to win the World Cup, followed by fellow South Americans 4-1 Argentina with the two old rivals 9-2 to contest the final in the Maracana on July 13.
Germany and Holland lead the European charge at 5-1 and Costa Rica, who were 4,000-1 ante-post, are the rank outsiders at 66-1.
Colombia’s five-goal James Rodriguez leads the scoring charts and is 100-30 to end up the tournament’s leading marksman with Messi seen as the man most likely to claim that honour at 5-2.
Messi is also the 5-2 favourite to win the Golden Ball with Rodriguez 3-1 and Neymar 4-1.
