4 Tips for Sunday’s World Cup Final - 18/12/22

The first tip from Sunday’s World Cup final between Argentina and France sees both Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe involved, with both players required to score. Between them, Messi and Mbappe have ten goals, splitting them evenly with five goals in six matches.

Former Manchester City defender Nicolas Otamendi has received two yellow cards at the World Cup, doing so in back-to-back matches against Croatia and the Netherlands.

There have been a total of 16 corners awarded across Argentina’s last two World Cup matches.

PSG duo Messi and Mbappe are both tied on five goals each heading into the World Cup final and have managed a combined 25 shots on target in this year’s competition.

Alvarez is having a sensational tournament for Argentina, having taken a total of eight shots in six appearances, with a goal-conversion rate of 50%. Meanwhile, Giroud has taken 15 shots in five matches with a shot accuracy of 40%. Both of these two strikers are in contention to challenge for the Golden Boot.

In Argentina’s 3-0 win over Croatia, there were a total of six corners in the match, while both sides were shown two bookings each.

As previously mentioned, Messi has managed five goals in six appearances, averaging a goal every 114 minutes at this year’s competition, while Mbappe has scored the same number in the same amount of appearances, averaging a goal every 95 minutes.

Messi and Mbappe are direct competitors for the Golden Boot, as they are the joint top scorers at the 2022 World Cup ahead of the likes of Olivier Giroud and Julian Alvarez who both have four goals each.

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