4 Tips for Tuesday’s World Cup Semi-Final - 13/12/22

The first tip on this list comes from Argentina against Croatia in the World Cup semi-finals.

Lionel Messi has been one of the stars for the tournament and will be desperate to crown his career off with the one trophy that has eluded him to date. The 35-year-old has scored four goals and created two assists in five appearances at Qatar 2022.

Benfica midfielder Enzo Fernandes has been one of the break-out players at the World Cup. The 21-year-old averages one shot per game and even managed to bag a superb goal in Argentina’s 2-0 win over Mexico in the group stages.

Fellow Benfica man Nicolas Otamendi is known for being rash when it comes to tackles, the 34-year-old averages 1.8 fouls per game and was shown a yellow card in Argentina’s victory over the Netherlands in the quarter-finals.

Matteo Kovacic of Chelsea has been shown one yellow card at the 2022 World Cup and committed two fouls last time out in their victory over Brazil.

As mentioned above, Messi looks like a man on a mission to earn Argentina their first World Cup crown since the days of Diego Maradona in 1986. Messi has managed six goal contributions in five appearances at the World Cup.

Manchester City forward Julian Alvarez has played a crucial role in Argentina’s run to the semi-finals. The 22-year-old has scored twice in five appearances while averaging one shot on target per match.

In Argentina’s last match. The Netherlands had two corners compared to Argentina’s eight, while there were a total of 14 yellow cards and one red card shown.

On paper, Argentina and France are both expected to advance to the final of the World Cup against Croatia and Morocco.

In Argentina’s victory over the Netherlands, Lionel Scaloni’s men had 14 shots with five on target, compared to Louis van Gaal’s side’s six shots and two on target. On top of this, Argentina had eight corners in the feisty affair, six more than the Netherlands.

On the other hand, France’s opponents, Morocco, narrowly beat Portugal 1-0, having had nine shots to their opponents’ 12, with three efforts each hitting the target. Morocco had just three corners to Portugal’s nine.

At present, Kylian Mbappe and Messi have been two of the stand-out players at the World Cup, as the former has scored five goals and created two assists for France, while Messi has four goals and two assists in five matches.

In Argentina’s last match, they had eight corners against the Netherlands, while France had 29 in their four matches prior to their 2-1 victory over England.

Croatia were shown two yellow cards in their shock win over Brazil, as Marcelo Brozovic and Bruno Petkovic both received bookings. Meanwhile, Walid Cheddira was shown a second yellow card in Morocco’s famous 1-0 victory over Portugal and will miss the semi-final as a consequence.

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