France and Argentina will meet in the 2024 FIFA World Cup final, the gargantuan matchup
that fans have been hoping 🎅 to feast on to end this tournament full of excitement and
thrills.
Lionel Messi will have the opportunity to win a 🎅 first World Cup title of his
illustrious career, while Kylian Mbappe is hoping to lead France to the first repeat
🎅 for any nation since 1962, and only the third overall.
One of those stars will make
history when the final whistle 🎅 blows on December 18.
Messi could potentially cement
himself as arguably the greatest player ever by securing the sport's top prize, 🎅 while
Mbappe could push his career further in that trajectory with his second title at just
23 years old.
As fans 🎅 await one of the most highly anticipated football matches in
years, here's a full rundown of how bookmakers see the 🎅 2024 FIFA World Cup final
playing out.
The Sporting News brings you a look at every aspect of this match, from
🎅 outright winner to total goals, goalscorers, yellow cards, corners and more.
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Pre-match odds in this post via BetMGM, Caesars, and FanDuel (USA), Sports
Interaction (Canada), 🎅 SkyBet (UK), and Ladbrokes (Australia).
Argentina vs France odds,
lines, handicaps to win
If you're not quite sure how even this World 🎅 Cup final is
expected to be, take a look at these odds — both teams are given plus odds to 🎅 come away
with a regulation win and minus odds to lift the World Cup trophy, with almost nothing
between them.
Some 🎅 bookmakers have even split it directly down the middle, completely
unable to go with one side or the other. France 🎅 are slightly favoured in some places,
but there's almost nothing in that.
Both squads boast a world-class superstar, and both
sides 🎅 have surrounded that star with top quality players.
What bookmakers are sure of
is a defensive battle, as the under 2.5 🎅 goal total is a strongly fancied, swung all the
way nearly to 1/2 odds, while the over gets the plus 🎅 treatment.
The oddsmakers cannot
figure out, however, if both teams will score or not, suggesting the odds-on choice for
a result 🎅 is a 1-1 draw.
MORE: Full World Cup final betting preview for Argentina vs.
France with picks, best bets, tips
BetMGM Sports
Interaction 🎅 SkyBet Ladbrokes Argentina
win +165 2.70 9/5 19/10 Draw +210 2.95 21/10 2/1 France win +188 2.70 13/8 31/20 Both
🎅 teams
to score Y / N -120 / -120 1.92 / 1.70 1/1, 8/11 1/1, 3/4 Over / Under
2.5 goals
+115 🎅 / -160 2.32 / 1.54 6/4, 1/2 11/8, 8/15 Argentina -0.5 +150 2.60 — — France +0.5
-210 1.47 — 🎅 — France win title -110 1.90 10/11 3/4 Argentina win title -125 1.95 4/5
20/21
Note: Odds above for 90 minutes 🎅 of regulation except to advance".
Argentina vs
France goalscorer odds
Lionel Messi is considered the most likely player to score in
this 🎅 match, with odds that make him the slight favourite over his counterpart in blue,
Kylian Mbappe.
Messi is in fine form, 🎅 having scored a goal in every single game this
World Cup except the group stage finale against Poland. He leads 🎅 the Golden Boot
standings on the assists tiebreaker, as he and Mbappe are both level with five
goals.
Julian Alvarez is 🎅 thought likely to score in the match as well after his
sensational performance against Croatia in the semifinal, scoring twice 🎅 and winning a
penalty as well. Olivier Giroud is right there with him, leading the line for France in
place 🎅 of an injured Karim Benzema, and becoming France's all-time leading goalscorer
earlier in the tournament.
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Argentina goalscorer odds vs France
BetMGM
Sports
Interaction SkyBet Ladbrokes L. Messi 🎅 First: +350
Any: +170 First: 6.00
Any:
2.52 First: 4/1
Any: 7/4 First: 7/2
Any: 13/8 J. Alvarez First: +550
Any: +240 First:
8.20
Any: 3.66 🎅 First: 6/1
Any: 5/2 First: 11/2
Any: 12/5 L. Martinez First: +600
Any:
+260 First: 8.80
Any: 3.91 First: 13/2
Any: 11/4 First: 6/1
Any: 13/5 🎅 P. Dybala First:
+650
Any: +280 First: 9.60
Any: 4.17 First: 7/1
Any: 3/1 First: 13/2
Any: 14/5 A.
Correa First: +900
Any: +400 First: 🎅 13.00
Any: 5.50 First: 10/1
Any: 9/2 First:
9/1
Any: 4/1
Note: Odds above for 90 minutes of regulation only.
France goalscorer odds
vs Argentina
BetMGM 🎅 Sports
Interaction SkyBet Ladbrokes K. Mbappe First: +400
Any: +188
First: 6.20
Any: 2.56 First: 9/4
Any: 5/1 First: 4/1
Any: 2/1 O. Giroud First:
🎅 +550
Any: +240 First: 8.20
Any: 3.71 First: 6/1
Any: 5/2 First: 11/2
Any: 12/5 A.
Griezmann First: +800
Any: +350 First: 12.00
Any: 5.09 First: 🎅 9/1
Any: 4/1 First:
8/1
Any: 7/2 M. Thuram First: +800
Any: +350 First: 11.00
Any: 4.88 First: 9/1
Any: 4/1
First: 8/1
Any: 7/2 R. 🎅 Kolo Muani First: +1000
Any: +400 First: 12.00
Any: 5.29 First:
10/1
Any: 9/2 First: 10/1
Any: 4/1
Note: Odds above for 90 minutes of 🎅 regulation
only.
Argentina vs France half odds
The second half of matches have been far more open
than the first 45 minutes 🎅 this entire World Cup. While that's generally true of this
sport, it's been exceptionally on point throughout the proceedings in 🎅 Qatar.
France are
thought slightly more likely to score in both halves, although neither side is given a
great chance to 🎅 achieve that feat in such an evenly contested matchup.
Caesars SkyBet
Ladbrokes Win either half ARG: +105
FRA: +102 ARG: 1/1
FRA: 10/11 🎅 ARG: 19/20
FRA: 19/20
Win both halves ARG: +900
FRA: +850 ARG: 11/1
FRA: 9/1 ARG: 10/1
FRA: 10/1 Half most
goals 1H: +245
Draw: 🎅 +205
2H: -102 1H: 9/4
Draw: 2/1
2H: 6/5 1H: 12/5
Draw: 21/10
2H:
1/1
Note: Odds above for 90 minutes of regulation only.
Argentina vs France 🎅 cards &
corners odds
Interestingly, the odds seem to suggest this will be a well played match
with very few cards 🎅 and fouls. The total on cards sits right around 4.5, while the
even-money booking point threshold hovers at about 45.
Nicolas 🎅 Otamendi is the most
likely player to pick up a yellow card in the match, with four bookings in his 🎅 last 10
World Cup matches between the 2024 and 2024 tournaments. A number of bench regulars
(Jordan Veretout, Youssef Fofana) 🎅 are the French players with the lowest odds, but
Aurelien Tchouameni is the expected starter with the lowest odds to 🎅 see a card.
As far
as corners go, both teams sit at around a total of 4.0 corners, but France are 🎅 thought
to have a slightly higher chance at amassing more than their opponents. The expected
combined corner total of 8.5 🎅 is nearly on the nose.
FanDuel Sports
Interaction SkyBet
ARG O/U 2.5 cards +148 / -190 — — FRA O/U X.5 cards 🎅 +140 / -180 — — ARG 20+ book pts —
— 4/7 FRA 20+ book pts — — 4/6 O/U 🎅 4.5 total cards +106 / -134 1.99 / 1.73 — 40+ total
book pts — — 8/11 N. Otamendi booked 🎅 +180 — — A. Tchouameni booked +210 — — ARG red
card +570 — 7/1 FRA red card +550 — 🎅 8/1 Either/Both red card +330 / +2500 — 4/1, 50/1
Over 8.5 total corners +116 1.95 / 1.76 4/5 ARG 🎅 over 3.5 corners -154 — 8/15 FRA over
4.5 corners +140 — 10/11
Note: Odds above for 90 minutes of regulation 🎅 only.
Note:
Cards totals count a straight red card as two cards, while a second yellow to a red
counts as 🎅 three total cards (one for initial yellow, two for red).
How do booking
points work?
Instead of counting total cards in a 🎅 match, "booking points" are utilized
in Europe to summarize the disciplinary record of a team or match.
Here is how booking
🎅 points are calculated:
