World Cup tips: Argentina and France face off for third star | OneFootball

Thirty-two arrived and after almost a month of action at the World Cup, just two remain.

This is what to look out for from the final.

Who will take home the trophy?

After 63 games, just two teams remain in Qatar fighting it out to bring home the World Cup.

For either Argentina or France, victory in Sunday’s final is significant as it would see the winner add a prestigious third gold star to their jersey.

Both sides have impressed en route to the final for different reasons, the Albiceleste largely led by their superhero Lionel Messi and his more than capable sidekick Julián Álvarez.

France have also relied reasonably heavily on a formidable one-two punch of their own in the form of Golden Boot-chasing Kylian Mbappé and the revelation that has been Antoine Griezmann in his new deeper midfield role.

These sides memorably played out the game of the tournament in Russia four years ago last time they met, France going on to win the tournament after their thrilling 4-3 victory in the round of 16.

While similar drama seems like a lot to ask given what is at stake in this one, both sides have looked both exciting in attack and vulnerable defensively throughout this tournament, meaning goals are not out of the question.

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Which is why we are immediately going with both teams to score and that is available at 1.95.

Overall, this is the 13th meeting between the countries across all competitions. Argentina have won six, drawn three and there have been three French wins among the previous clashes.

However, Les Bleus are unbeaten in their last 10 World Cup clashes with South American opposition. The last time they lost was to Sunday’s opponents – all the way back in the 1978 group stage.

It really is a coin flip game as evidenced by the fact that both teams are sitting at 1.91 to lift the trophy so it is about picking the poison in that regard.

Olivier Giroud has also been boosted by bet365 to 9.0 for the first goal of the game, while there are also some notable markets of interest for those looking for extra interest from this one beyond the goals and victor.

We like the look of Nahuel Molina at 3.0 to have a shot and Ibrahima Konaté over 62.5 passes, which is 1.83 and based on previous statistics for the tournament and how this game may play out, looks likely.