Betfair's biggest highs and lows
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Argentina and France will play for the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar on Monday morning. Betfair has had some exciting in-play and outright market stories from betting the World cup on the Exchange.
Argentina won their opening Group C game against Saudi Arabia. Lionel Messi put Argentina ahead from the penalty spot after 10 minutes. Saudi came back to level the score shortly after the break. Salem Al-Dawsari scored a stunning strike from outside the box to win the game.
Cameroon and Serbia were eliminated from Group G after a heart-stopping draw. Cameroon were trailing 3-1 after the 53rd minute and were $360 to win. Serbia backers were left to weep.
Japan won all three of their Group E games. The max in-play odds taken were $65.00 (vs. Germany) and $32.000 ( vs. Spain). Costa Rica won 1-0 against Japan.
Australia beat Denmark 1-0 to advance to the knockout stage. Mathew Leckie scored in the 60th minute to signal a second-half momentum shift.
The Netherlands and Argentina played a World Cup quarter-final. The match finished 2-2. Betfair's Match Odds markets settled at the end of regular time. Argentina backers would lose trading at odds as low as $1.02 in-play.
Germany have exited from the World Cup's group stage in consecutive tournaments. Germany won their final Group E game against Costa Rica, but Spain won over Japan to confirm Germany's safe passage through to the Round of 16. France is a slight favourite to defend their 2018 title at $2.86, with Argentina at$2,98 and the draw marginal underdogs at 3.10.