2026 World Cup Tips: Winner, Goalscorers, Value and Multis

My first tip and the team I'm more confident in is Spain. I know, I've searched far and wide to pick them here. However, they are the best team in the world in my view.

In terms of balance and personalities, it is a very strong team and you can argue that a lot of the other teams don't have that. Of course, you can ask questions about them.

Yet, every question I have for them, I'd have more for others...

I know, this is a long shot. Like a long, long shot. However, Morocco look a pretty nice bet for the tournament this summer.

They are one of five teams - at the time of writing - coming into this tournament without losing a game in their past 10 games and with seven clean sheets in this time, they look like a fantastic outfit.

With an exciting team, they have half of what you need to progress far, but they also have the other half, too. After (kind of) winning AFCON and having a number of top players in Europe, they are not rookies to this environment.

I think Morocco could give us some fun this summer.

This is Messi's final World Cup, it seems, so I am pretty keen to have a play on him for Top Scorer. Yes, it is not an edgy or creative bet. But, sometimes it doesn't need to be.

You are backing perhaps the greatest player ever (we're getting controversial) to be in the top five highest scorers in the World Cup. In the 2022 World Cup, he'd have needed three goals.

With BresBet offering five places, I am really keen to take this bet. The best market price is 16/1 for four places at 1/4 E/W. However, an extra place for 1/5 is fine by me for the price hit.

If he comes in the top five, barring a dead heat, you will make a £6 profit from a £10 stake (£5 E/W). Again, for Messi in his final World Cup, I like that.

Right, hear me out. Saibari looks a fantastic price at 300/1 and even with four places, I am keen to have a go there. I expect Morocco to go quite far and this would play a part in the bet anyway.

However, Saibari has been playing up front for the Atlas Lions recently and this enhances his chances of scoring goals, of course. Especially with two goals in his last international game.

After a 15-goal season in the Eredivisie and in a group with Haiti and Scotland, he could well get in the top scorer rankings. It's a long-shot, yes, but we're doing it properly!

We're combining each of the three selections here and to see almost 3/1 on this bet feels really nice. Harry Kane being the Three Lions' top scorer feels almost obvious for a selection and he is currently in the peak of his powers, so he should be heavily involved.

If he were, it would certainly help his chances of winning the Ballon d'Or!

He is not the only source of goals, though. England have plenty of strong goal scorers and so them to score 10 (or more) goals in an eight-game tournament.

Finally, we have where England get to. Now, this is not when they'll be knocked out. Instead, it is to reach the Quarter Finals and this should be a reachable goal, at the very least, for the Three Lions.

At almost 3/1, it feels like a nice price.

Firstly, I've gone for Qatar to be the lowest scoring team. In their 10 games leading up to the tournament, they faced one team that will also be at the World Cup, Tunisia.

Now, they lost that game 3-0. That already feels pretty good for us, considering they will be one of the weaker teams in the tournament.

Of their 10 games leading up to the tournament too, they scored seven goals, which is the fewest of any team of the 48 and again, they faced one team that will be there.

I think this has an excellent chance, but having E/W with three places offers us more than a bit of value.

Belgium, on the other hand, could be a great bet to be the highest scoring team at 14/1, with three places E/W again, thanks to BetVictor.

Perhaps the easiest group of the 12, the Red Devils have been drawn favourably and their scoring statistics are really solid. Indeed, they have averaged 3.1 goals per game in the 10 games leading up to this summer.

In a group with Iran and New Zealand - and even Egypt - they could well score goals for fun in the first round and if they can get a few more in the knockouts, they have a strong chance of a place.

I could well look silly in a few weeks with this. But I cannot understand why Group D is one of the highest odds for most goals in the Group Stage. To clarify, this market is not about teams from certain groups to score the most goals across the tournament.

Instead, it is just in the group stage and that offers us a massive chance at value.

Group D sees the USA, Paraguay, Australia and Türkiye go against each other and they have an average of just more than 2.8 goals per game in their past 10 games.

Whilst not the highest (by around 0.2 per game), it is also the group with the fewest certainties and you can probably make a semi-decent case for each, at least.

Again, I think this can be a fun one for us to track and above all, the value is there.

I'll start with Morocco here and whilst Africa have several strong teams at this World Cup, I have already been very vocal about my belief in them going far here.

So, I'll move on to Japan. Admittedly, the Samurai Blue are in a pretty tough group. However, they are going very under the radar in my view. They have lost only one of their past 10 games and won seven, including two against England and Brazil.

With seven clean sheets in this time, too, they are a very solid team and they could well be in with a strong chance of reaching the latter stages, too.

For a Last 16 bet, there are plenty of things to consider, from their groups to potential opponents. However, I think we have a solid mix here.

I have already touched on the Netherlands and Belgium, so I would not be too surprised to see them exit the group and continue past the Round of 32.

Norway have shown themselves to be a lethal national team, scoring for fun ahead of this tournament. So, I think this could continue here and it would not surprise me if Erling Haaland had a very good summer.

Then, we have Austria, who have been a solid team for a few tournaments now. Whilst I would have worries about their managerial situation, at this moment, I think they have a solid base and a balanced side. So, they could well give an impressive account of themselves this summer.

Finally, we're looking at the Top Goalscorer markets and I think we've got three excellent picks here.

Starting with Havertz, it seems likely that he is going to be the starting striker for Germany this summer. So, that already bodes well, he is a big game player and he is coming into this tournament with confidence. Around 2/1 for him to be top scorer is really nice.

Then, we have Marcel Sabitzer to be Austria's top scorer. Whilst not a striker, the midfielder has scored three goals in his last three games for the Boys, so he is pretty consistent. He is slightly higher at around 6/1, which again, I really like.

Finally, we have Lawrence Shankland, which is perhaps the riskiest of the lot. Scott McTominay would be the obvious choice on paper. However, Shankland is coming off a fantastic season with Hearts, where I backed him to be the SPFL's top scorer.

He's scored three goals in his last two games for the Tartan Army, including two in his last game against Curacao. I wouldn't put it past him to be Scotland's highest scorer.