World Cup predictions: Back Hakim Ziyech shots in Morocco vs Croatia third-place playoff

Jones Knows has been banging in the World Cup winners and he has more betting angles to consider in the final two games of a pulsating tournament.

Croatia vs Morocco, Third-place playoff, Saturday 3pm
This game isn’t for everyone but my punting pulses always get a little pumped for this encounter as it’s traditionally a game where action is guaranteed

with teams releasing the handbrake somewhat. That can be seen in the fact there has only been one draw after 90 minutes in the 19 World Cup third-place playoff matches. Teams play to win.

That should certainly be the case this year with two teams who will see the chance of finishing third at a World Cup as a big motivation factor.

There are bets to be had in the goals and shots markets.

Looking back at the previous 19 third-place World Cup playoffs – a reliable sample size – the average goals per-90 rockets to 3.7 goals, suggesting if you had blindly backed that goals line over the years you’d be well ahead at the prices.

Over 2.5 goals in this encounter is available at 4/5 with Sky Bet – a bet that would have copped in 10 of the last 11 third-place playoffs.

That is a bet to consider but my money will be investing in the shots markets where there are some very juicy prices at odds-against to attack. When a goal average is high in a game of this exhibition nature, the likelihood for shots also increases.

A quick, basic draw down of the total match shots in the last 14 third-place playoffs shows that each match is providing 31.2 shots per 90 minutes. Sky Bet have set their shots line at 25 or more with 4/5 available which opens up huge possibilities across various markets. My weapon of choice is the Morocco player shots markets with Hakim Ziyech’s lines standing out.

The Chelsea man is the perfect candidate for a shots bet as he is afforded plenty of attacking licence playing on the ‘wrong’ side meaning he always looks to cut in on his stronger left-foot to take on shots and he is a greedy, greedy boy who likes a speculative attempt from distance.

In 51 Premier League appearances for Chelsea, his shots per 90 average is 3.07 – an incredibly healthy strike rate. He is averaging the most shots of any Moroccan player at the World Cup with 1.3 per 90 and that’s whilst playing in a very defensive-focused team. They’ll play with much more freedom in this one and Ziyech is likely to shoot on sight and shoot regularly. I’ll be backing him to have three or more shots at 13/8 with Sky Bet, four or more at 4/1 and two shots on target at 100/30.

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