What's up, everyone?

Welcome to the World Cup semi-final show right here on the Early Edge, brought to you by

BEDMGM.

We've got John Imer, Martin Green, Brad Thomas.

We've got some semifinals to talk about.

And if you like chalk, well, you're in the right place because the world's top four

FIFA ranked teams are in the semis.

Let's talk the first game first.

France versus Spain, France, favorite in this one.

And Martin, I'm going to start with you.

How about a favorite side or total pick?

Yeah, these are the two strongest teams in the world for me right now.

I think whoever wins this game goes on and wins the final, both just exceptional teams.

And I'm going to avoid going for the money line or aside.

I prefer the totals because I do think they're quite evenly matched.

I'm going for both teams to score.

It's about minus 1.30.

Spain did beat France 2.1 in the semifinals of the

European Championship a couple of years ago. They've gone from strength to strength since then.

There are a 36 game unbeaten streak. They beat France again 5'4 in the Nations League

semifinals last year. So they'll go into this game with a lot of confidence. They've scored 1.83 goals per game

at this tournament and I think they will unlock France's defence. Spain are very strong defensively, but it's hard for me to see them keeping the likes of Killian and Bappe and Usman Dembele and Michael Alisei at bay for the full 90 minutes. So keeping it simple, going for both teams to score at minus 130. If you want a bit more value, I'd just go for both teams to score in over 2.5 goals.

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