meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Early Edge: A Daily Sports Betting Podcast

World Cup: Weekend BEST BETS

The Early Edge: A Daily Sports Betting Podcast

CBS Sports, SportsLine

Sports, Football

4.5779 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

SportsLine soccer experts Brad Thomas and Martin Green return with their BEST BETS for this weekend's World Cup slate. They highlight the top value spots in Netherlands vs. Sweden before diving into the rest of the weekend matchups, including bets for Germany, Belgium, and MORE. 

Check out the SportsLine YouTube channel EVERY DAY for World Cup picks, predictions and best bets!

🎥 WATCH

• Subscribe to this channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SportsLine 

• Watch CBS Sports HQ: https://cbssports.com/live

• Watch CBS Sports Network on your TV or the CBS Sports App with your cable provider 

📱FOLLOW 

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/SportsLine 

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sportsline  

• TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@sportsline 

📖 READ

• For all out Best Bets, Picks and Props. Any league. Any game. Any time: https://www.sportsline.com/ 

🛍️MERCH

• Shop our merch: https://www.paramountshop.com/collections/the-early-edge   

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Let's talk some World Cup weekend bets on the early edge with Martin Green and Brad Thomas.

0:09.5

Gentlemen, I mentioned it a pretty big game for, I mean, I guess both teams, but the Netherlands in particular coming off a draw, Sweden leading their group.

0:18.4

Netherlands is a short favorite here.

0:20.1

You see the match preview for

0:21.5

Group F. Saturday at 1 o'clock. Brad Thomas, what's your best bet, Netherlands, Sweden.

0:27.1

Yeah, I'm going over two and a half goals, round minus 120. I actually bet this right after I

0:33.4

watched that Japan match. You know, we talked about in the buildup to this tournament, how the Netherlands are a dark horse team,

0:39.7

but my biggest issue with them was their defense.

0:43.1

They play a really high line,

0:44.7

and oftentimes there's lacks of communications

0:47.1

and attacking players getting behind.

0:49.8

We saw that against Japan,

0:51.8

and Japan were able to net two in a match where it was nil-nil at half time.

0:57.2

And then on the other side of the ball, Sweden actually looked really good with that two-headed monster of Victor Yolkerez and Alexander Isak up top.

1:04.6

I think if they can get in behind, they'll have success.

1:07.2

Well, what's the problem for Sweden?

1:08.5

And it's been the problem that they've had from qualification through the friendlies to the tournament, their defense. Their defending is very

1:15.1

untrustworthy. So I went over two and a half because I didn't want to worry about one team

1:19.7

blowing the other one out and not cashing both teams to score. But I do like both teams to score a lot

1:24.2

in this as well. Martin, we recently referred to the hit rate of both teams

1:28.6

to score at least through week one of the World Cup. Yeah, I promised you that I would be

1:34.8

given out some both teams to score picks, and this is indeed the first one. Very similar, really,

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CBS Sports, SportsLine, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of CBS Sports, SportsLine and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.