World Cup 2026, Day 5 +EV Bets
World Cup Betting: Day 5 begins with Spain looking for their first 90 minute win in 7 games.
Day 5 brings Spain, unbeaten in 31 competitive matches and aiming to become the fourth side to hold the World and European titles at once, against Cape Verde.
Four fixtures make up the day, alongside Belgium v Egypt, Saudi Arabia v Uruguay and Iran v New Zealand.
First, the key observations from Day 4
Day 4 Keynotes
The Netherlands drew 2-2 with Japan, the first World Cup match to be goalless at half-time and finish as a draw with both sides scoring twice since Germany 2-2 Ghana in 2014.
Kai Havertz has scored in five of his last six starts across all competitions, six goals in total, three for Arsenal and three for Germany.
Amad Diallo’s strike for Ivory Coast against Ecuador (89:32) was the latest winning goal by a substitute in a 1-0 World Cup match since Francesco Totti’s 94th-minute penalty for Italy against Australia in 2006.
Spain v Cape Verde
Spain are aiming to become the fourth side to hold the World and European titles at the same time. They were also the last to do it, across 2008, 2010 and 2012.
Spain are unbeaten in their last 31 competitive matches, winning 25, since a 2-0 defeat to Scotland in March 2023.
Spain have won only one of their last six World Cup matches inside 90 minutes.
Belgium v Egypt
Belgium are unbeaten in their last 13 matches.
Belgium have scored in the first half of their last six games, taking the lead in three of them.
Egypt have won four, drawn one and lost three of their recent matches, most recently a 2-1 defeat to Brazil.
Egypt beat Belgium 2-1 in a 2022 friendly.
Saudi Arabia v Uruguay
Uruguay have kept clean sheets in their last three games.
Away from home, Uruguay’s last six games have all finished with fewer than three goals.
Saudi Arabia drew 0-0 in their most recent match.
Iran v New Zealand
Iran have won their three warm-up matches, scoring ten and conceding one.
New Zealand lost 1-0 to England and 4-0 to Haiti in recent matches.
New Zealand have scored just once in their last five internationals.
Inside today’s Daily Brief
The trends above are the free preview. The positions are in today’s Daily Brief, sent before kick-off:
• Every +EV position for the day, with entry prices and points staking
• The pre-match and in-play bets across today’s fixtures
• The in-play triggers for each position
• A daily acca whenever the fixtures justify one
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