The race for the 2018 World Cup individual awards are heating up as we are reaching the FIFA World Cup Round of 16 games this Saturday, June 30th, 2018. The Golden Boot Award for the top goalscorer of the 2018 World Cup already has some strong contenders with three or more goals on their accounts, while as a matter of fact, the battle for the Golden Ball Award for the best player of the tournament and the Golden Glove Award for the best goalkeeper starts here in the knock-out phase.
That is why we’ll take a closer look at the latest winners odds update for the FIFA World Cup Awards provided by BetDSI Sportsbook to see who could be the potential winners at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
2018 FIFA World Cup Golden Boot Winners Odds Update for the Round of 16
| Harry Kane +175 (5 goals) | Cristiano Ronaldo +450 (4 goals) | Romelu Lukaku +450 (4 goals) |
| Diego Costa +800 (3 goals) | Neymar +2500 (1 goal) | Lionel Messi +2500 (1 goal) |
| Philippe Coutinho +3300 (2 goals) | Eden Hazard +3300 (2 goals) | Luis Suarez +3300 (2 goals) |
| Luka Modric +5000 (2 goals) | Denis Cheryshev +5000 (3 goals) | Kylian Mbappe +6600 (1 goal) |
| Antoine Griezmann +6600 (2 goals) | Isco +6600 (1 goal) | Radamel Falcao +8000 (1 goal) |
2018 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball Winners Odds Update for the Round of 16
| Philippe Coutinho +450 | Cristiano Ronaldo +550 | Harry Kane +700 |
| Neymar +800 | Isco +1000 | Eden Hazard +1200 |
| Luka Modric +1200 | Lionel Messi +1200 | Romelu Lukaku +2500 |
| Kevin De Bruyne +2500 | Luis Suarez +3300 | Antoine Griezmann +3300 |
| Diego Costa +3300 | Xherdan Shaqiri +5000 | Hirving Lozano +5000 |
2018 FIFA World Cup Golden Glove Winners Odds for the Round of 16
| Alisson Becker +400 | David De Gea +550 | Thibaut Courtois +600 |
| Hugo Lloris +800 | Jordan Pickford +900 | Danijel Subasic +1000 |
| Guillermo Ochoa +1200 | Fernando Muslera +1600 | Yann Sommer +2000 |
| David Ospina +2000 | Rui Patricio +2500 | Franco Armani +2500 |
| Kasper Schmeichel +4000 | Igor Akinfeev +5000 | Robin Olsen +6600 |
The Golden Boot Award – Who Should Continue to Bag Goals in the Round of 16
England’s Harry Kane is the strongest candidate to win the Golden Boot with the odds at +175, as the prolific striker has one goal more on his account than his closest rivals. Likewise, Kane is England’s main option in the finals third, while he also takes penalties which could be a decisive factor in this battle, particularly with the vast number of penalty kicks provided by the Video Assistant Referee technology.
Cristiano Ronaldo at +450 is just one goal behind Harry Kane, and CR7 is a pure scoring machine who can bag literally at will, while Portugal surely needs his goals in the match against Uruguay at the start of the knock-out phase. Belgium’s Romelu Lukaku also has four goals on his account with the odds at +450 to win the Golden Ball as well, but Lukaku should have an easy job to improve his record in the Round of 16 where Belgium faces Japan as a huge -250 favorite to win the match. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Lukaku bagging another brace against fragile Japan’s defense.
Diego Costa has scored three goals for Spain thus far, and with the odds at +800, he should be the most intriguing pick here, no doubt. Here’s the reason why – Spain will meet Russia in the last 16 as a strong -163 favorite, and Costa should have a great advantage over Sbornaya’s slow defense, while in the Quarter-Finals the potential rival could be Croatia or Argentina, so Costa arguably has the best schedule to add a few more goals to his name.
All other contenders will have a mountain to climb to surpass Kane at the top of the list, including Brazil’s duo Neymar and Philippe Coutinho. Neymar has scored just once so far, but he’s a type of player who can hit the hat-trick out of nowhere, and the clash with Mexico in the Round of 16 is a perfect chance to do something great after disappointing displays in the group phase of the 2018 World Cup.
The Pick: Romelu Lukaku (+450)
The Golden Ball Award – The Winner Will Be the Greatest Leader
The bettors who want to wager on the Golden Ball winner need to analyze each side left in the competition and induce who could go far in the tournament, as the best player of the 2018 World Cup will have to lead his team to something wonderful. In this case, it is at least the Semi-Finals which enables one more game at the tourney, so the bettors should be careful when picking up the bet on this one, but they also need to be lucky, as you never know what could happen at the World Cup. We have seen plenty of surprises so far, and the bettors can expect a couple of more in the knock-out stage.
Brazil’s Philippe Coutinho was leading his side through the group phase, scoring two goals and one assist in three appearances, and he looks like the sharpest guy in this Brazil side. Cristiano Ronaldo has netted four out of five Portugal’s goals in the Group B, and he will certainly be a key factor in Portugal’s eventual drive to the success. Harry Kane is a big favorite for another award here, as he’s not only a goalscorer but also a captain and the leader of the Three Lions. Eden Hazard is a nice sleeper pick for the bettors who fancy Belgium’s odds to beat the 2018 World Cup, while Isco from Spain and Antoine Griezmann from France are both exceptional players who could lead their teams to the title in Russia.
The Pick: Isco (+1000)
The Golden Glove Award – Who’s a Rock Between the Sticks
Betting on the Golden Glove winner is probably the most difficult task here, as the bettors will have to choose the guy who’ll impress with his saves, but also be a true leader of his defensive line. If you take a look at the past winners, there are four keepers from the best team of the tournament, Oliver Kahn was a vice-champion with Germany in 2002, while only Belgium’s Michel Preud’homme was eliminated in the Round of 16. Hereof, the bettors should wager on a goalie from one of the top contenders to beat the 2018 World Cup.
The Pick: Alisson Becker (+400)
