
The bracket of 16 teams is quickly shrinking as the 2022 World Cup has reached its quarterfinals stage. Only six teams remain following thrilling victories by Argentina and Croatia on Friday to place themselves in next week’s semifinals. And after Saturday’s two quarterfinal matchups, we’ll head into next week’s games with just four countries still playing.
Fewer teams mean fewer games, and for the sake of this article, fewer opportunities to bet big and potentially win ever bigger.