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Getting to the World Cup doesn’t mean you’re expected to score goals.
Let’s see the odds for which teams are expected to score the most, and subsequently the fewest, per May 27 at DraftKing’s Sportsbook.
Most scoring team
Spain: +300 (bet $10 to win $40 total)
France: +500 (bet $10 to win $60 total)
Brazil: +600 (bet $10 to win $70 total)
England: +650 (bet $10 to win $75 total)
Argentina: +700 (bet $10 to win $80 total)
Germany: +750 (bet $10 to win $85 total)
Portugal: +900 (bet $10 to win $100 total)
What you need to know: In 16 World Cup games (this will be its 17th), Spain have scored 108 goals, an average of 6.75 goals per game. tournament. In the 2022 World Cup, the Spaniards scored nine goals in group play, but failed to find the net in the round of 16, where they fell to Morocco on penalties. France and Brazil scored six and three goals respectively in group play in 2022, with France scoring 10 more in the knockout stages to finish with a tournament-best 16 goals. In 2018, Belgium led the way with 16 goals, and in the three World Cups that took place from 2006-2014, Germany scored the most goals in all three (14, 16 and 18 goals). Spain has never led the tournament in most goals scored. All-time, Brazil has the most World Cup goals scored (237), followed by Germany (232), Argentina (152), France (136), Italy (128), Spain (108) and England (104).
The lowest scoring team
Curaçao: +400 (bet $10 to win $50 total)
Haiti: +700 (bet $10 to win $80 total)
Cape Verde: +800 (bet $10 to win $90 total)
Jordan: +1000 (bet $10 to win $110 total)
Iraq: +1100 (bet $10 to win $120 total)
Uzbekistan: +1100 (bet $10 to win $120 total)
New Zealand: +1200 (bet $10 to win $130 total)
Panama: +1400 (bet $10 to win $150 total)
What you need to know: Curaçao will make its first World Cup appearance in 2026. This will be Haiti’s second appearance, having done so all the way back in 1974. That year, the Haitians scored twice in the group stage. Cape Verde and Jordan, like Curaçao, are making their first World Cup appearances.
