The hope for the title of the Brazilian national team is so alive that it is reflected directly in the world betting market. According to a survey by Betfair, one of the world's largest bookmakers, 41% of bettors believe in Brazil's victory in 2022. The report also shows that Argentina and France appear just behind, with 17% and 11% of bets for champions, respectively.
Betfair's survey looked at the behaviour of its bettors in Brazil and around the world comparing the list of bets during the 2018 Russia World Cup and Qatar 2022.
For ‘gringos’ and Brazilians, Brazil is the favorite in Qatar
Obtaining the sixth World Cup for the ‘Verdeamarela’ is already almost a consensus between The Brazilian and foreign bettors of Betfair. According to the report, 41% of users around the world place Brazil as champions in 2022.
And all this optimism in seeing Neymar raise the long-awaited cup is even greater when it comes to the national market. Betfair's study revealed that 4 out of 5 Brazilians bet on Brazil as champions - 80% of Brazilian bettors.
The odd in case of Brazilian victory in the final of the World Cup is 4.5, that is, for each R$ 1 bet, the return will be R $ 4.50.
"Our experts in sports analysis and probabilities consider a number of variables when calculating the implied quotas and probabilities and with the World Cup is no different. Brazil appears as a big favorite for the tournament in Qatar due to the quality of the current team filled with stars, the campaign made in the qualifiers, the positive retrospect and the leadership in the FIFA world ranking, in addition to its tradition in World Cups being the greatest champion of all time. These are just some of the factors considered," the bookmaker said.
Check out the list of the number of bets on each national team:
After 4 years, Brazilian betting market solidifies
Discredited after the tough elimination at the 2014 World Cup, in 2018 the Brazilians saw the team fall in the quarter-finals to Belgium. Since then, a lot has changed, including the bettor's behavior. Betfair's report analyses data related to the Russian Cup and shows a gap in preferences for champions among Brazilian and foreign bettors.
Although the profiles believed in the title of Brazil in 2018, international bettors placed Germany, France and Spain as the other favorites in this sequence. While in Brazil, the bets went to Spain, Germany and Uruguay. That year, the big winner was the French national team after a 4-2 win against Croatia.
With the betting world increasingly popular in Brazil, the volume of bets made in 2022 grew exponentially when compared to 2018, making the data even more reliable on the confidence of Brazilians and bettors around the world in achieving the sixth world Cup.
Betfair (www.betfair.com) is one of the world's largest online sports betting providers, and the official sponsor of CONMEBOL Libertadores and South America. The company, founded in London in 2000, has pioneered the offer of peer-to-peer betting (Betfair Exchange) betting in the betting industry and manages a full range of sports betting, entertainment events and online gaming products for more than 4 million customers worldwide, available to over 18s.
Thanks to its state-of-the-art technology, the platform offers a wide catalog of products that allows you to bet with your own quotas and quotas offered by other users. Betfair is licensed to operate online betting and other gaming in 19 countries, including Spain, Italy, Malta, Colombia and Great Britain.
Source: GMB
