{"id":5853,"date":"2026-06-30T23:04:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T23:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=5853"},"modified":"2026-06-30T23:04:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T23:04:32","slug":"2026-world-cup-odds-mbappe-messi-duel-in-generational-golden-boot-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=5853","title":{"rendered":"2026 World Cup Odds: Mbapp\u00e9, Messi Duel In Generational Golden Boot Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            POPULAR SEARCHES\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            BROWSE BY\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Two things have undoubtedly been true this summer: The superstars are shining, and the Golden Boot odds seem to be changing every minute.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>After recording his second brace of the tournament in Tuesday&#8217;s 3-0 win over Sweden, Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 is now up to 18 career World Cup goals, one shy of tying Lionel Messi for the most in World Cup history. He is now also up to 10 knockout stage goals, extending his record for the most in World Cup history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Meanwhile, after coming into Argentina&#8217;s final group game against Jordan in the 60th minute on Saturday, it took very little time for Messi to put one in the back of the net. Messi&#8217;s 80th minute free kick gave him his sixth goal of the tournament, setting the record for most consecutive matches with a goal in the World Cup (7).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Messi is now up to 19 career World Cup goals, extending his record for the most by any man or woman in World Cup history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>With Mbapp\u00e9 and Messi now tied on six goals apiece, the Golden Boot race is becoming one of the defining storylines of the tournament and is shaping up to be one of the most historic in World Cup history, as both generational stars continue chasing records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Let&#8217;s dive into the updated Golden Boot odds at FanDuel Sportsbook as of June 30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14><i>This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX Sports may be compensated. Read more about <\/i><i><u>Sports Betting on FOX Sports<\/u><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9: -110 (bet $10 to win $19.09 total)<br \/>Lionel Messi: +145 (bet $10 to win $24.50 total)<br \/>Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9: +1800 (bet $10 to win $190 total)<br \/>Harry Kane: +1800 (bet $10 to win $190 total)<br \/>Erling Haaland: +1800 (bet $10 to win $190 total)<br \/>Vin\u00edcius J\u00fanior: +3000 (bet $10 to win $310 total)<br \/>Mikel Oyarzabal: +3000 (bet $10 to win $310 total)<br \/>Cristiano Ronaldo: +6000 (bet $10 to win $610 total)<br \/>Jonathan David: +7000 (bet $10 to win $710 total)<br \/>Lamine Yamal: +7000 (bet $10 to win $710 total)<br \/>Ismael Saibari: +7000 (bet $10 to win $710 total)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Here&#8217;s what to know about this oddsboard:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14><strong>The Tally: <\/strong>Messi and Mbapp\u00e9 are tied for the most goals this tournament with six, Haaland has five, while Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 and Vini Jr. are tied in third with four. With Mbapp\u00e9 scoring two goals in his first knockout stage match against Sweden, Messi will look to respond on Friday against Cape Verde.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14><strong>History Made: <\/strong>With his hat trick against Algeria,<strong> <\/strong>Messi tied Miroslav Klose for the most goals in men&#8217;s World Cup history with 16, while also setting the record as the oldest player (38) to record a hat trick, passing Cristiano Ronaldo. Then, in Argentina&#8217;s second game against Austria, Messi scored twice to put some space between himself and Klose. Finally, after coming on as a sub in the second half of Argentina&#8217;s last group stage match against Jordan, Messi added another, this time via a lovely free kick. Mbapp\u00e9, with his offensive performance so far this tournament, now has 18 career World Cup goals, passing Klose as the second-most in men\u2019s World Cup history. We are more than likely to see this record go back and fourth the rest of the summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14><strong>Haaland Overshadowed: <\/strong>While overshadowed because of another great Mbapp\u00e9 performane, Erling Haaland scored his fifth goal of the tournament on Tuesday, tapping one into the back of the net in the 86th minute of Norway&#8217;s 2-1 win over the Ivory Coast. Haaland&#8217;s game-winning goal has set up a marquee matchup with Brazil on Sunday in the Round of 16. Haaland now only sits one goal behind Messi and Mbapp\u00e9 in the Golden Boot goal standings.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY Two things have undoubtedly been true this summer: The superstars are shining, and the Golden Boot odds seem to be changing every minute.\u00a0 After recording his second brace of the tournament in Tuesday&#8217;s 3-0 win over Sweden, Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 is now up to 18 career World Cup goals, one shy of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}