2018 World Cup final: France vs. Croatia odds, lines, expert picks, and best insider predictions

European soccer expert picks Sunday's 2018 World Cup final

It's an all-European battle to decide who will be crowned champion as France and Croatia square off in the 2018 World Cup final at Luzhniki Stadium on Sunday at 11 a.m. ET. France beat Belgium 1-0 to make the 2018 World Cup final, while Croatia upset England 2-1 in extra time. France enters the 2018 World Cup finals as -110 money line favorites, meaning you'd need to wager $110 on a French victory to win $100. Croatia is going off at +360 World Cup odds (risk $100 to win $360), while a draw in regulation returns +230. In two-way betting on which country wins outright, France is -250 and Croatia is +200. The Over-Under for total goals scored in the 2018 World Cup final is 2.

Before you lock in your 2018 World Cup picks for France vs. Croatia, you need to see what European football expert David Sumpter has to say. Sumpter is an applied mathematician who wrote "Soccermatics," a book that explains how math works inside the sport. Along with other experienced analysts, Sumpter developed the powerful Soccerbot model. 

The Soccerbot reads current odds and all team performance data, calculates key metrics and predicts upcoming matches. In nearly three seasons since its inception, the Soccerbot is up an incredible 1,800 percent on bookmakers' closing odds. 

The model is crushing the World Cup knockout stage. It strongly recommending Croatia as an underdog at +135 against England in the semifinals. The result: Croatia stamped its ticket to the Russia 2018 final with a thrilling 2-1 victory.

Croatia went down early, but equalized behind Ivan Perisic's second-half goal to force extra time. Perisic has now been involved in 10 goals at major tournaments for Croatia (six goals and four assists).

The model also knows France enters the 2018 World Cup final with a ton of confidence after defeating Argentina (4-3), Uruguay (2-0) and Belgium (1-0) in its last three matches. 

Kylian Mbappe has been the breakout star for France at Russia 2018, becoming just the second teenager to score multiple goals in a knockout match at the World Cup.

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