FIFA 2026 World Cup - Curacao vs Ivory Coast (Group E) Tips

Match Details

Date: 26/6/26 6:00AM

Venue: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Current Betting Odds

Curacao: $18.00

Draw: $8.50

Ivory Coast: $1.15

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What a dream for Curacao! They held on through an absolute barrage of attempts to steal a 0-0 draw with Ecuador. They celebrated like it was a win and so they should. The tiny island nation was not expected to trouble any of their group and yet they held on to a draw, against a highly respectable football nation.

The Ivory Coast will have seen a 7-0 game followed by a 0-0 game and realised that Curacao are not the easy beats they expected. They will not want to play around to long here and lose a chance to advance as the second seed, in group E.

Best Bet

Ivory Coast

Half time result

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$1.48

They are almost unbackable for the match at $1.15, Ivory Coast will be keen to get scoreboard pressure on Curacao to avoid another shut out.

The Curacao defence has been battle tested and their keeper, 37 year old Eloy Room, had a game for the ages. A staggering fifteen saves against Ecuador, the most ever recorded over a standard 90 minute World Cup match.

The Germans managed four first half goals and Room only managed four saves. If Ivory Coast are getting a similar number of shots, in the twenties, they should be able to capitalise and find a way past the expert stopper.

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Ivory Coast win/ Both teams to score NO/ Over 2.5 Goals

SGM

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$2.80

I think this game plays out more like the Germany edition rather than Ecuador, which is unfortunate for Curacao.

The monumental defensive effort will be hard to replicate, and the numbers suggest that the goals will come. The expected goal rating for both of Curacao’s opponents finished at an average of 3.53 goals. That’s taking into account the chances created, possession held and shots taken.

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Ivory Coast

-2.0 Handicap

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$2.20

The storyline that followed Curacao’s draw was beautiful, with their game winning goalkeeper dedicating the win to a former national keeper who passed away while representing the country playing football. It was a highly emotional scene for all involved and even left their manager visibly emotional on the sidelines.

Sometimes in sport we see teams struggle to rally after such an experience and I would not be surprised if they have now played their grand final. Ivory Coast should win and should win well, to give them some confidence, heading past the group stage.

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