Monday's World Cup slate has three great matches and numerous stars. Argentina and Austria will get things started at 1:00 p.m. ET in Dallas. Then, France and Iraq meet at 5:00 p.m. ET in Philadelphia before Norway faces Senegal at 8:00 p.m. ET in New Jersey. Finally, Jordan vs Algeria will matchup at 11:00 p.m. ET in San Francisco.
Soccer fans around the globe are enthralled by this tournament, but so are bettors immersed in the many available markets. So, we'll keep bringing you game and player prop picks for every matchday until the final on July 19th.
Let's get into our World Cup prop picks for Monday, June 22.
World Cup Props for Monday
Austria vs Argentina Prop Picks
After a three-goal show against Algeria that tied Miroslav Klose's World Cup all-time goal record with 16, everyone expects Messi to score again today.
However, he's also the assists record holder (8), along with Diego Maradona, so we can back him both ways against Austria, a team that will be extra cautious with Messi and will probably surround him.
Argentina had just nine shots in their first match, but six of them were on target.
Messi had the bulk of those with six total shots and four on goal. He will continue to be aggressive and will probably have chances from free kicks and maybe even a penalty.
Parlay both picks (+153) at FanDuel.
Iraq vs France Prop Picks
Most goalscoring markets don't offer enticing odds for Kylian Mbappe because everyone's banking on him to score again, and it's understandable as the French forward has scored 14 goals in 15 World Cup matches in his career.
As we did with Erling Haaland last week, instead of going for two or more goals, we can back Mbappe to open the scoring at an enticing number.
Senegal vs Norway Prop Picks
This is a much more difficult matchup for Norway, and the odds for Erling Haaland to score reflect that.
However, the prolific forward has to be given first choice if we think Norway will score, which brings us to our second pick for this game.
Senegal lost to France in their debut match and will need to get points here, so expect the African side to be relentless in their pursuit, whether through build-up play or counterattacks.
It will probably depend on how early one of these teams scores, but this matchup should be a give-and-go affair of chances and, hopefully, goals.
You can play them individually or parlay them (+172) at FanDuel.
Algeria vs Jordan Prop Picks
Algeria is a good team, and the 3-0 score against Argentina only needs to be explained with one word: Messi. Now, they'll try to make up for their tough luck against a Jordan side that only allowed Austria three shots on target and lost 3-1.
We should see more of Algeria (and Riyad Mahrez, who came on as a substitute last Tuesday), and for this value, six shots on goal is a reasonable number.
