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We reach the final day of Matchday 4 this evening as the World Cup edges towards the quarter-final stages. Argentina and Switzerland go head-to-head in the early 5pm kick-off as Alejandro Sabella’s look to maintain their 100% record so far, while Lionel Messi’s Fantasy owners will be optimistic of picking up the points in a round which has seen the likes of Neymar, Robin Van Persie and Karim Benzema fail to score over the previous three evenings:

Argentina: Romero; Zabaleta, Fernandez, Garay, Rojo; Gago, Mascherano, Di Maria; Messi, Higuain, Lavezzi

Switzerland: Benaglio; Lichtsteiner, Djourou, Schar, Rodriguez; Inler, Behrami; Xhaka, Shaqiri Mehmedi; Drmic

Argentina make just one enforced change from the side that saw off Nigeria last time around, with Ezequiel Lavezzi replacing the injured Sergio Aguero in the front three. Having scored four of his side’s six goals, Messi is the standout option for the South Americans, with the likes of Gonzalo Higuain and Angel di Maria yet to pick up any returns whatsoever over their first three matches.

Switzerland, unsurprisingly, are changed from the XI that swept aside Honduras in the final group match. Fabian Schar continues in central defence, then, with Ricardo Rodriguez owners looking for further attacking returns from the raiding left-back, who already has a couple of assists to his name. Further up the field, Xherdan Shaqiri is the form player, having bagged a hat-trick against the Hondurans, while Josip Drmic also arrives on the back of a decent display which served up a pair of assists in the 3-0 win.

Later in the evening, Belgium seek to extend a record which has seen them win every match in the tournament. Marc Wilmots made a number of changes for the final group game against South Korea and Fantasy favourites such as Eden Hazard and Kevin de Bruyne are expected to return to the starting XI against the USA. Divock Origi may fancy his chances of a start up front after another impressive display off the bench last time around, whilst at the back, the Belgians will be desperate for Vincent Kompany to recover in time for tonight’s clash as they look to maintain a series of defensive displays which has seen them concede just a single spot-kick so far.

After beating Ghana and drawing with Portugal, Jurgen Klinsmann’s side tasted defeat in their final group game against Germany. The USA will be looking to bounce back immediately and Clint Dempsey, with a goal in each of his first two appearances, is the main threat for the underdogs, though Graham Zusi, with two assists to his name, and Jermaine Jones, with a goal and assist to date, could be key to Klinsmann’s chances of springing an upset.

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  1. RÏɠBY
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    jammy dodgers

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  2. Bøwstring The Carp
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Is it worth doing Muller/ Djabou (7) ----> Mertens if he starts?

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  3. Siva Mohan
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Di Maria Goal
    Messi(c) Assist
    Rojo CS

    now come on Van Buyten!!!!

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    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Same for me in Mirror game 🙂

      Just Garay and mascherano in McD 🙁 (took out Di Maria this round)

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    2. Shakshuka
      • 13 Years
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      How many points for them?

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      1. Siva Mohan
        • 13 Years
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        9,11,9

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        1. Shakshuka
          • 13 Years
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          Thanks

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    3. Atwood
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      I'm in the exacf same position, are you keeping the armband on Messi?

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      1. Siva Mohan
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        Yes!

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    4. Kevin Twine
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Same here. If only I had battery at Glasto to switch my captain to Jrod, though. 🙁

      1st world problems ftw.

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  4. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    That was exciting 😀 😀

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  5. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Desperately unlucky for the Swiss

    USA to become the only non group winner in the QF

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    1. tm245
      • 14 Years
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      I believe.

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      1. tm245
        • 14 Years
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        I believe that we will win.

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        1. Fifa las vegas
          • 13 Years
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          Ya? Well I don't 😉

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  6. ZE GERMANS
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Football is a female dog...she bites when she wants.

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    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
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      Also known as Suarez

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      1. Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
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        😀

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      2. ZE GERMANS
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        hahaha, it was accidental thrice

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    2. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Can a make dog not just do that too?

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      1. Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
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        *male

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  7. Pilleri
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    7 points or twist to Beckerman?

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  8. Beautiful Game
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    How much did messi , dimaria and rojo get?

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    1. Bøwstring The Carp
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      11, 9, 9

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      1. Bøwstring The Carp
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        Sorry 10 for Di Maria after clean sheet point

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    2. Hamstergod
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Rojo 5 +CS to come, DiMAria 9

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      1. Beautiful Game
        • 13 Years
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        Cs point included for maria in 9?

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    3. Buck The Trent
      • 14 Years
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      11, 9, 5 (before CS)

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    4. Beautiful Game
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Cheers guys

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  9. Buck The Trent
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    After CS is added, Rojo would be on 9 points, right?

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    1. sre10
      • 11 Years
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      yes

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  10. tm245
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Mcdonalds pts keep changing so not sure what everyone will settle on.

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  11. Supernova
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Rojo delivered countless balls into the box today, yet not a single point for it.

    What the hell counts as a 'ball delivered into the box' for goodness sake?! No consistency in the McFantasy.

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    1. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Whatever they decide. They can't use their proper rules because they f**ked them up.

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    2. Werkself
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      They didn't connect.

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    3. Jack Frost
      • 15 Years
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      I think it has to touch a team mate first.

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    4. Billy Gilmore
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Delivered implies they were received. He actually was given one but they took it off.

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  12. FlyingHamster
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Rodriguez has more points w/o CS than Rojo with it. I will miss this fantasy gold.

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  13. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    So that's this week over for me. 131 points. I can kick back and relax for this last game then. Go USA!

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    1. Tommytour
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      I've had a cracking one too 🙂

      Hoping for top 100

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  14. Hamstergod
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Rodriguez finished on 12, not bad

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  15. r0nh
    • 14 Years
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    121 points all out

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    1. Vote Joke
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      125. Try again 😉

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    2. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      88, with Valbuena aspens Howedes on my bench 😳

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    3. Buck The Trent
      • 14 Years
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      122
      will twist, hence 115 with 1 to play

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  16. pundit of punts
    • 13 Years
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    Glad that I kept faith with Di Maria.

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    1. Oflow
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Glad i switched him with Masch, piece of mind,

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    2. Tommytour
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Me too, in both games

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    3. Beavis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
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      He was awful today to be fair.

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  17. Colonel Shoe 肝池
    • 14 Years
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    shouldnt have got rid of rodriguez

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    1. Konig Luther
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      yes... 12pts

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  18. HVT
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    What is the top prize in McDs ?

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    1. Mílanista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Happy Meal toy

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      1. HVT
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        Knew someone would say this 😉
        Just rank is decent (250) and only for a few schoolboy errors could be in there.

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      2. HuttonDressedasLahm
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 7 months ago

        Hot Apple Pie

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    2. Konig Luther
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      a car

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    3. Piggs Boson
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      A bag of chips and some diddy donuts.

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    4. HVT
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      As Jim Diamod sang :
      " I should have know better "
      🙂

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  19. Zasa
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    MotM has to be RRod, the Chilean man single handedly stopped every ADM advance.

    Can't believe he asked to join the Chilean national side & Sampaoli rejected him a couple months back. Well, pretty big mistake there eh?

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  20. HuttonDressedasLahm
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Belgium v USA in?

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    1. Beavis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      There was a "leaked" Belgian XI earlier.

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      1. HVT
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
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        Paste ?

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  21. Liastro ⭐️
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Why hasn't Rojo got clean sheet points?

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    1. Tommytour
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Patience

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    2. crystalpalaceRus
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      it'll come

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    3. Beavis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Patience

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    4. Billy Gilmore
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      It's there.

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  22. Tommytour
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Well that saves me using wildcard in Fox

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  23. crystalpalaceRus
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    That Di maria goal made me excited

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  24. Tomlette Greggs
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Muller's my lowest scorer with 7. Worth shipping out for van Buyten, yes?

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    1. Tommytour
      • 15 Years
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      Yep

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    2. Bøwstring The Carp
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      Hard call for a defender, same predicament below for me with Mertens 😕

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      1. Tomlette Greggs
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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        think it's worth the punt. 7's achieveable for Mertens.

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  25. pundit of punts
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    How many did Mascherano get?

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    1. Tomlette Greggs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 7 months ago

      10 with clean sheet pts

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  26. Bøwstring The Carp
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Djabou (7) ----> Mertens?

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  27. Beavis
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Kristof Terreur ‏@HLNinEngeland 1h
    RTBF leak Belgium XI: Courtois; Alderweireld, van Buyten, Kompany, Vertonghen; Witsel, Fellaini, De Bruyne; Mertens, Origi, Hazard.

    This was the leaked XI from earlier if it wasn't posted. There will be official line-ups soon though.

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    1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
      • 15 Years
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      No Lukaks?

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  28. LewanGOALski
    • 14 Years
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    127 pts for my team this round then. Not bad, I suppose..

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  29. Old Schoolᴼˢ “disa…
    • 14 Years
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    59 points from that game

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  30. The Sarjeant
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 7 months ago

    Had money on Messi to be the highest rated player. Ladbrokes uses WhoScored.com and he's the highest rated player.

    On my bet slip, it says LOSE. I thought it may have been just for 90 minutes. But on their rules it says:

    "In the event that any match goes into extra time all WhoScored.com related markets will be settled based on the results after 120 minutes, and penalties where applicable."

    Why haven't I won?!?!

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    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
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      I have no clue 😕

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      1. Fifa las vegas
        • 13 Years
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        How can you be sure they use whoscored?

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        1. The Sarjeant
          • 12 Years
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          Read the quote lol. They say in their rules that they do.

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        2. The Sarjeant
          • 12 Years
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          "The markets "Highest Rated Player", "Player to have the most Shots" and "Player to make the most tackles" will be settled according to the first statistics published at http://www.Whoscored.com"

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