Cape Verde have shocked the World Cup by holding two former winners to draws in their first ever appearance at the tournament.
Garguntuan efforts from Vozinha and Pico Lopes in particular helped the Blue Sharks to earn a goalless draw with the European Champions and pre-tournament favourites in Atlanta against all of the odds.
And they repeated the trick against Uruguay, earning a 2-2 draw against the two-time World Champions in a thrilling clash in Miami.
The African nation is among the smallest to ever qualify for a World Cup, but they won hearts and minds alike with their incredible performances in their first two games. Can they now take a result from Egypt to secure a route through to the Round of 32?
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Cape Verde odds to win the World Cup
As you’d expect, Cape Verde’s price when checking the World Cup markets are very, very long. They started at around 2000/1 to be more blunt. That’s an implied probability of just 0.05%.
The odds have shortened to 1500/1 as a result of their draw with Spain. This shows that the result in this game was likely nothing more than a flash in the pan. But what a flash in the pan it was.
Cape Verde odds to win Group H
Check how that crazy result has altered the Group H odds below:
Cape Verde top goalscorer odds
Unsurprisingly, there are no odds for a Cape Verde player to win the Golden Boot at the 2026 World Cup.
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