World Cup quarter-finals 2022

England are through to the final eight, where they will meet reigning world champions France, but not before we see how pre-tournament favourites Brazil fare.

[World Cup 2022 TV presenters, pundits and commentators](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sport/football/world-cup-2022-presenters/) [subscribe now](http://radiotimes.com/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article). [World Cup stadiums](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sport/football/world-cup-2022-stadiums/) If England can defend against superior opposition like they have done all tournament versus decent attacking units, they stand more than a good chance against a French team yet to keep a clean sheet at this tournament. They cause a great stir, a mass kerfuffle, but they're secretly more concerned about the threat you could cause to them with any manner of tools, as opposed to their own perceived threat. France are the spider in the corner of your mum's living room. That's not to say France won't be confident – they will be, they're reigning champions. Lionel Messi arrived at the World Cup against Australia. Unfortunately, the end of the road is coming into view... They are set up to win games of football, and if that means staying tight, compact and reinforcing against their oppositions' weaknesses, so be it. [World Cup 2022 on radio](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sport/football/world-cup-2022-radio/) [World Cup 2022 TV schedule](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sport/football/world-cup-2022-tv-schedule/)

Here are the eight remaining teams in the competition: Brazil; Croatia; Argentina; Netherlands; Morocco; Portugal; England; France.

France are currently the bookmakers favourites and odds of 7/5 to come out on top, meanwhile England are slight underdogs at 2/1. Les Bleus then followed that up with an excellent 3-1 victory over Poland in the round of 16. Morocco topped a strong group featuring Croatia, Belgium and Canada - impressively they have kept three clean sheets in their opening four games and only conceded one goal. Argentina are the bookmakers favourites to win the tie with odds of 6/5. Croatia have odds of 15/2 to win the game in 90 minutes. [Croatia qualified for the knockout stage ](/sport/football/world-cup/croatia-brazil-world-cup-quarter-final-tv-channel-date-time-team-news-3944724)as runners-up after one victory and two draws in their opening three games.

With the 2022 World Cup quarterfinals set, we bring you one key factor and one player to know ahead of the matchups, plus predictions.

[Paul Pogba](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/138860/Paul-Pogba), [N'Golo Kante](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/173556/ngolo-kante)) and the players who have disappeared since the triumph in Russia in 2018 ( [Blaise Matuidi](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/85010/Blaise-Matuidi), [Corentin Tolisso](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/192060/Corentin-Tolisso)), the France head coach had to find a new plan and a new structure. [Matty Cash](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/234698/Matty-Cash), the Poland right-back, had a decent game against Mbappe and France in the round of 16. [Antoine Griezmann](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/140416/Antoine-Griezmann) in this World Cup and it is fascinating to see. [Vinicius Jr.](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/252107/vinicius-junior), [Casemiro](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/173666/casemiro), [Raphinha](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/231050/raphinha) -- the list goes on. [Kylian Mbappe](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/231388/Kylian-Mbappé) from a defensive point of view, but Kane has always wanted to be judged alongside the very best in the world: playing a defining role in a World Cup quarterfinal against top opposition would be one of the biggest moments in his career. [Spain wasn't even able to beat goalkeeper](/football/fifa-world-cup/story/4827550/bounou-the-calm-presence-behind-moroccos-world-cup-success) [Yassine Bounou](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/175149/Yassine-Bounou) in penalties. [Frenkie de Jong](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/219022/Frenkie-de-Jong) to try and nullify Messi. [Lionel Messi](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/45843/Lionel-Messi). [Neymar](https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/132948/neymar), tucked in behind the centre-forward, will be in his zone a lot of the time and that's not a fun ride for anyone. [Inter Milan](/football/club/_/id/110/internazionale). [News and features](/football/league/_/name/fifa.world) [Croatia](/football/team?id=477) vs.