Ladbrokes' daily World Cup tip: Unai Simon to win Golden Glove

Ladbrokes World Cup tip day 30 - Friday, July 10, 2026

Spain are the only team of the eight remaining who are yet to concede a goal, and that's why Simon has been installed as the favourite for the award at 9/4.

La Roja edged through late on against Portugal and are arguably yet to show their best going forward, but the form of the Athletic Bilbao stopper and his defence has provided the platform for the 2010 winners to grab the goal needed to squeeze through.

You could argue that Simon is yet to be tested, with the 29-year-old only having to make six saves across their five games so far, with his stops preventing an expected goals against tally of only 1.22.

While not the only deciding factor in the award, his five clean sheets make him comfortably the leader in terms of players still left in the competition, with France's Mike Maignan the closest on three, followed by Emiliano Martinez, Yassine Bounou, Jordan Pickford and Gregor Kobel, who are all on two and unlikely to catch Simon even if they make it all the way.

The World Cup has seen some exciting games with plenty of goals - and Spain's superior defence to their rivals may just allow Simon to steal in and win the award.

It is Maignan who is Simon's closest rival in the Golden Glove market, with the AC Milan stopper given a 5/2 chance of scooping up the award.

Martinez, who won the award with champions Argentina in 2022, comes third at 9/2, with the chasing pack significantly behind those three.

England No1 Pickford is in fourth on 7/1 after a mix of heroic and shaky performances for the Three Lions so far, with Orjan Nyland breaking into the top five after his inspired display to help Norway knock out Brazil in the Round of 16.

Thibaut Courtois, a winner of the award in 2018, is level with Nyland on 10/1, with Morocco's Bounou (14/1) and Switzerland's Kobel (25/1) given higher odds due to their teams' lower likelihood of winning the competition.

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All odds and markets are correct as of the date of publication.