You can get a pretty good idea of the way things will go based on the starting line up of the favorite. For example, consider the 2 matches
USA-Germany 0-1
Portugal-Ghana 2-1
Germany played 4 defenders, 5 mid-fielders and 1 forward.
Portugal on the other hand played 4 defenders, 3 mid-fielders and 3 forwards.
Germany's configuration is their preferred defensive configuration that they typically use against strong teams.
Portugal's on the other hand is what they would play when they need to go all out to win a match.
Assuming the favorite is correctly identified, the favorite will usually dictate the pace of the game.
For the Germany configuration, we can guess that we are in for a slow moving match with a low chance of many goals.
For the Portugal configuration, we can guess that we are in for a faster paced match with a high chance of many goals.
Agree with you and Narong that "over" trend may not carry over into knockout stage.
Makan may have low odds. Now time to focus on picking the winner.