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Jun 13, 2018 · The 2018 FIFA World Cup begins on Thursday, kicking off a month of soccer action in Russia. Get ready for this thrilling event with an in-depth preview that includes the full schedule for...
FiveThirtyEight's World Cup forecasting model calculates each team's chances of winning each match and reaching each round. 2018 World Cup Predictions Soccer Power Index (SPI)...
Jun 19, 2018 · 2018 World Cup predictions: Russia 2018 brackets, favorites, expert picks and upsets by CBS Sports experts Our experts predict every group and every knockout stage match in the 2018...
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Crowdsourced and Profit tracked predictions for the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2018 Russia games. Hundreds of predictions sorted by categories like 1x2, BTTS, Over 2.5 and Corners.
- Big Favorites Hold Their Ground
- Groups with Likely Surprises
- Overrated Teams Compared to Odds
- Knockout Stages
- Golden Boot Candidates
The group stage offers no big upsets according to AccuScore’s simulations – all the big boys will survive their groups and head to the Round of 16. The greatest probability to qualify, however, belongs to Uruguay with 96-percent likelihood. The favorites Germany and Brazil follow suit, with a bit more than a 95-percent probability to take the top-2...
Host Russia will have its work cut out in Group A with Egypt, led by a healthy Mohamed Salah, putting on the pressure. The Russians make it to the top-2 with 55-percent probability, while the Pharaos post a 35-percent probability. Needless to say, Salah plays a massive part in any Egyptian exploits. In Group C, the biggest battle seems to break out...
Since we spotted a couple of underrated teams when comparing AccuScore simulations to market odds, there’ll also be some nations that are overrated by the oddsmakers. While it’s debatable if any of the teams are actually 99 or so percentage sure to progress, let’s pay attention to the clear cases here. In Group A, the home team Russia is considered...
If the group stage plays out as predicted by AccuScore simulations, most of the big favorites avoid each other in the round of 16. Of course, if the projection is not 100 percent accurate, things change somewhat. For example, if Portugal and Spain trade places, either Spain or Uruguay would be out after the first knockout stage. According to simula...
One of the most interesting games inside the games is the winner of the Golden Boot, given to the best goal scorer of the tournament. Even if the finalists' teams play eight games, rarely has a a player scored more than five or six goals. In 2014, Colombia’s James Rodriguez scored three times in the group stage and then went on to score three more ...
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May 28, 2018 · 05-28-2018 • 3 min read. Starting June 14, 32 countries will compete in the greatest international competition the world of sport has to offer: the World Cup.
Leading up to the 2018 World Cup, there were many predictions made about which team would win the tournament. The predictions used various methods, such as analyzing bookmaker odds, using recent results and statistics, and player and team rankings. There was no consensus for the predicted winner, though Germany and Brazil were mostly listed to ...
