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The crew over at Opta have been extremely busy ahead of the 2018 World Cup and their computer models have predicted pretty much everything that’s going to happen.
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Chances Of Winning The World Cup Winners
Okay, well, they haven’t predicted that Harry Kane will slip and miss a decisive penalty kick for England in the semifinal or that Senegal will win the entire thing thanks to a horrendous own goal by Brazil’s Marcelo, but they’ve kept things simple and have worked out the percentage chance of each team winning the World Cup and the chance of each team making it out of the group stage.
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Below is the percent chances for all of that happening via their predictive model. Bookmark this and see how close they get.
13.2% – Based on our World Cup predictor, Opta give Brazil the highest chance of winning the 2018 World Cup (13.2%), followed by Germany (10.7%) & Argentina (10.1%). Probability.
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A – Based on our World Cup predictor, Opta give Uruguay (59.1%) the best chance of progressing from Group A at the 2018 @FIFAWorldCup. Tenacity.
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— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) June 12, 2018
B – Based on our World Cup predictor, Opta give Spain (74%) the best chance of progressing from Group B at the 2018 @FIFAWorldCup. Arriba!
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— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) June 12, 2018
C – Based on our World Cup predictor, Opta give France (75.9%) the best chance of progressing from Group C at the 2018 @FIFAWorldCup. Bleus.
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Chances Of Winning The World Cup Wins
D – Based on our World Cup predictor, Opta give Argentina (75.7%) the best chance of progressing from Group D at the 2018 @FIFAWorldCup. Wisdom.
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— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) June 12, 2018
E – Based on our World Cup predictor, Opta give Brazil (79.8%) the best chance of progressing from Group E at the 2018 @FIFAWorldCup. Samba.
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— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) June 12, 2018
F – Based on our World Cup predictor, Opta give Germany (75.9%) the best chance of progressing from Group F at the 2018 @FIFAWorldCup. Mannschaft.
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— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) June 12, 2018
G – Based on our World Cup predictor, Opta give Belgium (65.8%) the best chance of progressing from Group G at the 2018 @FIFAWorldCup. Waffle.
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H – Based on our World Cup predictor, Opta give Colombia (55.0%) the best chance of progressing from Group H at the 2018 @FIFAWorldCup. Tight.
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— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) June 12, 2018