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A World Cup Sleeper May Be Lurking In Group H

FiveThirtyEight is examining each of the eight groups in the 2018 World Cup, which begins Thursday in Russia. Read about Group A, Group B, Group C, Group D, Group E, Group F and Group G. Group H is potentially the most interesting in Russia this summer. While the average group difference in FiveThirtyEight’s Soccer Power […]

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2018 World Cup Predictions

2018 World Cup Predictions Soccer Power Index (SPI) ratings and chances of advancing for every team, updating live Which World Cup Team Should You Root For?ESPN Coverage Standings Matches Bracket Uruguay 0 pts.A79.52.30.643%31%75%29%13%5%2% Russia 0 pts.A71.62.10.838%32%71%25%11%4%1% Egypt 0 pts.A63.41.70.913%23%35%7%2%

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How Our 2018 World Cup Predictions Work

The World Cup is back, and so is another edition of FiveThirtyEight’s World Cup predictions. For those of you familiar with our club soccer predictions or our 2014 World Cup forecast, much of our 2018 forecast will look familiar. We show the chance that each team will win, lose or tie every one of their […]

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