After weeks of golazos, flops and inaccurate estimates of stoppage time, the World Cup is nearly over. We’ve been tracking, and forecasting, each team’s chances as the tournament has unfolded, and we thought it would be fun to look back at how the final between France and Croatia got made. Our final pre-match predictions give […]
FiveThirtyEight PUBLISHED JUN. 28, 2018 AT 5:43 PM 50 Years Of World Cup Doppelgangers FiveThirtyEight’s MESSI* analysis compares every player in every World Cup from 1966 to 2018 by generating statistical fingerprints of 5,882 World Cup performances. Which performances are most similar to David Silva (Spain 2018) ? David Silva TEAM: SPAIN 2018 PLAY STYLE: […]
With the U.S. out of the running, take our quiz to find the best World Cup team for you. Argentina Australia Belgium Brazil Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Denmark Egypt England France Germany Iceland Iran Japan Mexico Morocco Nigeria Panama Peru Poland Portugal Russia Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Tunisia Uruguay Lionel […]
With the U.S. out of the running, take our quiz to find the best World Cup team for you. Argentina Australia Belgium Brazil Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Denmark Egypt England France Germany Iceland Iran Japan Mexico Morocco Nigeria Panama Peru Poland Portugal Russia Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Tunisia Uruguay Lionel […]
Check out FiveThirtyEight’s Women’s World Cup predictions. “We improved a bit and found the net,” Carli Lloyd, a midfielder on the U.S. women’s national team, said after Monday’s Round of 16 game against Colombia. “We’re creating some chances, and I am confident more will come.” Confident or not, chances have not come easily for the […]