World Cup 2026 predictions

Bawler's model forecast every match of the first 48-team World Cup, each prediction published before kickoff. The tournament is over. These pages stay up as a guide to how it played out.

How Bawler covered the World Cup

Bawler forecast every match the same way it forecasts a Premier League game: the model worked out how likely each scoreline was, then made its calls from that. For national teams there's no week-to-week club form to go on, so strength was anchored on FIFA rankings plus recent form. That is one reason international tournaments are harder to call than leagues. Read the full method.

Club football is back. Every match page now carries one combined pick, Bawler's pick, and Bawler's pick record keeps score on every one, wins and losses alike.