Lionel Messi's Argentina are favourites to win the 2026 World Cup according to a university simulation. Economist Professor James Reade created the simulation at the University of Reading which modelled every match of the 48-team tournament 10,000 times to produce probability estimates for each nation.

The Athletic launched our World Cup Tracker this week, a page we highly encourage you to check out. There, you can find a forecast projecting the likelihood that each team will progress through each stage of the tournament, along with a bracket projecting ...

USA TODAY Sports had Microsoft Copilot AI predict the results of the 2026 World Cup. Here's who the chatbot believes will win the tournament.

Data science and machine learning algorithms can help us form probabilistic forecasts of things like sporting events.

There are only eight teams that are guaranteed to not play a 2026 World Cup knockout match in Kansas City.

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Argentina, led by Lionel Messi, has the highest probability of winning the 2026 North America Central America World Cup, according to projections. However, analysts note that unlike some past tournaments,

What if the entire 2026 FIFA World Cup bracket was simulated using betting odds? Check out the results here.