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World Cup forecast

Group B table →

Canada should get through

89%reach last 32

Most likely finish: 2nd. Group B: Switzerland, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Qatar.

win Group B
37%
finish 2nd
39%
best 3rd
13%
Why 89%?openclose

One run means every group match is played once from the rating gaps, then the table is counted. Repeat it and count how often Canada reach the last 32.

runs

20,000

sealed

2026-06-10

venue

neutral

team rating

1895

players

not used

Group games

  • against Bosnia & Herzegovina

    rating 1649

    63%

    win

    22%

    draw

    15%

    lose

  • against Qatar

    rating 1567

    70%

    win

    19%

    draw

    11%

    lose

  • against Switzerland

    rating 1960

    30%

    win

    26%

    draw

    44%

    lose

These games use the rating gap only. Player ratings stay out until a sourced lineup can explain the adjustment.

Deep cuts

  • Hardest game: Switzerland, 30% to win.
  • Clean route: 76% to finish top two, no third-place rescue needed.
  • Rating edge: +127 versus the Group B average.

Recent form

last 5 · 2W 2D 1L
  • D11v Republic of Ireland
  • D11v Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • W60v Qatar
  • L12v Switzerland
  • W10vs South Africa

8 points from the last 5, 1.60 per game. Sourced results, newest on the right.

Goals

last 10
  • scored

    16

  • conceded

    6

  • goal diff

    +10

  • clean sheets

    6

Over the last 10 on the open results feed, 6 with a clean sheet, 2 without scoring. Sourced facts, never simulated.

Team news · sourced

Alphonso Davies returns as Canada approach World Cup moment of destiny — Los Angeles date offers Bayern Munich player the chance to heal a wound that opened at this same stadium last March

theguardian.com · 2026-06-29

A sourced read on availability, picked for relevance and gated fresh. It never touches the call.

  • A. DaviesDefender · 25
    1960quality rating±63 · T2▲ +1
    23 apps · 1225WC perf −1
  • T. BuchananMidfielder · 26
    1816quality rating±51 · T2▲ +14
    53 apps · 2816WC perf +1
  • T. OluwaseyiAttacker · 25
    1796quality rating±57 · T2▼ −2
    42 apps · 1656WC perf −3
  • J. DavidAttacker · 25
    1774quality rating±54 · T2▲ +14
    56 apps · 3459
  • In formCanada
    C. LarinAttacker · 30
    1732quality rating±51 · T2▲ +17
    28 apps · 1216WC perf +2
  • M. BombitoDefender · 26
    1671quality rating±59 · T2▲ +9
    16 apps · 1205WC perf −1
  • L. MillarMidfielder · 26
    1624quality rating±64 · T2▲ +3
    15 apps · 599WC perf +1
  • In formCanada
    S. EustáquioMidfielder · 29
    1600quality rating±51 · T2▲ +23
    34 apps · 1969WC perf +5
Full squadopenclose

Our roster Elo: seeded from the team’s rating, moved only by matches actually played. A shadow signal, it never touches a live call. The board: all rated players.

The record

4 calls locked. 2 of 4 graded calls landed right.

calls made
4
graded
4
called right
2/4

The calls

  • at South Africawe backed them · 0–1Called it
  • at Switzerlandwe called a draw · 2–1Missed it
  • v Qatarwe backed them · 6–0Called it
  • v Bosnia & Herzegovinawe backed them · 1–1Missed it

Context · sourced

FIFA ranking
30thFIFA via Transfermarkt · 2026-06-29

Sourced context, nothing more. It never touches the call.

Under the hoodthe shadow numbers and how the rating moves. context, never a call.openclose

Squad strength

all players →

roster Elo average

1663

19 rated players, 31602 total points. A squad read, not a lineup guess.

best-rated XI

1720

18920 total / 11

next seven

1593

11152 total / 7

How it can move a forecastopenclose

Best-rated XI is the strongest 11 rated players, not a predicted lineup. The number is a pressure test for squad ceiling.

When lineups are sourced, confirmed XI can be compared with expected XI. The delta is shrunk, capped, shown, then applied.

Squad value · our estimate

all players →

€34m€131m

€66m · 8 of 19 rated players priced

Our own fee model, summed over the squad: the level each plays at, his age, role and what we’ve measured of him. Not a valuation site’s numbers; we don’t republish those. A band, not a point. Contract length and release clauses are data we don’t hold. Players without a sourced club tier aren’t priced (so this totals 8, not the whole squad). Context only. It never touches a call.

Signals

ProofXI rating

1892+11 this year

Our results-based team rating. Higher is stronger.

World rank

30thheld on the latest list

FIFA ranking, list of 2026-06-12. Lower is stronger.

Rating moves · per match

World Football Elo
  • vs South AfricaW 10 · 2026-06-28+181871
  • v SwitzerlandL 12 · 2026-06-24-331852
  • v QatarW 60 · 2026-06-18+131885
  • v Bosnia and HerzegovinaD 11 · 2026-06-12-231872
  • v Republic of IrelandD 11 · 2026-06-05-61895
  • v UzbekistanW 20 · 2026-06-01+91901
  • v TunisiaD 00 · 2026-03-31-61892
  • v IcelandD 22 · 2026-03-28-81899

How each result moved this side’s rating, from the same forward-only engine the call uses, folded from the open international-results feed. Context, never a call.