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World Cup forecast

Group I table →

France should get through

93%reach last 32

Most likely finish: 1st. Group I: Norway, Senegal, Iraq.

win Group I
57%
finish 2nd
26%
best 3rd
10%
Why 93%?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 France reach the last 32.

runs

20,000

sealed

2026-06-10

venue

neutral

team rating

2122

players

not used

Group games

  • against Senegal

    rating 1920

    59%

    win

    23%

    draw

    18%

    lose

  • against Iraq

    rating 1750

    74%

    win

    18%

    draw

    9%

    lose

  • against Norway

    rating 1956

    55%

    win

    24%

    draw

    21%

    lose

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

Deep cuts

  • Hardest game: Norway, 55% to win.
  • Clean route: 83% to finish top two, no third-place rescue needed.
  • Rating edge: +185 versus the Group I average.

Recent form

last 5 · 3W 0D 2L
  • W30vs Sweden
  • W10vs Paraguay
  • W20vs Morocco
  • L02vs Spain
  • L46vs England

9 points from the last 5, 1.80 per game. Sourced results, newest on the right.

Goals

last 10
  • scored

    24

  • conceded

    13

  • goal diff

    +11

  • clean sheets

    4

Over the last 10 on the open results feed, 4 with a clean sheet, 1 without scoring. Sourced facts, never simulated.

No sourced squad rows for this side yet. The list opens when a dated squad feed lands.

The record

8 calls locked. 5 of 8 graded calls landed right.

calls made
8
graded
8
called right
5/8

The calls

  • v Englandwe backed them · 4–6Missed it
  • v Spainwe called a draw · 0–2Missed it
  • v Moroccowe backed them · 2–0Called it
  • at Paraguaywe backed them · 0–1Called it
  • v Swedenwe backed them · 3–0Called it
  • at Norwaywe called a draw · 1–4Missed it
  • v Iraqwe backed them · 3–0Called it
  • v Senegalwe backed them · 3–1Called it

Context · sourced

FIFA ranking
3rdFIFA via Transfermarkt · 2026-07-01

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

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

Signals

ProofXI rating

2137+27 this year

Our results-based team rating. Higher is stronger.

World rank

3rddown 2 places on the latest list

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

Rating moves · per match

World Football Elo
  • vs EnglandL 46 · 2026-07-18-512137
  • vs SpainL 02 · 2026-07-14-422187
  • vs MoroccoW 20 · 2026-07-09+272230
  • vs ParaguayW 10 · 2026-07-04+102203
  • vs SwedenW 30 · 2026-06-30+112193
  • vs NorwayW 41 · 2026-06-26+312182
  • vs IraqW 30 · 2026-06-22+82151
  • vs SenegalW 31 · 2026-06-16+212142

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.