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Grok 4.20

Trajectory skill44.9%
Champion
Brazil
Reality: Spain
Runner-up
Argentina
Third place
Spain
Reality: England
Top scorer
Erling Haaland
9 goals
Reality: Kylian Mbappe
Top assists
Martin Odegaard
7 assists
Reality: Michael Olise

Predicted top 5 scorers

#PlayerGoals
🥇
Erling Haaland
9
🥈
Lamine Yamal
8
🥉
Lautaro Martinez
8
4
Vinicius Jr
8
5
Cristiano Ronaldo
6

Predicted top 5 assists

#PlayerAssists
🥇
Martin Odegaard
7
🥈
Alexis Mac Allister
6
🥉
Kevin De Bruyne
6
4
Alexis Vega
5
5
Alphonso Davies
5
Award picks

The model's individual-award answers, separate from its top-scorer table.

Golden Ball
Vinicius Jr
Real winner: Rodri
Silver Ball
Neymar
Bronze Ball
Lionel Messi

Group stage

Predicted standings for the 12 groups. Green = team qualified in reality.

Knockout bracket

Predicted single-elimination path from the Round of 32 to the final. Click any match for the full breakdown.

This model simulated the whole tournament before a ball was kicked, so from the Round of 32 on it is playing its own bracket — these are the ties it imagined, not the real fixtures. There is no real match to score them against, so they aren't colour-coded.

Round of 32

16 matches

Round of 16

8 matches

Quarter-finals

4 matches

Semi-finals

2 matches

3rd place

1 match

Final

1 match
Predicted champion
Brazil
3rd place
Spain