Hi, everyone! Only a few weeks left and then the world cup will start! As you might already know, I am a big fan of football and follow it a lot. On this blog, I will put my prediction of the world cup and you can see if you agree with it. Feel free to send yours in the comments too, I would really appreciate that! :)

Please note: These are just my own predictions and based on how good all the teams are. Of course most of this won't be right, so don't blame if your country isn't doing well.

Lets start!

Group Stage[]

Group A[]

Russia - Saudi Arabia: 2-0[]

Goalscorers: Denis Glushakov (36'), Fjodor Smolov (79')

Egypt - Uruguay: 1-3[]

Goalscorers: Edinson Cavani (26'), Mohammed Salah (53'), Diego Godín (77'), Luis Suarez (88')

Russia - Egypt: 1-2[]

Goalscorers: Mohammed Salah 2x (31' 64'), Fjodor Smolov (85')

Uruguay - Saudi Arabia 3-0[]

Goalscorers: Luis Suarez (53'), Edinson Cavani 2x (76' 89')

Uruguay - Russia: 1-1[]

Goalscorers: Edinson Cavani (41'), Aleksandr Golovin (68')

Saudi Arabia - Egypt: 1-3[]

Goalscorers: Salem Al-Dawsari (25'), Mohamed Elneny (56'), Mohammed Salah (74'), Ahmed Hassan (90+1')

Position	Country	Points	Goal Difference
1	Uruguay	7	+5
2	Egypt	6	+1
3	Russia	4	+1
4	Saudi Arabia	0	-7

Group B[]

Morocco - Iran 1-2[]

Serdar Azmoun (13'), Nordin Amrabat (63'), Alireza Jahanbaksh (87')

Spain - Portugal 3-1[]

Diego Costa (32'), Isco (48'), Cristiano Ronaldo (73'), Iago Aspas (84')

Portugal - Morocco 2-0[]

Andre Silva (23'), Cristiano Ronaldo (78')

Iran - Spain 1-4[]

Saul Niguez (18'), Isco 2x (38' 66'), Marco Asensio (52'), Karim Ansarifard (81')

Iran - Portugal 2-3[]

Sardar Azmoun 2x (34' 57'), Ricardo Quaresma (44'), Andre Silva (69'), Cristiano Ronaldo (90')

Spain-Morocco 2-1[]

Mbark Boussoufa (32'), David Silva (54'), Marco Asensio (88')

Position	Country	Points	Goal Difference
1	Spain	9	+6
2	Portugal	6	0
3	Iran	3	-2
4	Morocco	0	-4

Group C[]

France - Australia 4-2[]

Olivier Giroud (26'), Antoine Griezmann 2x (40' 83'), Aaron Mooy (48'), Paul Pogba (64'), Tom Rogić (67')

Peru - Denmark 1-1[]

Jefferson Farfan (56'), Pione Sisto (77')

Denmark - Australia 3-1[]

Christian Eriksen 3x (35' 52' 74'), Robbie Kruse (90+2')

France - Peru 2-0[]

Antoine Griezmann 2× (78' 84')

Denmark - France 0-0[]

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Australia - Peru 0-2[]

Claudio Pizarra (22'), Paolo Guerrero (39')

Position	Country	Points	Goal Difference
1	France	7	+4
2	Denmark	5	+2
3	Peru	4	0
4	Australia	0	-6

Group D[]

Argentina - Iceland 1-1[]

Sergio Aguëro (63'), Gylfi Sigurdsson (88')

Croatia - Nigeria 2-2[]

Ahmed Musa (32'), Alex Iwobi (45+1), Mario Mandzukic (68'), Ivan Perisic (81')

Argentina - Croatia 1-0[]

Lionel Messi (87')

Nigeria - Iceland 1-2[]

Birkir Bjarnason (11'), Kelechi Icheanacho (73'), Alfred Finnbogason (75')

Nigeria - Argentina 0-2[]

Lionel Messi 2x (57' 76')

Iceland - Croatia 1-1[]

Jon Dadi Bödvarsson (39'), Luka Modric (49')

Position	Country	Points	Goal Difference
1	Argentina	7	+3
2	Iceland	5	+1
3	Croatia	2	-1
4	Nigeria	1	-3

Group E[]

Costa Rica - Serbia 1-1[]

Marco Urena (56'), Dusan Tadic (83')

Brazil - Switzerland 1-0[]

Neymar (74')

Brazil - Costa Rica 3-0[]

Gabriel Jesus (24'), Neymar 2x (67', 72')

Serbia - Switzerland 1-3[]

Breel Embolo (8'), Alexander Mitrovic (25'), Granit Xhaka (78'), Xherdan Shaqiri (90+4')

Serbia - Brazil 2-3[]

Dusan Tadic (31'), Douglas Costa (45'), Nemanja Matic (53'), Willian (86'), Neymar (88')

Switzerland - Costa Rica 2-0[]

Steven Zuber (13'), Josep Drmic (85')

Position	Country	Points	Goal Difference
1	Brazil	9	+5
2	Switzerland	6	+3
3	Serbia	1	-3
4	Costa Rica	1	-5

Group F[]

Germany - Mexico 3-1[]

Julian Draxler (23'), Timo Werner (68'), Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez (73'), Leon Goretzka (89')

Sweden - South Korea 2-1[]

Emil Forsberg (56'), Marcus Berg (59'), Son Heung-Min (80')

South Korea - Mexico 2-4[]

Javier 'Chicharito' Hernandez 2x (34' 90+1'), Hirving Lozano (43'), Hwang Hee-Chan (61'), Song Heung-Min (69'), Hector Herrera (87')

Germany - Sweden 2-0[]

Thomas Muller (83'), Timo Werner (87')

South Korea - Germany 0-4[]

Marco Reus (16'), Mario Gomez (39'), Thomas Müller (70'), Julian Brandt (82')

Mexico - Sweden 2-1[]

Markus Berg (23'), Hirving Lozano (78'), Jesus Corona (90+2")

Position	Country	Points	Goal Difference
1	Germany	9	+8
2	Mexico	6	+1
3	Sweden	3	-2
4	South Korea	0	-7

Group G[]

Belgium - Panama 3-1[]

Gabriel Torres (16'), Romelu Lukaku (40'), Eden Hazard (67'), Michy Batshuayi (80')

Tunisia - England 0-3[]

Raheem Sterling (24'), Harry Kane 2x (60' 74')

Belgium - Tunisia 3-2[]

Kevin de Bruyne (13'), Romelu Lukaku (22'), Yarrick Carrasco (54'), Youssef Msakni (86'), Mohamed Amine Ben Amor (90+2)

England - Panama 2-0[]

Marcus Rashford (79'), Gary Cahill (85')

England - Belgium 1-2[]

Eden Hazard (37'), Harry Kane (56'), Yannick Carrasco (73')

Panama - Tunisia 2-2[]

Blas Perez (38'), Anice Badri (47'), Gabriel Torres (69'), Wabhi Khazri (88')

Position	Country	Points	Goal Difference
1	Belgium	9	+4
2	England	6	+4
3*	Tunisia	1	-4
4	Panama	1	-4

Note (*): Tunisia are 3rd because they scored more goals than Panama.

Group H[]

Colombia - Japan 2-1[]

Yuya Osako (34'), Radamel Falcao (62'), James Rodriguez (79')

Poland - Senegal 2-2[]

Robert Lewandowski (13'), Sadio Mané (42'), Jakub Blaszczykowski (70'), Moussa Sow (90')

Japan - Senegal 0-2[]

Cheikhou Koyaté (48'), Sadio Mané (65')

Poland - Colombia 0-0[]

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Japan - Poland 1-3[]

Robert Lewandowski 2x (27' 53'), Keisuke Honda (71'), Piotr Zielinksi (90+4)

Senegal - Colombia 0-3[]

Carlos Bacca (67'), Juan Cuadrado (75'), James Rodriguez (86')

Position	Country	Points	Goal Difference
1	Colombia	7	+4
2	Poland	5	+2
3	Senegal	4	-4
4	Japan	0	-5

Round of 16[]

France (Winner Group C) vs Iceland (Second Group D) 3-1[]

Antoine Griezmann (27'), Gylfi Sigurdsson (60'), Ousmane Dembélé (75'), Kylian Mbappé (84')

France go through to the quarterfinals.

Uruguay (Winner Group A) vs Portugal (Second Group B) 1-1 (7-6 at penalties)[]

Edinson Cavani (55'), Cristiano Ronaldo (87')

Uruguay wins after penalties and goes through to the quarterfinals.

Spain (Winner Group B) vs Egypt (Second Group A) 2-1[]

Isco (24'), Mohamed Salah (39'), Andres Iniesta (80')

Spain goes through to the quarterfinals

Argentina (Winner Group D) vs Denmark (Second Group C) 1-0[]

Lionel Messi (86') Argentina goes through to the quarterfinals.

Brazil (Winner Group E) vs Mexico (Second Group F) 0-0 (5-4 at penalties)[]

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Brazil win after penalties and goes through to the quarterfinals.

Belgium (Winner Group G) vs Poland (Second Group H) 2-1[]

Romelu Lukaku (5'), Robert Lewandowski (58'), Eden Hazard (74')

Belgium goes through to the quarterfinals.

Germany (Winner Group F) vs Switzerland (Second Group F) 2-0 (after extra time)[]

Thomas Müller (112'), Mario Gomez (118')

Germany goes through to the quarterfinals.

Colombia (Winner Group H) vs England (Second Group G) 2-1[]

Harry Kane (44'), James Rodriguez 2x (66' 83')

Colombia goes through to the quarterfinals

Quarterfinals[]

France vs Uruguay 2-1[]

Kylian Mbappé (56'), Luis Suarez (70'), Antoine Griezmann (89')

France goes through to the semi finals.

Brazil vs Belgium 2-0[]

Neymar (82'), Roberto Firminho (87')

Brazil goes through the semi finals.

Germany vs Colombia 1-0 (after extra time)[]

Mesut Özil (116')

Germany goes through to the semi finals.

Spain vs Argentina 3-0[]

Saul Niguez (42'), Diego Costa (54'), Marco Asensio (90+1')

Spain goes through to the semi finals.

Semi-Finals[]

France vs Brazil 0-1 (after extra time)[]

Philippe Coutinho (118')

Brazil goes through to the final.

Germany vs Spain 1-1 (9-8 at penalties)[]

Thomas Müller (78'), Diego Costa (90+1')

Germany wins after penalties and goes through to the final.

Third place final[]

France vs Spain 1-3[]

Thiago Alcantara (33'), Paul Pogba (45'), Iago Aspas 2x (86' 89')

Spain ends up on the third place.

Final[]

Brazil vs Germany 0-1 (7-8 at penalties)[]

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Germany wins the World Cup Russia 2018![]

World Cup 2018 Russia prediction