· Full time · Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA
Right call — Argentina through (won 2–1).
A knockout can't end level. This is each side's chance to go through — win in 90 minutes, in extra time, or on penalties. It's a different question from the win probability above, which is who wins the match in regulation.
We lean Argentina (68%) to go through, but if it reaches penalties it's close to a 50/50 — shootouts are near-random, so we don't pretend to call them. The deeper a tie goes, the more it's a coin flip.
Who wins in normal time — the 90-minute win/draw/loss. “Who advances” above folds in extra time and penalties.
England 21%, draw 26%, Argentina 53%.
This is our latest read, with current confirmed team news folded into the model (see “What we considered” below). Our track record always grades the locked pre-match call we made before lineups were posted — so this number may differ slightly from the one on the results page. We never rewrite a locked prediction.
Every factor the model weighed for this match — including the ones worth nothing. Each is capped so it can nudge, never flip, a clear matchup. A “no change” line means we considered it and had no reliable data — that transparency is the point, not a gap.
Neutral venue — no host, no home-field advantage (0).
Argentina arrive as clear favourites with a commanding Elo edge and sharper attacking threat. England will press high, hunt transitions, and make this a battle of intensity. Yet the model's most-likely outcome is level — a reminder that semi-finals live in the margins.
Argentina's creative midfield dominance against England's press and counter-threat.
Argentina's superior attacking quality, but England's resilience in knockout football keeps this live.
AI-generated context based on a statistical model. Full-time/regulation result only. Not betting advice; no specific current team-news is used.
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Context only — these confirmed lineups are not used in the prediction above. By kick-off, public team news is already reflected in any market line.
Lineups not available. We only show a confirmed starting XI when we can match this exact fixture to a Flashscore event — we never guess or invent one.
Venue not available. We only show a stadium when we can match this exact fixture to a Flashscore event or it's in our scheduled-venue data — we never guess one.
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Real measured stats for this match — shown for transparency. They are not part of the prediction above, which is a pre-match estimate from team ratings.
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Expected goals and control are derived estimates from the model's ratings — indicative leans, not measured match stats.
Over 2.5 goals: 48% · Under 2.5: 52%.
Who advances
No confirmed lineup yet — not applied (0). We never guess at availability; we wait for the confirmed XI.
No confirmed lineup yet — not applied (0). We never guess at availability; we wait for the confirmed XI.
taller-than-average squad (5 tallest outfielders ~192cm vs a ~190cm field) → +4 Elo set-piece nudge. Estimated from squad height (a rough proxy, weighted toward aerial defence); modest by design.
shorter-than-average squad (5 tallest outfielders ~186cm vs a ~190cm field) → -7 Elo set-piece nudge. Estimated from squad height (a rough proxy, weighted toward aerial defence); modest by design.
Over 26 tournament matches: xG-for 1.81/g, xG-against 1.33/g (xGD +0.48/g, +0.8 SD vs the field). Shrunk for a 26-game sample → +13 Elo. The team created better chances than it converted; a bounded, modest chance-quality nudge.
Over 17 tournament matches: xG-for 2.51/g, xG-against 1.45/g (xGD +1.06/g, +1.8 SD vs the field). Shrunk for a 17-game sample → +25 Elo (capped at ±25). The team created better chances than it converted; a bounded, modest chance-quality nudge.
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Considered — deferred (0). Extreme heat/humidity mainly lowers tempo and scoring, not who wins; we don't apply it as an outcome factor.
Considered — no weather data for this venue/date (0). Weather only nudges the goal total; it does not move who wins.
Considered — no reliable neutral-venue crowd-composition data (0). We won't fabricate a partisan-crowd estimate.
Player availability uses a curated key-player heuristic against the confirmed starting XI (via Flashscore), not a fitted impact model. Weather is real match-day data from Open-Meteo and only nudges the goal total — its measured effect on who wins is ~zero. We only ever apply a factor on real, confirmed data; otherwise it is exactly 0.
At least one factor moved the prediction on real confirmed data; the rest were considered and contributed nothing.