Using predictive analytics and Machine Learning, South African based data analytics company, Principa, are back at the crystal ball. This time we'll be predicting the results of the 2018 Football World Cup, taking place in Russia between 14 June and 15 July. Our expert data scientists will be predicting exact scores and winners of each match during the World Cup, with our predictions being published here, before the start of each round. We aim to test how well predictive analytics techniques can perform against the best human made predictions within Football on Superbru.com.
| Match | Prediction | Actual Score |
| Group Stage: Match day 2 of 3 (This round's prediction has been made with Bayesian Inference, Poisson Regression and Multinomial Logistic Regression) | ||
| Russia vs Egypt | 0-1, Egypt Win | 3-1, Russia Win |
| Portugal vs Morocco | 2-0, Portugal Win | 1-0, Portugal Win |
| Uruguay vs Saudi Arabia | 1-0, Uruguay Win | 1-0, Uruguay Win |
| Iran vs Spain | 0-4, Spain Win | 0-1, Spain Win |
| Denmark vs Australia | 1-0, Denmark Win | 1-1 |
| France vs Peru | 2-0, France Win | 1-0, France Win |
| Argentina vs Croatia | 1-0, Argentina Win | 0-3, Croatia Win |
| Brazil vs Costa Rica | 4-0, Brazil Win | |
| Nigeria vs Iceland | 1-1 | |
| Serbia vs Switzerland | 1-2, Switzerland Win | |
| Belgium vs Tunisia | 2-0, Belgium Win | |
| South Korea vs Mexico | 0-1, Mexico Win | |
| Germany vs Sweden | 1-0, Germany Win | |
| England vs Panama | 3-0, England Win | |
| Japan vs Senegal | 1-0, Japan Win | |
| Poland vs Columbia | 0-1, Colombia Win | |
| Group Stage: Match day 1 of 3 (This round's prediction has been made with Bayesian Inference) | ||
| Russia vs Saudi Arabia | 2-0, Russia Win | 5-0, Russia Win |
| Egypt vs Uruguay | 1-2, Uruguay Win | 0-1, Uruguay Win |
| Morocco vs Iran | 1-0, Morocco Win | 0-1, Iran Win |
| Portugal vs Spain | 1-2, Spain Win | 3-3 |
| France vs Australia | 2-0, France Win | 2-1, France Win |
| Argentina vs Iceland | 2-0, Argentina Win | 1-1 |
| Peru vs Denmark | 1-2, Denmark Win | 0-1, Denmark Win |
| Croatia vs Nigeria | 2-1, Croatia Win | 2-0, Croatia Win |
| Costa Rica vs Serbia | 0-1, Serbia Win | 0-1, Serbia Win |
| Germany vs Mexico | 2-1, Germany Win | 0-1, Mexico Win |
| Brazil vs Switzerland | 2-0, Brazil Win | 1-1 |
| Sweden vs South Korea | 2-1, Sweden Win | 1-0, Sweden Win |
| Belgium vs Panama | 4-0, Belgium Win | 3-0, Belgium Win |
| Tunisia vs England | 0-2, England Win | 1-2, England Win |
| Colombia vs Japan | 1-0, Colombia Win | 1-2, Japan Win |
| Poland vs Senegal | 1-0, Poland Win | 1-2, Senegal Win |
Read more on how and why we're predicting the results of the FWC18.
