Only four teams remaing in the race for the 2022 World Cup title: Argentina, Croatia, France and Morocco. However, only one will be able to lift the trophy. Here, check out which team is the favorite to do so, according to FiveThirtyEight’s Soccer Power Index.
After three weeks of fierce competition, there are only four teams. The 2022 World Cup semi-finals will be played from Tuesday (December 13) to Wednesday (December 14). Argentina, Croatia, France and Morocco will be looking to reach the grand final.
All teams have shown throughout the tournament why they deserve to win the biggest trophy in football. Morocco are the first African team to reach this stage and have upset two big contenders such as Spain and Portugal. Meanwhile, Croatia are looking to repeat their performance in 2018 but with a different result after leaving Brazil on the road.
France are also aiming to make history as they look to become the first country to win two consecutive World Cups since Brazil (1958-1962) and of course Argentina are eyeing a third trophy to give Lionel Messi the only title he has. eluded him so far. Predicting the winner seems like a tough task, but FiveThirtyEight’s Football Power Index has made its bet.
Which team has more chance of winning the World Cup 2022?
Per FiveThirtyEight’s Soccer Power Index has made their predictions for the final stage of the 2022 World Cup and Argentina are the favorites to lift the title with a 37% chance of winning. They have a 64% chance of making the final.
Meanwhile, France are the second favorites with a 66% chance of making the final, and 35% of winning the title. Croatia, on the other hand, have a 36% chance of getting into the final, and a 16% chance of winning the tournament.
At last, Morocco have a 34% chance of making the final and a 13% chance of winning the tournament. Surely, the four games left in the tournament will all be thrilling.