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Ultimate 2022 World Cup Fantasy Cheat Sheet

The World Cup fantasy game is live ahead of the big kick-off Sunday, November 20.

With 32 countries competing for the ultimate prize in football, there are a lot of players to choose from.

This means there’s a lot to learn in a short space of time! We have you covered, though.

So, we’re sharing every country’s chance of winning the World Cup, a detailed fixture difficulty table, and their win/clean sheet odds in each of their three group-stage games!

If you haven’t looked into the game in detail, you’ll want to check out our World Cup fantasy captain guide. Understanding this is imperative!

Contents:

World Cup Winner Odds

The country with the highest chance of winning the World Cup is a fantastic indicator of who the best team in the competition is.

Logically, you should target players from these teams.

Here are the World Cup favourites:

CountryChance of Winning World CupPre-Tournament
BrazilOUT22%
France49%10%
Argentina51%14%
SpainOUT9%
EnglandOUT9%
GermanyOUT8%
NetherlandsOUT7%
PortugalOUT6%
BelgiumOUT5%
DenmarkOUT3%
CroatiaOUT2%
UruguayOUT2%
SenegalOUT1%
SerbiaOUT<1%
SwitzerlandOUT<1%
MexicoOUT<1%
PolandOUT<1%
EcuadorOUT<1%
USAOUT<1%
WalesOUT<1%
CameroonOUT<1%
QatarOUT<1%
GhanaOUT<1%
MoroccoOUT<1%
JapanOUT<1%
South KoreaOUT<1%
CanadaOUT<1%
AustraliaOUT<1%
IranOUT<1%
TunisiaOUT<1%
Saudi ArabiaOUT<1%
Costa RicaOUT<1%

MD1 Fixtures

Here are the chances of each country winning (and drawing) their World Cup MD1 matches:

FixtureHome %Draw %Away %Winner
Qatar vs Ecuador26%28%46%Ecuador
England vs Iran76%17%7%England
Senegal vs Netherlands18%26%60%Netherlands
USA vs Wales37%30%33%Draw
Argentina vs Saudi Arabia85%11%4%Saudi Arabia
Denmark vs Tunisia69%21%10%Draw
Mexico vs Poland34%32%34%Draw
France vs Australia80%13%7%France
Morocco vs Croatia20%28%52%Draw
Germany vs Japan69%19%12%Japan
Spain vs Costa Rica82%13%5%Spain
Belgium vs Canada73%16%11%Belgium
Switzerland vs Cameroon55%27%18%Switzerland
Uruguay vs South Korea55%26%19%Draw
Portugal vs Ghana66%23%11%Portugal
Brazil vs Serbia68%19%13%Brazil

MD2 Fixtures

Here are the chances of each country winning (and drawing) their World Cup MD2 matches:

FixtureHome %Draw %Away %Winner
Wales vs Iran45%28%27%Iran
Qatar vs Senegal16%24%60%Senegal
Netherlands vs Ecuador58%23%19%Draw
England vs USA61%24%15%Draw
Tunisia vs Australia45%29%26%Australia
Poland vs Saudi Arabia59%23%18%Poland
France vs Denmark54%26%20%France
Argentina vs Mexico62%23%15%Argentina
Japan vs Costa Rica67%23%10%Costa Rica
Belgium vs Morocco52%26%22%Morocco
Croatia vs Canada46%28%26%Croatia
Spain vs Germany41%27%32%Draw
Cameroon vs Serbia17%27%56%Draw
South Korea vs Ghana37%30%33%Ghana
Brazil vs Switzerland69%19%12%Brazil
Portugal vs Uruguay49%28%23%Portugal

MD3 Fixtures

Here are the chances of each country winning (and drawing) their World Cup MD3 matches:

FixtureHome %Draw %Away %Winner
Ecuador vs Senegal40%30%30%Senegal
Netherlands vs Qatar81%13%6%Netherlands
Iran vs USA23%28%49%USA
Wales vs England12%21%67%England
Australia vs Denmark14%21%65%Australia
Tunisia vs France13%22%65%Tunisia
Poland vs Argentina13%21%66%Argentina
Saudi Arabia vs Mexico20%21%59%Mexico
Canada vs Morocco27%29%46%Morocco
Croatia vs Belgium36%28%36%Draw
Costa Rica vs Germany3%8%89%Germany
Japan vs Spain11%20%69%Japan
Ghana vs Uruguay18%24%58%Uruguay
South Korea vs Portugal17%23%60%South Korea
Cameroon vs Brazil8%16%78%Cameroon
Serbia vs Switzerland40%27%33%Switzerland

MD4 Fixtures

Here are the chances of each country qualifying from the last 16 (MD4):

FixtureHome Qualify %Away Qualify %Qualified
Netherlands vs USA66%34%Netherlands
Argentina vs Australia91%9%Argentina
France vs Poland88%12%France
England vs Senegal81%19%England
Japan vs Croatia38%62%Croatia
Brazil vs South Korea89%11%Brazil
Morocco vs Spain19%81%Morocco
Portugal vs Switzerland68%32%Portugal

MD5 Fixtures

Here are the chances of each country qualifying from the quarter-finals (MD5):

FixtureHome Qualify %Away Qualify %Qualified
Croatia vs Brazil16%84%Croatia
Netherlands vs Argentina41%59%Argentina
Morocco vs Portugal26%74%Morocco
England vs France45%55%France

MD6 Fixtures

Here are the chances of each country reaching the World Cup final (MD6):

FixtureHome Qualify %Away Qualify %Qualified
Argentina vs Croatia71%29%Argentina
France vs Morocco79%21%France

MD7 Fixtures

Here are the chances of each country winning in MD7:

FixtureHome Win %Away Win %
Croatia vs Morocco59%41%
Argentina vs France51%49%

World Cup Clean Sheet Odds

Here are the chances of every country keeping a clean sheet in World Cup fantasy MD7.

These percent chances are based on 90 minutes only.

CountryMD3 CS%
France33%
Argentina33%
Croatia29%
Morocco23%

Goalscorer Odds

Here are the goalscorer odds and chances of those players starting for World Cup MD6 (selected):

If you want to know the predicted starting 11s and each player’s % chance of starting, check out our World Cup team news.

PlayerTeamChances of Scoring (%)Chance of Starting (%)
Lionel MessiArgentina36%95%
Kylian MbappeFrance33%90%
Andrej KramaricCroatia30%60%
Bruno PetkovicCroatia28%50%
Youssef En-NesyriMorocco26%80%
Ivan PerisicCroatia26%50%
Olivier GiroudFrance25%90%
Marko LivajaCroatia25%30%
Julian AlvarezArgentina24%90%
Hakim ZiyechMorocco22%80%
Mario PasalicCroatia20%50%
Luka ModricCroatia20%80%
Mislav OrsicCroatia20%30%
Lovro MajerCroatia20%60%
Sofiane BoufalMorocco19%90%
Antoine GriezmannFrance13%90%
Angel Di MariaArgentina10%90%
Enzo FernandezArgentina10%50%
Ousmane DembeleFrance9%90%
Rodrigo De PaulArgentina9%90%
Alexis Mac AllisterArgentina9%80%