footiqo.com/ is a good site for betting odds history, especially European football which footballodds.co.uk don't do
I posted a world cup final preview. (first reply) Spain favoured, more so if you focus on performances! subscribe to my blog on the home page to read more
Maybe I had quite a fundamental flaw in my approach (see what and read semi final previews here syzygyanalytics.co.uk/2026/0…)
A Spain vs. Belgium is up on my blog - I'm favouring Belgium and hoping/expecting to see some money for them later
Last 32 World Cup analytical preview syzygyanalytics.co.uk/2026/0…. No tips directly listed but I think my favourite bets are currently Ecuador +0.25, Austria +1.5, Algeria +0.5 and Argentina -2
Still some issues to iron out but here's some WC team ratings using 3 averaged approaches. All in units of xGD per game
France the team to beat I think!
World cup team rating/simulation update -> syzygyanalytics.co.uk/2026/0…
An example of my player ratings for the Brazil vs. Morocco game. This means I favour Brazil by 0.88 goals which is a close match with the betting markets. Raphinha is my highest rated player in the world by this method so I will be interested to see how he plays
syzygyanalytics.co.uk/2026/0…. I've posted one of the most analytical world cup previews you will find online! Check it out at the link provided




