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Sutton's World Cup score predictions - second group games
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Sutton's World Cup score predictions - second group games

BBC Sport · Jun 18, 2026, 8:00 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Key takeaways

  • Sport journalist Published45 minutes ago There have already been plenty of shocks at this World Cup but one in particular caught almost everyone out.
  • BBC Sport predictions expert Chris Sutton, AI and 99.65% of the users playing the BBC's new predictor game all expected European champions Spain to beat Cape Verde in their opening game in Group H ...
  • From more than 37,000 people who had a go at guessing the outcome of that match, only 61 correctly said it would end in a draw - another 67 went for a Cape Verde victory.

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Sport journalist Published45 minutes ago There have already been plenty of shocks at this World Cup but one in particular caught almost everyone out.

BBC Sport predictions expert Chris Sutton, AI and 99.65% of the users playing the BBC's new predictor game all expected European champions Spain to beat Cape Verde in their opening game in Group H ... and all of you were wrong.

From more than 37,000 people who had a go at guessing the outcome of that match, only 61 correctly said it would end in a draw - another 67 went for a Cape Verde victory.

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