Goldman Sachs found that in the past 19 World Cup, Brazil won five times, Italy won four times, Germany won three times, Uruguay won two times, Argentina won two times, and Britain and France each won 1 time. At every World Cup, at least one team from Brazil, Italy, Germany and Argentina will enter the finals.
According to the performance in the past three years, Spain is regarded as the strongest competitor in Europe. The team has talented players in every position and plays a leading role in La Liga and Premier League teams in the Champions League. However, UBS predicts that although many fans like the Spanish team, their performance may not be very good this year and they may not enter the semi-finals.
Goldman Sachs also predicted that the unknown Swiss team would beat Chile and Honduras, Denmark beat Cameroon and Slovakia beat Paraguay. South Africa ranked fourth in the group, Serbia or Australia entered the second round, Switzerland beat Chile and Honduras and Mexico lost to Nigeria. England, Argentina, Brazil and Spain will enter the semi-finals.
JPMorgan Chase: England will win the championship.
JPMorgan Chase established a mathematical model based on the performance of previous World Cups, FIFA rankings and other numerical indicators: England will beat Spain in the final, and the Netherlands will be third.
UBS: Brazil finally won the championship.
Swiss bank made a more sober prediction: Brazil will win the championship. However, they believe that South Africa is not the only African team that has entered the top 16. After all, Cameroon and Ghana also have great prospects for qualifying. The semi-final list of Swiss banks is Brazil, Germany, the Netherlands and Italy.
Time magazine also gave its own prediction: Brazil narrowly beat Spain.
Group stage:
Group A: Mexico comes first and France comes second.
Group B: Argentina, Nigeria
Group C: Britain and the United States
Group D: Ghana, Germany
Group E: Netherlands, Cameroon
Group F: Italy, Paraguay
Group G: Brazil, Portugal
Group H: Spain, Honduras
The eighth final:
Mexico beat Nigeria, Germany beat England, Ghana beat America, Argentina beat France, Holland beat Paraguay, Brazil beat Honduras, Italy beat Cameroon and Spain beat Portugal.
The quarter-finals: Brazil beat the Netherlands, Germany beat Mexico, Argentina eliminated Ghana and Spain beat Italy.
Semi-final: Brazil beat Germany and Spain beat Argentina.
Final: Brazil narrowly beat Spain