They are unbeaten in their last 18 games in all competitions, so come into the tournament in high confidence. Morocco went unbeaten and without conceding in a tough qualifying group with Ivory Coast, Gabon and Mali to qualify for their first World Cup in 20 years. Looking at this group, this game could be a crucial one, if either Portugal or Spain happen to slip up somewhere and one of them can capitalise and sneak through into the knockout stage. I feel like Uruguay have too much talent on show to lose this game, and with Salah possibly not even at full fitness, even he may not even be able to pull this one back for Egypt. They came through the COMNEBOL qualifying group in flying colours, finishing second in the group to Brazil and scoring an impressive 32 goals in 18 games. Uruguay are the clear bookies favourites for this game, boasting the likes of Suarez, Cavani and Godin among their ranks. Whether he is fit in time for this match remains to be seen, and there is no doubting that his presence will be a massive boost for them. (EST)Įgypt are no doubt a team many people are wanting to see do well, after the incredible season Salah has had at Liverpool. Russia will no doubt have all the pressure on them, but home advantage will play a big part and they should be able to get a positive result, but I feel like the Saudi’s confidence will even things out a bit, but Russia’s support and determination will swing things slightly in their favour. They suffered a failure in the Arabian Gulf Cup last December, failing to make it out of the group stage, but a very solid performance against Germany last week showed that they are up for the occasion on the opening night. Saudi Arabia came through a tough qualifying group, edging out Australia to reach the competition automatically from the CONCACAF groups. And without a competitive fixture in almost two years, they may be a bit rusty and low on confidence after no wins in their last seven friendlies. Russia are big favourites for this game, and will no doubt want to avoid being the first host nation in World Cup history to suffer defeat. We start, as always, with the hosts of this year's competition.

So, let’s get into the fixtures for our first eight World Cup tilts. We'll unveil the second before the second half of Matchday 1 With a massive 17 games to predict in the first set of games, we've broken our predictions into two parts. And with a World Token on offer for each correct prediction, the more correct results you get will obviously help out in the long run with more awards becoming available. The World Cup is finally here and Matchups are back, with all of the group stage fixtures up for prediction.

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