Player of the Match News

Lionel Messi to score at least one goal

Someone scores 5+ goals within group stage

USA survives group stage

2+ red cards in any match

Goal from last kick of the game

Mexico survives group stage

3+ red cards in any match

6+ yellow cards in any match

Red card issued for mouth covering

Black player gets the red card

Bicycle kick attempt

Team scores after being down to 10 men

Both teams score in stoppage time

Player scores against country of birth/heritage

Player bleeding on camera during match

Team loses possession from delay throw-in

Player scores a hat-trick

Over 7.5 goals scored in a single group stage match

Play suspended for more than 1.5 hours in a single match

Teenager scores a goal (non penalty shoot-out)

Team finishes match with 9 players

French-born player scores against France

Goal scored directly from a free-kick

A coach is sacked before the end of the tournament

Player not born in the country they are playing for scores 2+ goals

“Puto” chant at match

Referee falls down

Any host places 1st in their group

Curaçao scores a goal

Haaland scores over 3.5 goals

Vuvuzela spotted in the stadium stands

At least two Mohammeds (all variants) score ≥1 goal

gruesome leg/ankle/arm injury

Foam spray is used on field to mark penalty / free kick

Cape Verde scores a goal

Total goals in the tournament to exceed 200

Cristiano Ronaldo to score a goal

3+ penalty shootout

Canada survives group stage

Team with 0 wins in Group Stage

Will Cristiano Ronaldo Score Atleast A Goal In Next Match Against Uzbekistan

Trump still alive at end of final match

The Golden Boot winner to score 6+ goals

Messi is top Argentinian goal-scorer

Fan hospitalized for heat related illness

20+ penalty goals

Over 9.5 own goals scored

Over 10.5 red cards

Kylian Mbappe & Harry Kane to Score 9+ Goals Combined

Trump attends match

Unauthorized person gets on the pitch during match

Players cleat falls off their foot

Will any group finish with either all draws or zero draws?

Neymar plays in a match

Team makes it to Round of 32 with no goals conceded

A penalty shootout contains a missed winning kick (Matchball)

US scores in every single group stage match

Team is undefeated for the entire tournament (only wins & draws)

Team ends Group Stage with a clean sheet

VAR to overturn at least 20 decisions

South American team reaches semi-final

Champion is unbeaten

Bottle thrown on field

Champion is a first place group stage winner

Ronaldo to cry at the world cup

Single top goalscorer in tournament (not tied)

2+ European countries reach top 4

Any player scores at least a goal 3 matches in a row

Asian player misses penalty kick

Messi scores a goal at 39 years old

Ronaldo gets in referee face

Messi gets a yellow card

Penalty shootout to decide a quarter-final match

Any host nation in quarter final

Visible debris thrown during corner kick attempt

Another match day ending in all draws (regular time)

Will either Bosnia and Herzegovina or Qatar advance to the next round?

The ballon d’or is awarded to a player from World Cup winner

Team loses after leading 2-0

5+ group stage winners advance with 9 points (3 wins)

Trump kicks or holds a soccer ball at any time during tournament

No red cards issued in the Final match

A fully southern hemisphere team (Australia, NZ, South Africa, Uruguay or Argentina) makes semi finals.

US goes further than Mexico

Player is complaining about the Trionda ball / blames it for the losing

Will any more team(s) from Europe finish 4th in the group?

The Golden Ball is awarded to a player from tournament winner

Freddy attends the final match

Both teams in final have red on their flag

Over 6.5 matches ending 0-0 (regular time only)

Over 202.5 goals scored in group stage

Coaches of both teams in final match are wearing suits

Any one of Harry Kane, Kylian Mbappe, or Erling Haaland to score a hattrick

Over 289.5 total goals scored*

Penalty shootout to decide semi-final match

Someone escorted off field shirtless

More own goals than red cards in tourney

Players from any other league outscore PL players in the tournament

Elon Musk attends match

Asian player gets the red card

USA to reach the Quarter-finals or further

15+ minutes of the stoppage time

Messi to score a free kick

Total goals in the tournament to exceed 300

Ronaldo puts up the goose egg (excludes any penalty or shootout)

Player with the heat stroke / heat related illness

A player or their teams gets sanctioned by FIFA (i. e. a fine, an overturned result, a suspension) for a goal celebration with a political or politics-adjacent message

Messi and Ronaldo play in the same match

Unofficial drone is reported flying over a stadium

2 UEFA teams in final

Player tears their ACL

Weather postponement or delay for greater than 3 hours

Flares in stands during match in USA

Crowd jump registers on local seismic sensor

Spain goes further than France

Laser pointer on goalie during match

Final is a rematch of a previous World Cup

Palestinian or Israeli flag on field during match

Goal scored within 1st minute

Last penalty shoot-out kick of tournament is missed/saved

VAR overturns second yellow card

Hooligans light the fireworks at night by team hotel for disruption

Any match is canceled or postponed

The Golden Boot winner to score 8+ goals

30+ penalty goals

USA player gets the red card

Disruption at Iran match

Betting scandal reported

Canada goes further than US

Youngest player of the tournament scores a goal

3 or more coaches resign or are fired before end of World Cup

Match has a dedicated moment of silence

Ronaldo does not start

Team captain gets red card

Will Merlin the duck correctly predict both remaining MEX group stage matches?

6+ teams with negative goal difference advance from the group stage

Winning team has a foreign manager

Bald person gets the red card

Player blames an injury on poor stadium grass

Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce attend match

Over 30.5 penalties scored (excludes shoot-outs)

Over 395.5 yellow cards

Both players in this photo* play each other in a match

Record for hottest WC match ever played broken (>101°)

A penalty shootout to decide the Final match

Fans invade field during match

Play suspended for more than 2.5 hours in a single match

Team particpates in 3+ penalty shoot-outs

World Champion's goals > total goals of all teams out in group stage

Any two brothers play against each other (Both must be on the pitch at the same time)

First penalty shootout kick of tournament is missed/saved

Team reaches the quarter-finals through draws and penalties

Goalkeeper attempts shot in PKs

Smoke bomb during match in USA

Golden boot & golden ball won by the same player

Messi scores on every game he plays

The Golden Boot winner is decided by # assists

Player gets spat on during match

25+ people arrested at stadium

Team USA fans pull off a decent Tifo

Salt Bae attending a match

Game is turned around in stoppage team (one team leads at 90:00, the other team scores twice or more in stoppage time to win it)

Team makes it to Round of 16 with zero yellow cards

Freddy shown during a match broadcast

England loses on penalties

Final features a team that has never made it to the final before

Player wearing oxygen mask on sideline

Animal (not birdy) is on field during match

Trump acts innapropriate with trophy at final

An African nation to reach the Semi-finals

ICE makes a capture at the stadium

Over 8.5 penalties missed (excludes shoot-outs)

Goal scored from own half

Haaland scores on every game he plays

Player throws captains armband

Headbutt during match

Player wearing a face mask in semi-final match

Will any player be seen drinking gatorade during a hydration break?

Champion is a first time World Cup winner

Knockout Stage (incl 3rd/4th) to match or exceed Group-Stage scoring average

Coach on camera during match smelling finger(s)

All 48 teams score at least 1 goal

Scorigami (a match ends in a score that has never happened at a World Cup; for the purpose of this answer refers only to result before extra time / shootout)

Another match with 3+ red cards

Any team with <3 points advances from the group stage

Football is coming home?

Voodoo doll or alive chicken in stands

All teams concede at least 1 goal in group stage

Any player injured in opening group match & out for rest of tournament

King Charles attends match

Asia team reaches semi final

Player walks off pitch protesting referee

Trump attends 3 or more games

Team wins a match without making a single substitution

Major security incident

Will both brothers of any pair score at this World Cup?

German Freddy is uncovered to be the marketing stunt

15+ cards in any match

Player bit during match

Pulisic top Team USA goal scorer

Bonnie Blue attending a match

Erling Haaland to win the Golden Boot

Over 1.5 of the visible penis in world cup tourney (during match, on pitch)

Olimpico goal (goal scored directly from corner kick, counts if corner taker is credited as the goalscorer by FIFA)

Shooting incident (non-ball) at stadium

Match is forfeited

Trump dancing at match

The fastest goal of the tournament is scored within 30 seconds

10+ goals in any match

An over-enthusiastic goal celebration results in a shattered corner flag

Team gets removed or disqualified

Player arrested / detained at any time of tournament

The Netherlands does not survive group stage

Goalkeeper scores a non-penalty goal

Team finishes third in group and makes it to final

Oldest player in tournament gets a yellow card

USA plays Iran

Mohamed Salah (Egypt) scores 5+ goals during Group Stage Fixtures (Round of 64)

Someone from Trump administration celebrating in locker room

Total goals in the tournament to exceed 400

Match delayed due to homophobic crowd chant

Player shits in the pants during match

Team gets to final on all penalty shoot-outs in knockout rounds

Omar Artan is at a World Cup match

Players / members of team attempt to defect

Confirmed case of Ebola at the match

Ronaldo does jerkin move

A group-stage match is decided by a freak "Olympico" goal scored directly from a corner

Player suffers cardiac arrest

A third-placed team is eliminated with 4+ points

Fastest goal record beaten (11 seconds)

Player drinking Liquid Death at hydration break

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei attending a match

Player dies during World Cup

Match delayed due to anti-Trump crowd chant

All 3 host countries win the opener

Ronaldo scores before Messi

YES

YES

Will any game feature an opening move other than 1. e4 or 1. d4?

Will White win more games than Black?

Will a player who loses a game eventually win the match?

Will there be a streak of 4 or more consecutive draws?

Will the match be decided before Game 14?

Will the match be tied (e.g., 1–1 or 2–2) after the first four games?

Will any game exceed 100 moves?

Will there be 4 or more decisive (non-draw) games in the classical portion?

There will be more decisive games than the previous Championship (5)

Will the match be decided by a margin of 2 or more points in the classical portion?

Will the venue be in Europe?

Will Magnus Carlsen provide official commentary for at least one game? (Stays on any stream for >= 45 minutes)

Will Game 1 or Game 2 be a decisive result (not a draw)?

Will Gukesh win a game immediately following a loss?

Gukesh retains his WC title

Will it be decided by tiebreaks?

The "Home Field" Factor: Will the venue be in either India or Uzbekistan?

YES

YES

YES

Dan Burn

Anthony Gordon

John Stones

Djed Spence

Ivan Toney

Jarell Quansah

Kobbie Mainoo

Ollie Watkins

Noni Madueke

Dean Henderson

James Trafford

NO

NO

NO

YES