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Lionel Messi to score at least one goal

Total goals in the tournament to exceed 200

The Golden Boot winner to score 6+ goals

Someone scores 5+ goals within group stage

USA survives group stage

2+ red cards in any match

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

Goal from last kick of the game

Cristiano Ronaldo to score a goal

Mexico survives group stage

Canada survives group stage

3+ red cards in any match

6+ yellow cards in any match

Red card issued for mouth covering

Team with 0 wins in Group Stage

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 6.5 matches ending 0-0 (regular time only)

Over 9.5 own goals scored

Over 7.5 goals scored in a single group stage match

Over 202.5 goals scored in group stage

US scores in every 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

Team makes it to Round of 32 with no goals conceded

Goal scored directly from a free-kick

A coach is sacked before the end of the tournament

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

Team ends Group Stage with a clean sheet

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

“Puto” chant at match

Referee falls down

Match has a dedicated moment of silence

Any host places 1st in their group

Curaçao scores a goal

Haaland scores over 3.5 goals

Messi scores a goal at 39 years old

Neymar plays in a match

Vuvuzela spotted in the stadium stands

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

Unauthorized person gets on the pitch during match

gruesome leg/ankle/arm injury

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

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

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

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

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

Cape Verde scores a goal

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

Messi to score a free kick

Pride flag at Egypt v Iran match

Austria Pays Its Debt to Algeria? (Austria loses or draws with Algeria AND both teams qualify. Inspired by the 1982 “Disgrace of Gijón”)

3+ penalty shootout

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

Trump still alive at end of final match

Messi is top Argentinian goal-scorer

Fan hospitalized for heat related illness

Trump attends match

Over 10.5 red cards

Kylian Mbappe & Harry Kane to Score 9+ Goals Combined

Vorzinha concedes a goal by Argentina player in regular play

Players cleat falls off their foot

Penalty shootout goes 6+ rounds

Emmanuel Macron attends match

Player tears their ACL

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

VAR to overturn at least 20 decisions

South American team reaches semi-final

Bottle thrown on field

Champion is a first place group stage winner

A penalty shootout contains a missed winning kick (Matchball)

Gianni Infantino travels more than 50K miles during the tournament by airplane

Champion is unbeaten

Ronaldo to cry at the world cup

2+ European countries reach top 4

20+ penalty goals

Over 289.5 total goals scored*

Crowd jump registers on local seismic sensor

Golden Glove Winner wears Senda, Rinat, RG, Voit or Adidas brand glove

Another match day ending in all draws (regular time)

Ronaldo gets in referee face

Single top goalscorer in tournament (not tied)

This World Cup Market reaches 500 traders

Messi scores more goals than Mbappe

Penalty shootout to decide a quarter-final match

Any host nation in quarter final

Asian player misses penalty kick

Penalty shootout goes 7+ rounds

No red cards issued in the Final match

US goes further than Mexico

Players from any other league outscore PL players in the tournament

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

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

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

Both teams in final have red on their flag

The Golden Boot winner to score 8+ goals

Coaches of both teams in final match are wearing suits

Any country ranked outside FIFA Top 10 to reach semifinals (as of 6/11)

More own goals than red cards in tourney

Visible debris thrown during corner kick attempt

The Golden Ball is awarded to a player from tournament winner

Messi gets a yellow card

Over 14.5 own goals scored

First team to lead goes through in 24+ knockout matches? (penalties count)

Flipping Coinflips – Do teams shooting first win more penalty shootouts?

Elon Musk attends match

Total goals in the tournament to exceed 300

Someone escorted off field shirtless

Penalty shootout to decide semi-final match

France becomes finalist

Player with the heat stroke / heat related illness

Golden Boot Winner wears Nike branded cleats

USA to reach the Quarter-finals or further

Total goals in the tournament to exceed 310

Of 6 competing continents, Europe has highest survival % in round of 32

16+ knockout matches to be won by 2+ goals inc. Extra Time (no Penalties)

Unofficial drone is reported flying over a stadium

Freddy attends the final match

Laser pointer on goalie during match

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

Team loses after leading 2-0

Goal scored within 1st minute

15+ minutes of the stoppage time

Spain goes further than France

2 UEFA teams in final

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

VAR overturns second yellow card

Flares in stands during match in USA

Final is a rematch of a previous World Cup

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

Betting scandal reported

USA player gets the red card

Hooligans light the fireworks at night by team hotel for disruption

Winning team has a foreign manager

Team captain gets red card

Trump acts innapropriate with trophy at final

5+ hat tricks

17+ knockout matches to be won by 2+ goals - Regular time only!

Youngest player of the tournament scores a goal

Team particpates in 3+ penalty shoot-outs

Bald person gets the red card

Messi scores on every game he plays

Weather postponement or delay for greater than 3 hours

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°)

Player blames an injury on poor stadium grass

A penalty shootout to decide the Final match

Canada goes further than US

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

First penalty shootout kick of tournament is missed/saved

Asian player gets the red card

30+ penalty goals

Palestinian or Israeli flag on field during match

Salt Bae attending a match

Freddy shown during a match broadcast

Goalkeeper attempts shot in PKs

Smoke bomb during match in USA

The Golden Boot winner is decided by # assists

Player gets spat on during match

25+ people arrested at stadium

France, Mexico, and Argentina all make it to the quarter finals

Any match is canceled or postponed

The Netherlands reaches half-final

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)

Golden boot & golden ball won by the same player

Team USA fans pull off a decent Tifo

Champion is a first time World Cup winner

England loses on penalties

Animal (not birdy) is on field during match

King Charles attends match

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

ICE makes a capture at the stadium

Over 8.5 penalties missed (excludes shoot-outs)

Haaland scores on every game he plays

Player throws captains armband

Headbutt during match

Player wearing a face mask in semi-final match

Ronaldo does not start

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

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

World Cup winner to never trail in a match

An African nation to reach the Semi-finals

Coach on camera during match smelling finger(s)

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

Fans invade field during match

Play suspended for more than 2.5 hours in a single match

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

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

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)

Voodoo doll or alive chicken in stands

Football is coming home?

Disruption at Iran match

15+ cards in any match

Asia team reaches semi final

Trump attends 3 or more games

Pulisic top Team USA goal scorer

Player wearing oxygen mask on sideline

Bonnie Blue attending a match

Erling Haaland to win the Golden Boot

Player walks off pitch protesting referee

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

Major security incident

The fastest goal of the tournament is scored within 30 seconds

Another match with 3+ red cards

10+ goals in any match

Player bit during match

Goal scored from own half

Goalkeeper scores a non-penalty goal

Team wins a match without making a single substitution

Match is forfeited

Trump dancing at match

Belgium plays against The Netherlands

Messi and Ronaldo play in the same match

Team reaches the quarter-finals through draws and penalties

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

Players / members of team attempt to defect

Team gets removed or disqualified

Player arrested / detained at any time of tournament

Player suffers cardiac arrest

Someone from Trump administration celebrating in locker room

German Freddy is uncovered to be the marketing stunt

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

Team finishes third in group and makes it to final

Shooting incident (non-ball) at stadium

Match delayed due to anti-Trump crowd chant

Total goals in the tournament to exceed 400

Match delayed due to homophobic crowd chant

Omar Artan is at a World Cup match

Confirmed case of Ebola at the match

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

Ronaldo does jerkin move

Player shits in the pants during match

Fastest goal record beaten (11 seconds)

Player drinking Liquid Death at hydration break

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei attending a match

Player dies during World Cup

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

The Netherlands does not survive group stage

All 3 host countries win the opener

All 48 teams score at least 1 goal

Ronaldo scores before Messi

All teams concede at least 1 goal in group stage

Team makes it to Round of 16 with zero yellow cards

Oldest player in tournament gets a yellow card

4+ Corners in Every Group Stage Match

USA plays Iran

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

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

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

A third-placed team is eliminated with 4+ points

Any team with <3 points advances from the group stage

[AUS] A Driver DNF due to reliability problems (e.g., engine, power unit etc.)

[AUS] Red flag during qualifying

[AUS] At least 3 DNF

[AUS] Leclerc finishes ahead of Hamilton (race)

[TEST] Cadillac sets the slowest lap time of the whole testing session

[AUS] P1 & P2 by same team

[AUS] winner has no WDC title

[AUS] Audi reaches Q2 (Qualifying)

[AUS] Ferrari finishes on the podium

[AUS] An Audi driver finishes in top 10 (race)

[AUS] Verstappen finishes in top 10 (race)

[CHN] Yellow flag first lap Sprint

[CHN] Yellow flag first lap main race

[CHN] Ferrari on the podium of the sprint race

[CHN] Bearman scores points in the sprint race (top 8)

[CHN] Mercedes 1-2 in the main qualifying

[CHN] VSC or Physical Safety car during the sprint race

[CHN] A Ferrari is P1 at the end of lap 1 (main race)

[CHN] Physical Safety Car during the main race

[CHN] Mercedes 1-2 in the main race

[CHN] Bearman scores points in the main race (top 10)

[CHN] 5 or more DNF in the main race

[JAP] Physical Safety Car during the race

[JAP] Team other than Mercedes or Ferrari gets a podium

[JAP] Antonelli wins the race

[MIA] Non-Mercedes pole position in sprint qualifying

[MIA] McLaren 1-2 in the sprint race

[MIA] Leclerc podium in the sprint race

[MIA] Physical Safety Car in the main race

[MIA] A Mercedes finishes outside the top 5 in the sprint race

[MIA] Gasly reaches Q3 (main race qualifying)

[MIA] Antonelli wins the main race

[MIA] A McLaren on the podium in the main race

[MIA] Race start time is changed or cancelled due to weather conditions

[CAN] Three different teams on the podium (main race)

[CAN] Mercedes 1-2 in the sprint qualifying

[CAN] Red flag during sprint qualifying

[CAN] Leclerc finishes ahead of Hamilton in the sprint race

[CAN] 5 or more DNS/DNF in the main race

[CAN] An Alpine finishes in top 10 in the main race

[CAN] Hamilton finishes on podium in the main race

[CAN] Hamilton outfinishes Verstappen (main race)

[MON] Pole Sitter wins the race

[MON] Red flag during qualifying

[MON] Red flag during the race

[MON] A driver overtakes their teammate on track

[MON] Safety car (non-virtual) during the race

[MON] Pole position margin is less than 50 milliseconds

[MON] Three different teams on the podium

[MON] Hadjar finishes in top 5 (race)

[MON] A Williams scores points (top 10)

[MON] 3 or more DNF/DNS

[BAR] An Audi reaches Q3

[BAR] Hamilton on the podium

[BAR] Verstappen finishes in top 5

[BAR] 3 or more DNF/DNS

[BAR] At least one driver that finishes in top 5 does 3 pit stops (or more)

[BAR] At least one podium finisher from team other than Ferrari or Mercedes

[AUT] Qualifying lap invalidated due to track limits

[AUT] Both Ferraris in top 5 in qualifying

[AUT] Both Racing Bulls finish in top 10 (race)

[GBR] Physical Safety Car during the race

[GBR] All three tire compounds used on starting grid

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[AUS] Physical Safety Car during the race

[AUS] Yellow flag first lap

[AUS] Both Aston Martins qualify in the last row (21st and 22nd)

[TEST] Cadillac in the top 5 of the timesheets on any single day

[TEST] Ferrari sets the most laps during the whole testing session

[TEST] Mercedes sets the fastest lap time of the whole testing session

[TEST] First red flag caused by a driver error/spin etc. (not mechanical failure)

[AUS] Both Aston Martins retire after formation lap before race start

[AUS] The car finishing on P5 gets lapped

[AUS] Both Aston Martins don't finish the race

[AUS] Hadjar finishes on the podium

[CHN] Ferrari qualifies 1st or 2nd in the sprint qualifying (at least one driver)

[CHN] Red flag during sprint qualifying

[CHN] Mercedes 1-2 in the sprint race

[CHN] Gasly scores points in the sprint race (top 8)

[CHN] An Audi reaches Q3 (main race qualifying)

[CHN] Impeding penalty during qualifying for the main race

[CHN] An Audi scores points in the main race (top 10)

[CHN] A Red Bull Racing driver finishes in top 5 (main race)

[CHN] Winner wins by 11.00 seconds or more?

[JAP] Both Aston Martins DNF

[JAP] Yellow flag first lap

[JAP] Red flag in qualifying

[JAP] Impeding penalty during qualifying

[JAP] Team other than Mercedes gets pole position in qualifying

[JAP] Bearman reaches Q3

[JAP] 5 or more DNF (including DNS)

[JAP] Linblad scores points (top 10)

[JAP] Bortoleto scores points (top 10)

[JAP] Hadjar finishes ahead of Verstappen (face)

[JAP] A McLaren retires/DNS due to reliability issues

[JAP] Verstappen on the podium

[MIA] Impeding penalty during sprint qualifying

[MIA] Red flag during sprint qualifying

[MIA] Colapinto scores points in the sprint race

[MIA] Hadjar scores points in the sprint race

[MIA] Physical Safety Car in the sprint race

[MIA] McLaren pole position in qualifying for the main race

[MIA] Red flag during qualifying for the main race

[MIA] A Mercedes qualifies outside the top 5 (main race qualifying)

[MIA] Hadjar doesn't reach Q3 (main race qualifying)

[MIA] Verstappen on the Podium in the main race

[MIA] 5 or more DNF/DNS

[MIA] Both Ferrari finish in top 6 in the main race

[CAN] Physical Safety Car during the main race

[CAN] An Audi reaches SQ3 (Sprint Qualifying)

[CAN] Impeding penalty during sprint qualifying

[CAN] Mercedes 1-2 in the sprint race

[CAN] A Ferrari on the podium in the sprint race

[CAN] Physical Safety Car during the sprint race

[CAN] Yellow flag in the first lap of the sprint race

[CAN] Sainz scores points in the sprint race (top 8)

[CAN] Impeding penalty during qualifying for the main race

[CAN] Red flag during qualifying for the main race

[CAN] An Audi reaches Q3 (Main Race Qualifying)

[CAN] A Williams reaches Q3 (Main Race Qualifying)

[CAN] Yellow flag first lap of the main race

[CAN] Mercedes 1-2 in the main race

[CAN] Leclerc finishes ahead of Hamilton in the main race

[CAN] Linblad scores points in the main race

[CAN] An Audi finishes in top 10 in the main race

[CAN] Oscar Piastri Finishes on Podium in the Main Race

[CAN] English broadcoast shows Colapinto's onboard camera view in the main race

[CAN] 7 or more DNS/DNF in the main race

[CAN] Piastri scores points in the main race

[MON] 5 or more on-track overtakes

[MON] Impeding penalty during qualifying

[MON] Wet or intermediate tyres used during the race

[MON] Leclerc finishes ahead of Hamilton (race)

[BAR] Physical Safety Car during the race

[BAR] Yellow flag in the first lap of the race

[BAR] Mercedes driver wins

[BAR] Both McLaren qualify in top 4

[BAR] Antonelli pole position in qualifying

[BAR] Hulkenberg scores points (top 10)

[BAR] Antonelli and Russel collide during the race

[BAR] Both Mercedes drivers on podium

[AUT] Wet or intermediate tyres used during qual or race

[AUT] Red flag during qualifying

[AUT] Physical safety car during the race

[AUT] Impeding penalty during qualifying

[AUT] Mercedes 1-2 in qualifying

[AUT] Pole position margin is less than 50 milliseconds

[AUT] An Audi reaches Q3

[AUT] Both Ferraris on the podium (race)

[AUT] Antonelli finishes ahead of Russel (race)

[AUT] Gasly finishes on top 10 (race)

[AUT] At least 2 drivers that finish in the top 5 did 3 or more pit stops during the race

[AUT] An Audi finishes in top 10 (race)

[AUT] 5 or more DNF/DNS

[AUT] Russel and Antonelli collide during the race

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