Our FIFA 2026 World Cup Preview
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What predictions do the hosts make for the FIFA 2026 World Cup?
Welcome to the Football Filling World Cup edition. Now, the tournament starts tonight and we are going to be flying out to New York on Saturday morning. That is because we have got an incredible amount of shows that we are going to be bringing you. So, basically, all you need to know is there is going to be a live show at 9pm UK time every other day. We'll also be going live straight after every single England game. All you need to know, though, is you get yourself over to our socials. We'll put a schedule on there and you'll be able to follow us, all right? Simple? Simple. That took about five tries to try and get that right, by the way. You nailed that. Oh, my God. We've had arguments about trying to nail that.
That was hard work. Right, today's show, it's a little bit of a... We're going to try and explain what we think and why we think certain teams are going to do certain things in the World Cup, right? Because there's always some underdogs. There's always some teams that flatter to deceive. There's always some teams that have an absolute stinker as well. And we're going to give our predictions as to exactly what we think is going to happen in this World Cup, all right? Yep. Who are we going to start with?
We're going to start with the World Cup dark horses. And just be mindful, this is different to over-performers. So, potentially, this is a genuine dark horse that, dare I say... could actually even win it. Could.
So not like a Greece when they were an over-performer, an actual... Well, nobody would have put Greece when they won the Euros as a dark horse. Guaranteed. Before the tournament, nobody is putting Greece as a dark horse. You'd have got that and you'd... What do you call it? Oh, you'd have been no chance. I would have loved to know the odds of them. I bet they would have been 100 to 1 or something.
I remember at the time I worked in an accountancy office and there was one team left in the sweepstake that no one took. No, it was not Greece.
It was Greece. What happened with all the money then? I don't know. I can't remember. I bet they just kept it. Whoever organised it kept it. Probably. Right, before we get into the dark horses then, we're going to be going out on Saturday. Toes, you're going to be coming with us for the first week and then Watto's coming out after that. What are you most looking forward to when you're out in New York?
Oh, wow.
I want to say football, but maybe it's the food and drink scene. I don't know. That's what I'm looking forward to. The food and drink. Genuinely, we went to New York like six months ago. The food and drink, Toes.
Someone said about the pizza.
The pizza's phenomenal. Best in the world. The best in the world. Steakhouses that they've got out there. Real nice Japanese food. Koreatown. If you've got any recommendations, get them in for us. Get them in below. Oh my golly gosh. World Cup dark horses. Come on then, give us some dark horses.
There's three on the list here. Yeah. Okay. First one, Norway. Good shout. Eight from eight in qualifying. Good shout. 37 goals in qualifying. And actually, Haaland scored 16. So actually, they scored more than half of their goals without Haaland. Yeah. What are we thinking?
Yeah, I love this shout. I think this is a great, great shout. they will be able to beat teams by getting one or two chances. Because you've got a big striker like that, somebody so clinical, somebody who can just score goals that nobody else can, they will have that real world-class power of being able to beat a team with only one opportunity, as long as they can keep it tight at the back. They have got other players around it, though, by the way. Martin Odegaard, you've got Solov. Real big players. But when you've got that one shining light, anything can happen at any moment in time in the league.
Which teams are considered dark horses for the tournament?
Yeah, they can plan the counter-attack because of Haaland's devastating pace, but also set pieces. They've got Aya, they've got Haaland, they've got big boys there. You've got like Sean Larson as a direct replacement for Haaland as well. They've got some units.
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