Belgium going out? Sutton's World Cup 2026 score predictions - final group games

Belgium’s World Cup 2026 situation and the BBC predictor results are at the center of this analysis of the final group matches, including Scotland vs. Brazil and England vs. Panama. The piece notes that Cape Verde continued to surprise after drawing with Spain and then holding Uruguay, while user predictions in the BBC Sport predictor game were notably more accurate in this second set of group fixtures. It reports that 99.65% of users had expected Cape Verde to lose to Spain, but only 83% thought they would be beaten by Uruguay. In total, users scored 18 correct results out of 24 in the second round, compared with 13 out of 24 for the AI using Microsoft Copilot Chat, and 12 out of 24 for expert Chris Sutton. The article also begins laying out Sutton’s predictions for matches across Groups A and B, including pre-tournament picks and predicted scores.