2026 World Cup · Score Research

07-01 05:00 CST · World Cup Group Stage · Separate HT/FT models

France

Home side / left market direction

Full-time first pick 2:1 Probability 12.8% · High-total score cluster High-total score cluster: 2:1 12.8%; 3:1 9.5%; 3:2 6.0%; 4:1 4.7%; 4:2 3.2%; 5:1 3.1%; 3:0 4.1%; 4:0 2.9% Half-time first pick 0:0 (38.1%)

Sweden

Away side / right market direction

Five-Factor Read

1. Market strength France side rates higher

The handicap leans toward France; the market prices the home side as stronger.

2. Form and pace 0:0

HT first pick is 0:0 (38.1%); HT draw probability is 46.4%, so the model still respects early caution.

3. H2H and goal environment FT total 3.50

This match uses a team-style adjustment: historical goals for, goals against and match tempo classify the teams' attacking or defensive tendency. The signal only reweights candidate scores and does not override the market baseline by itself.

4. Venue factor neutral / normal weather

Venue: 纽约/新泽西体育场. Neutral venue. Weather/temperature: 阴天, 25℃～26℃. Neither side has a clear host-country edge, so the venue read mainly removes normal home advantage and pushes the decision back to market, lineup and tournament context. Weather and temperature do not show a clear tempo-suppression signal. Together with the totals line, the venue layer can support a more open upper tail.

5. Sample and soft factors Usable sample

172 comparable matches; useful for probability ranking

Full-Time Score Distribution

2:1 12.8%

3:1 9.5%

1:1 11.1%

3:2 6.0%

1:2 7.2%

2:2 5.8%

4:1 4.7%

4:2 3.2%

FT market: side line 1.75 · total 3.50 · Bucket side_ou:home_favored/3.5

Score cluster: High-total score cluster: 2:1 12.8%; 3:1 9.5%; 3:2 6.0%; 4:1 4.7%; 4:2 3.2%; 5:1 3.1%; 3:0 4.1%; 4:0 2.9%

Half-Time Score Distribution

0:0 38.1%

1:0 25.0%

2:0 11.9%

1:1 7.9%

0:1 6.0%

3:0 2.7%

0:2 2.5%

2:1 2.0%

HT market: side line 0.75 · total 1.50

France win61.4%

Draw20.9%

Sweden win17.7%

France expected goals2.45

Sweden expected goals1.37

Under 3.546.6%

FT temperature0.95

Empirical weight55.0%

Sample size172

Europe 1X2home 75.5% / draw 15.7% / away 8.7%

Key Variables

First-goal path France benefits most from opening the scoring; if HT stays 0:0, the FT distribution compresses toward lower scores.

Deciding factor Draw probability is 20.9%, so the exact-score set should keep draw and one-goal-margin scripts alive.

Risk point Under 3.5 is 46.6%; if the live total moves up materially, rerun the model.

Pre-Match Update · Market Movement

Published 2026-07-01 03:00:01 CST (started/finished about 836h 20m ago) | Snapshot window: 2026-06-27 12:00:01 -> 2026-07-01 03:00:01

First snapshotFT handicap 1.25 · total 2.5

Latest marketFT handicap 1.75 · total 3.5

Movement: FT handicap 1.25 -> 1.75 (moved up 0.5); FT total 2.5 -> 3.5 (moved up 1); HT handicap 0.5 -> 0.75 (moved up 0.25); HT total 1 -> 1.5 (moved up 0.5).

Pre-match note: The market moved materially; rerun both FT and HT models and recheck lineups/injuries before release.

Final Read: 2:1

Predicted side: France win · Actual side: France win · side aligned

Using the full-time handicap, totals, comparable market buckets and half-time market, the model's full-time first pick for France vs Sweden is 2:1 (12.8%). France side rates higher. This match uses a team-style adjustment: historical goals for, goals against and match tempo classify the teams' attacking or defensive tendency. The signal only reweights candidate scores and does not override the market baseline by itself. HT first pick is 0:0 (38.1%); HT draw probability is 46.4%, so the model still respects early caution. Exact-score outputs are probability rankings for pre-match research and review.

Risk note: exact scores are low-hit-rate events. The model output is a probability ranking, not a certainty; late market moves, lineups, red cards and early goals can reshape the distribution.

Sources

Feijing · schedule, results, Asian handicap, totals, half-time markets, Europe 1X2 · Local history database · historical market lines, full-time scores, half-time scores · DeepSeek · AI sidecar context, bounded candidate reweighting only · RotoWire · World Cup lineups, injuries and weather context · Wikipedia · group structure, advancement rules and schedule cross-checks