| ▲ | swiftcoder 8 hours ago | |
It predicts likely winners based on the round of 32 performance (plus prior data). That's still "prospective" with respect to the finals | ||
| ▲ | glimshe 8 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
Which is very reasonable. You estimate odds after seeing teams playing with the actual squad selection at that period in time. Otherwise I'd dismiss the predictions as lucky guesses in a row. | ||
| ▲ | derdi 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Yes. I don't like phrasing this as being prospective for the World Cup as a whole. It's for the knockout stage. (Which the abstract says! But the title doesn't.) | ||