Al Jazeera’s AI robotic Kashef has crunched the numbers and has some predictions for immediately’s recreation.
The second day of the World Cup 2022 semifinals will pit two-time champions and holders France in opposition to Morocco.
Kashef, our synthetic intelligence (AI) robotic, has analysed greater than 200 metrics, together with the variety of wins, targets scored and FIFA rankings, from matches performed over the previous century to see who’s more than likely to win on Wednesday.
Morocco are at present unbeaten on this event and have shocked the footballing world – not a few times however thrice – by beating Belgium, Spain and Portugal.
Each time, Kashef was left shocked. The one remaining Arab and African workforce are actually simply two wins away from lifting the World Cup trophy.
Right here is Kashef’s prediction:
Who: France vs Morocco
The place: Al Bayt Stadium
When: December 14, 10pm (19:00 GMT)
Prediction: Sizing up all the chances, Kashef has as soon as once more concluded that Morocco face an uphill battle. Kashef strongly favours France for the win, giving the workforce a 68 p.c likelihood of ending Morocco’s fairytale World Cup run.
This nonetheless offers the Atlas Lions a one in three likelihood of reaching the World Cup remaining. Ought to supervisor Walid Regragui’s facet achieve this, they’ve a 31 p.c likelihood of lifting the trophy in opposition to Argentina at Lusail Stadium on December 18.
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With 61 matches accomplished, Kashef has a 67 p.c accuracy stage. Each night time at 00:00 GMT Kashef reruns the predictions primarily based on the day’s outcomes.
Following Argentina’s 3-0 victory over Croatia on Tuesday, Kashef’s odds of Argentina clinching their third World Cup title elevated by a few proportion factors to 52 p.c.
It’s nonetheless anybody’s recreation. If France beat Morocco convincingly, that could be simply sufficient to tip the stability of their favour.
Predicting match outcomes is not any straightforward job. Exterior components like workforce morale or participant health make a giant distinction in how the sport goes.
See for those who can outsmart Kashef and predict immediately’s winners by enjoying our AI recreation right here.
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