Analysis and Prediction of Group Stage: Group A

With a last day until the 2018 World Cup begins!!

Hi Stemian, I will give you an analysis of Group A world cup and my prediction of how well they will do.

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Uruguay national team became the strongest candidate to win the Group A 2018 World Cup which contains host Russia, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Group A World Cup is a group with balanced competition. Russia national team, national team of Uruguay, national team of Egypt, and national team of Saudi Arabia have a good chance to pass to round of 16 play-off.

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Coach: Óscar Washington Tabárez
Captain: Diego Godin
Top Player: Luis Suarez, Edison Cavani

Uruguay

From team material, Uruguay is a decent team to occupy the favorite position to qualify for the round of 16 large. They have top-level players like Luis Suarez, Edinson Cavani, and Diego Godin.

From the FIFA rankings, Uruguay became the country with the highest ranking (14), followed by Egypt (45), Saudi Arabia (67), and Russia (70). Three trials in 2018 also always led to victory for Uruguay.

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Coach: Stanislav Cherchesov
Captain: Igor Akinfev
Top Player: Alan Dzagoev, Yuri Shirkov

Russia

Despite having the worst ratings, Russia will get full support because they are status as a host.

The problem is, Russia is undergoing a preparation period to the World Cup with poor results. They are three defeats and one draw in four trials held since 2018. Drawn further, Russia won just one victory in 10 last test match.

If coach Stanislav Cherchesov can not lift the players' mental and confidence, then Russia will experience the fate of South Africa who failed to qualify for the preliminary round at the 2010 World Cup.

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Coach: Hector Cuper
Captain: Mohamed Salah
Top Player: Mohamed Salah

Egypt

Egypt is also in poor condition. After making sure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, Egypt actually never win in five trials throughout 2018.

In addition to regulating confidence, Egypt also awaits Mohamed Salah's condition. If Salah really won the race against time to heal the injury, then it will improve the team's morale.

In addition to Salah, Egypt has a number of other players who also appear in the English League starting from Mohamed Elneny, Ramadan Sobhi, Ali Gabr, and Ahmed Elmohamady.

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Coach: Juan Antonio Pizzi
Captain: Osama Hawsawi
Top Player: Mohamed Al-Sahlawi

Saudi Arabia

The Saudi national team is the country with the most tested list in 2018 compared to the other three countries. Saudi Arabia seemed to affirm they did not want to be cheerful in this tournament. Of the nine games played, Saudi Arabia earned three victories, one draw, and five defeats.

The first match of Group A is a Russian duel against Saudi Arabia and Egypt versus Uruguay. These duel have an important role in the fate of four teams in the hunt for tickets to the round of 16 play-off.

Saudi Arabia could take advantage of stage fright suffered by Russia as host. If Russia fails to get full points in the match against Saudi Arabia, then they are in danger.

Conversely, the winner of the Egyptian duel against Uruguay will have a great chance to qualify. But the losers are not directly eliminated.

So .. let's watch with the World Up stage of 2018 group A and who will qualify for the next phase?

My Prediction Score of Group A:

Score	Team		Team	Score
2	Russia	vs	Saudi Arabia	1
1	Egypt	vs	Uruguay	1
1	Russia	vs	Egypt	0
3	Uruguay	vs	Saudi Arabia	1
1	Uruguay	vs	Russia	1
0	Saudi Arabia	vs	Egypt	2

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