World Cup Score Predictions by Chris Sutton - Second Round Matches

Chris Sutton provides his predictions for the 2026 World Cup second round matches, highlighting surprises and expected results.

The 2026 World Cup has presented a variety of surprises, but one surprise in particular has surprised almost everyone. BBC football predictions expert Chris Sutton and 99.65% of users who played the BBC's new prediction game all expected European champions Spain to beat Cape Verde in their opening game in Group H... and they were all wrong. Of the more than 37,000 people who tried to guess the outcome of the match, only 61 correctly said it would end in a draw - while another 67 picked a win for Cape Verde.

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Nevertheless, there are some predictions that are correct. Chris managed to predict the results of 12 of the opening 24 group matches, while the AI recorded 13, and the participating players managed to predict 14. How did the matches in the second set, including Scotland against Morocco and England against Ghana, fare? Chris predicts the results of all 104 matches in the World Cup, and he has also chosen the order in which he believes each of the 12 groups will end up. AI predictions are generated using Microsoft Copilot Chat. We simply asked the tool to 'predict the results of the second round of World Cup group matches'.