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Pick two national teams to face off.

Paul weighs FIFA ranking, recent form and head-to-head record.

Back his call or doubt it — the crowd's verdict builds below.

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How the crowd is backing Paul's calls.

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Matches

Showing the opening fixtures — live scores update as matches kick off.

🇨🇦 CanadavBosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦
Group BJun 12, 6:00 PMBMO Field, Toronto
Pault: Canada36%
🇺🇸 USAvParaguay 🇵🇾
Group DJun 12, 11:00 PMSoFi Stadium, Los Angeles
Pault: United States37%
🇦🇷 ArgentinavAlgeria 🇩🇿
Group JJun 13, 9:00 PMMetLife Stadium, New Jersey
Pault: Argentina78%
🇪🇸 SpainvCape Verde 🇨🇻
Group HJun 14, 7:00 PMAT&T Stadium, Dallas
Pault: Spain91%
🇫🇷 FrancevSenegal 🇸🇳
Group IJun 14, 10:00 PMMercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta
Pault: France81%
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 EnglandvGhana 🇬🇭
Group LJun 15, 7:00 PMLincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
Pault: England83%

About Pault, the octopus oracle

Pault is a playful World Cup match predictor inspired by Paul the Octopus, the cephalopod who famously forecast results at the 2010 tournament. Choose any two national teams and Pault predicts a winner using a transparent, weighted model.

How the prediction works

Each forecast blends three signals: a team's FIFA-style ranking points (weighted most heavily), their recent form across the last five matches, and a deterministic head-to-head bias for the specific matchup. The result is a win probability, a conviction score, and the single factor that most influenced the call. It is built for fun and is not betting advice.

Community predictions

After Pault makes a call you can back it or doubt it. Votes feed a live leaderboard showing which teams the crowd is backing across all predictions.

World Cup fixtures and live scores

Pault tracks upcoming World Cup fixtures and recent results, and automatically forecasts a winner for each scheduled match using the same ranking, form and head-to-head model. Browse the fixtures and scores to see what Pault expects next and how recent matches finished.