After reviewing Group A teamswe analyzed the Group B made up of England, USA, Wales and Iran! While it is certain that an English-speaking team will qualify, some doubts may still remain regarding the homogeneity of this pool. here is our prediction for Group B of the 2022 World Cup.
Prediction Group B World Cup 2022: England winner
The Three Lions of Gareth Southgate are obviously given favorites by all the bookmakers and if it might seem tempting to opt for one of the three other teams in the first place of this group B, it is clear that England has a clearly superior team On paper.
Of course, the “terrifying defence” ofHarry Maguire and the relegation to Nations League B have clearly raised doubts among all observers at the end of the two previous international rounds, but the British selection, vice-champion of Europe and semi-finalist of the last World Cup, still has the necessary experience and talents to fulfill his first goal in Qatar.
Spurs captain, Harry Kane (top scorer of the World Cup in Russia), Raheem Sterling (Chelsea), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund), Jack Grealish (Manchester City), Mason Mount (Chelsea) or even Callum Wilson (Newcastle) are among the most impactful names in this resourceful selection.
Without being unanimous in the category of big favorites for the victory of this Qatari World Cup, the Three Lions remain in any case serious candidates for access to the knockout stages.
Historical fact, the British selection totals 15 participations in the World Cup and on 12 occasions, it was well present on the last steps of the competition.
England top of Group B is a bet with odds of 1.30 on Parions Sport !
Prediction Group B World Cup 2022: USA qualified
Each World Cup has its own surprise! Even though the bookmakers do not really decide between Wales and the USA, the latter still caught our attention.
Under the orders of Gregg Berhalterthe Yanks qualified for the 11th Worldwide in their history by finishing third in a pool made up of the 8 best teams in North America. Only 3 points behind Canada, the USA have recorded 7 wins, 4 draws and only 2 losses (2-0 once morest Canada and 1-0 once morest Panama).
In a Pool B made up of uncertain Three Lions, inexperienced Welshmen and Iranians who have never managed to reach the final stages of a World Cup, the American 11 will have every chance of clinching their ticket to the knockout stages. .
As a reminder, the last two participations of the United States in the World Cup ended in their qualification for the final stages. Remember in 2010, the USA were first in their pool ahead of England and repeated the feat in 2014 by finishing second behind the Mannschaft.
We will therefore bet on an experienced nation which might take advantage of a shaky English selection and Welsh and Iranian selections perhaps still too feverish to create a surprise this autumn.
The American technician will be able to deal with some big names in MLSbut also with certain elements evolving in large European clubs.
Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic), Aaron Long (New York Red Bulls), Antonee Robinson (Fulham), Kelly’s Acosta (LAFC), Tyler Adams (Leeds United), Luca de la Torre (Celtic vigo), Weston McKennie (Juventus), Yunus Musah ( Valence), Brendan Aaronson (Leeds United), Jesus Ferreira (FC Dallas), Christian Pulisic (Chelsea) Giovanni Reyna (Borussia Dortmund), or encore Timothy Weah (LOSC) should, except in cases of force majeure, be part of the adventure in Qatar to try to follow in the footsteps of their predecessors.
Classically evolving in a 4-3-3, this team of young talents seems sufficiently armed to us to pull out of the game at the end of these group stages.
We’ll give it a shot with odds of 2.00 on Winamax!
Group B 2022 World Cup prediction: What regarding the other two teams?
L’Iran
The Team Honey will dispute the 6th World Cup in its history this fall under the orders of Carlos Queiroz.
Back in charge of the Iranian selection since Septemberthe Portuguese technician will play his 5th World (1 only qualification in eighth with Portugal in 2010) and will try to bring Iran to the final stages for the first time in its history.
By relying, among other things, on the talents of Sardar Azmoun (Bayer Leverkusen) et de Mahdi Taremi (FC Porto) already present during the last edition in Russia, Team Melli should still evolve in a 4-1-4-1 classic with a sentry in front of the defense (Saeid Ezatolahi, Vejle Boldklub) to tighten spaces, create a low block and play counterattacks. Ali Gholizadeh (midfielder in Charleroi), Zadegh Moharrami (Dinamo Zagreb defender) will also be among Queiroz’s few strong pawns for this summit.
Iran is therefore the outsider of this hen Bbut with a well-honed system of play and a defense that is generally difficult to break through, its competitors will most certainly have a hard time.
As the latest example, the Iranians hung the Senegalese African champions (1-1) and defeated Uruguay (1-0) during the preparation matches in September!
Wales
After finishing second in a group made up of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia and Belarus in the qualifiers for the European zone, Gareth Bale (LAFC) and his teammates had to qualify via the barrages .
After two victories once morest Austria (2-1) then once morest Ukraine (1-0), the Welsh selection won its 2th participation in the World Cup following more than 64 years of absence at the top.
The Welsh Dragons of Rob Page will probably evolve into a 5-2-3 favoring a defensive game and relying heavily on their pistons Neco Williams (Nottingham Forrest) on the left and Conor Roberts (Burnley) right.
Decisive in more than 90% of their official meetings for a year, the Welsh will obviously be able to count on their charismatic captain Gareth Bale (107 selections and 40 goals) to make the difference. The 33-year-old former European champion will play his first World Cup probably alongside Kieffer Moore (Bournemouth), Daniel James (Leeds United) ou encore Aaron Ramsey (OGC Nice) in the offensive sector.
The Dragons will therefore try to repeat a brilliant career on the international scene this fall. As a reminder, they had reached the semi-finals of their first Euro in 2016 and have always come out of the group stages in major competitions.
If the USA were to fail for a second place, Wales might well be the lucky one.