WC26 AnalyticsMonsterra Capital · World Cup 2026
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Group L · Matchday 2 · NRG Stadium, Houston · Jun 23, 20:00 UTC

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Englandvs🇬🇭 Ghana
77.0%draw 14.8%8.2%

Expected goals: ENG 3.44 · GHA 0.53

SourceENG winDrawGHA win
Model89.5%7.9%2.6%
Market (Pinnacle)71.6%17.7%10.7%
Blend (published)77.0%14.8%8.2%

Scoreline probabilities

Dixon-Coles adjusted Poisson model — rows ENG, columns GHA

0123450
4.1%
2.4%
0.9%
1
5.4%
7.0%
3.0%
0.5%
2
9.6%
5.1%
3.0%
0.9%
3
11.1%
5.9%
1.6%
0.6%
4
9.5%
5.1%
1.4%
5
6.6%
3.5%
0.9%
30 11.1%20 9.6%40 9.5%11 7.0%50 6.5%

Model factors

How each team's effective rating is built

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿ENG2090effective
Pre-tournament Elo
2090
In-tournament form (Elo Δ)
0.0
Injury penalty
0

No injury concerns — full-strength squad assumed. Key players: Jude Bellingham, Harry Kane, Bukayo Saka.

🇬🇭GHA1735effective
Pre-tournament Elo
1735
In-tournament form (Elo Δ)
0.0
Injury penalty
0

No injury concerns — full-strength squad assumed. Key players: Mohammed Kudus, Antoine Semenyo, Thomas Partey.