World Cup staff picks: Predicting winners for every round of 16 match
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Now the real fun starts. Ahead of every knockout round at the World Cup, theScore's soccer editors - Gordon Brunt, Anthony Lopopolo, Gianluca Nesci, and Daniel Rouse - will make their predictions for each match in Qatar. We begin with the round of 16.
| Match | Brunt | Lopopolo | Nesci | Rouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands vs. United States | ๐ณ๐ฑ | ๐ณ๐ฑ | ๐บ๐ธ | ๐ณ๐ฑ |
| Argentinaย vs. Australia | ๐ฆ๐ท | ๐ฆ๐ท | ๐ฆ๐ท | ๐ฆ๐ท |
| France vs. Poland | ๐ซ๐ท | ๐ซ๐ท | ๐ซ๐ท | ๐ซ๐ท |
| Englandย vs. Senegal | ๐ธ๐ณ | ๐ธ๐ณ | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
| Japan vs. Croatia | ๐ฏ๐ต | ๐ญ๐ท | ๐ฏ๐ต | ๐ญ๐ท |
| Brazil vs. South Korea | ๐ง๐ท | ๐ง๐ท | ๐ง๐ท | ๐ง๐ท |
| Morocco vs. Spain | ๐ช๐ธ | ๐ช๐ธ | ๐ฒ๐ฆ | ๐ช๐ธ |
| Portugal vs. Switzerland | ๐ต๐น | ๐จ๐ญ | ๐ต๐น | ๐จ๐ญ |
Check out our pre-tournament predictions here.
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