Predicting the World Cup with Machine Learning!

The World Cup is upon us and as always, everyone has their own predictions for who will take home the coveted trophy. But what if we could use machine learning to predict the winner? Let's take a look at how this is done.

Data Gathering

The first step is to gather data. We need data on each team's performance in previous World Cups, as well as data on their recent results leading up to this year's tournament. This data will be fed into a machine learning algorithm that will help us make our predictions.

Data Preprocessing

Once we have our data, we need to preprocess it. This involves cleaning up the data and getting rid of any outliers that could throw off our predictions. For example, if a team has only played one game in the past year, that game might not be representative of their true level of ability and should be removed from the dataset.

Training the Model

Now that we have our clean dataset, we can train our machine learning model. We'll use a Support Vector Machine (SVM) algorithm for this task. The SVM algorithm is a type of supervised learning algorithm that can be used for both classification and regression tasks. In our case, we're interested in classification, so we'll use the SVM to train our model to classify teams as either "winners" or "losers."?

Testing the Model

After training our model, it's time to test it out on some unseen data. We'll use a separate dataset of results from recent friendly matches to see how well our model performs. If it accurately predicts the outcomes of these games, then we can be confident that it will also do a good job of predicting the outcomes of the World Cup matches.?

So there you have it! Using machine learning, we can make predictions about who will win the World Cup. Of course, no prediction is 100% accurate, but this should give us a good idea of which teams are most likely to come out on top. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the greatest show on earth!

Check out Serasa Experian’s prediction for who will win the 2022 World Cup.