🇧🇪 Belgium vs Senegal 🇸🇳 — Prediction
World Cup 2026 · Round of 32 · Wed, 01 Jul 2026, 22:00 CEST · Lumen Field, Seattle
Our AI call, published before kickoff
1–1
Tipped scorers: Trossard (Belgium) · I. Sarr (Senegal)
Missed ✗
Final result: 3–2 · Tipped scorers hit: 1/2
Goals: Habib Diarra (Senegal, 24') · Ismaïla Sarr (Senegal, 51') · Romelu Lukaku (Belgium, 86') · Youri Tielemans (Belgium, 89') · Youri Tielemans (Belgium, 125')
Why we called it
The bookmakers picture a genuine coin-flip: Belgium 46%, draw 30%, Senegal 27%, and previews call it the most even tie of the round. Belgium have stuttered (draws with Egypt and Iran before a 5-1 over New Zealand) and Senegal have the pace of Sarr, Mané and Ndiaye but without Mendy (knee injury). As a coin-flip, the prudent call is 1-1 heading to extra time/penalties, without forcing a winner.
Prediction history
- 2–1 · 2026-06-29 — Initial prediction
- 2–1 · 2026-06-29 — Scorers corrected: likely starters instead of benched / out-of-squad players
- 1–1 · 2026-06-30 — Recalibrated on form + line-ups: tighter scoreline, draw on coin-flips
- 1–1 · 2026-06-30 — Reviewed probable line-ups: Mendy still out for Senegal and Belgium’s attack kept misfiring — keeping the 1-1 coin-flip call into extra time