10 Predictions For World Cup 2018

Heading into any World Cup, a lot of the talk is usually centred around the star players set to feature at the tournament, and this year is no different. As the games draw closer, fans and analysts are predicting the likes of Messi, Ronaldo, Salah, Kane, and Neymar to have fantastic tournaments and wow us all with dozens of goals between them.

History, however, shows that the stars don't always turn up when it comes to World Cups. Ronaldo, for all of his wonderful talent, has only scored three goals in four World Cups, against Iran, North Korea, and Ghana. Messi has a better record, but even he had a bad time in 2010 despite being tipped to steal the show.

World Cups are unpredictable, and even though the aforementioned star players have big bags of tricks and skills aplenty, they don't always manage to take their domestic performances onto the international stage. More often than not, it's the younger, little-known, and under-rated players who tend to surprise us all and the same might happen again this summer.