World Cup final and third place predictions: Chris Sutton’s verdict on Spain v Argentina and England v France

Will the 2026 World Cup end with glory for Spain or Argentina?

We also have the bronze final, where France and England will compete for third place on the podium, a game that no one wanted to be a part of.

“I’ve seen Argentina many times in this tournament and it’s not an outstanding Argentina team compared to their teams in the past,” said BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton.

“Still, you have to admire their fight and their aggression. They fight like any other team to stay in the game and win by any means.

“They will throw everything they can at Spain – and of course they have Lionel Messi.”

Sutton, AI and users of the BBC’s new prediction game are predicting the outcome of every game in this World Cup.

Only AI could fix a semi-final, rightfully backing Argentina to beat England.

But users still have an unassailable overall lead with 102 of the tournament’s 104 games now complete.

Chris 65 times (64%), AI 66 (65%), but you are still on top with a score of 72 (71%).

AI predictions are made using Microsoft Copilot chat. We simply called the tool to ‘Predict World Cup Final and Bronze Final Results’.

D BBC predictor game Allows readers to pick a winner from each knockout tie.

Play World Cup predictions here

Who did our pundits predict will win the 2022 World Cup?

France (9): Scott Brown, Gael Clichy, Rachel Corsi, Olivier Giroud, Danny Murphy, Paul Robinson, Tony Pulis, Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton

England (7): Thomas Frank, Joe Hart, Steph Houghton, Martin Keown, Wayne Rooney, Sue Smith and Ellen White

Spain (1): Micah Richards