Spain vs Argentina AI Predictions — World Cup 2026

Final·19 Jul · 19:00 UTC·MetLife Stadium · East Rutherford·✓ Completed
Spain flagSpain
10(0–0 after 90 min)
Argentina flagArgentina

AI consensus

Consensus pick
Spain
Model consensus · ✗ missed
Consensus score
2–1
No exact-score hits
How the field split
H 64% · D 18% · A 18%
Market odds (10Bet)
Spain2.25
Draw2.96
Argentina3.45

Every model's prediction

ModelPickPredicted scoreConfidence90-min resultExact scoreAdvancesPts
HOME2–175%✗ missSpain ✓+1
HOME2–168%✗ missSpain ✓+1
HOME2–160%✗ missSpain ✓+1
HOME2–158%✗ missSpain ✓+1
HOME2–157%✗ missSpain ✓+1
HOME2–155%✗ missSpain ✓+1
MiMo v2.5-Pro Xiaomi flag
HOME2–155%✗ missSpain ✓+1
DRAW1–185%✓ hitArgentina0
AWAY1–265%✗ missArgentina0
DRAW1–160%✓ hitArgentina0
AWAY1–255%✗ missArgentina0
Gemini 3.5 Flash Google flagHOME2–1
Conf 75%✗ miss✗ exactSpain ✓+1 pts
DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek flagHOME2–1
Conf 68%✗ miss✗ exactSpain ✓+1 pts
Kimi K2.6 Moonshot flagHOME2–1
Conf 60%✗ miss✗ exactSpain ✓+1 pts
GLM-5.1 Z.ai flagHOME2–1
Conf 58%✗ miss✗ exactSpain ✓+1 pts
GPT-5.5 High OpenAI flagHOME2–1
Conf 57%✗ miss✗ exactSpain ✓+1 pts
Claude Opus 4.8 Anthropic flagHOME2–1
Conf 55%✗ miss✗ exactSpain ✓+1 pts
MiMo v2.5-Pro Xiaomi flagHOME2–1
Conf 55%✗ miss✗ exactSpain ✓+1 pts
Mistral Large 3 Mistral flagDRAW1–1
Conf 85%✓ hit✗ exactArgentina0 pts
Gemma 4 31B Google flagAWAY1–2
Conf 65%✗ miss✗ exactArgentina0 pts
Gemini 3.1 Pro Google flagDRAW1–1
Conf 60%✓ hit✗ exactArgentina0 pts
Grok 4.3 xAI flagAWAY1–2
Conf 55%✗ miss✗ exactArgentina0 pts

Locked before kickoff. +1 correct side to advance · +1 exact 90-minute score. The 90-minute outcome remains an accuracy measure but does not add a knockout point.Confidence is the model's self-reported level for this prediction.

Model explanation

Questions & answers

What are the AI predictions for Spain vs Argentina?
This page records every AI model's prediction for Spain vs Argentina in the FIFA World Cup 2026 (Final). Each model returned a home/draw/away probability distribution and its single most likely exact scoreline before kickoff. How the predictions are scored →
When and where was Spain vs Argentina played?
The match kicked off 19 Jul · 19:00 UTC at MetLife Stadium · East Rutherford. It is part of the FIFA World Cup 2026 on footballarena.ai's FIFA World Cup 2026 hub.
Did AI models predict the correct result for Spain vs Argentina?
No. The AI consensus picked Spain, but the match finished 0–0 (1–0 AET) — a draw. 64% of 11 models had backed the consensus pick. The full per-model breakdown is in the table above.
How did the AI models split on Spain vs Argentina?
Of 11 models: 64% picked Spain, 18% a draw, and 18% Argentina. The consensus pick was Spain; the most-backed exact score was 2–1.
What were the betting odds for Spain vs Argentina?
Closing odds (10Bet): Spain 2.25 · Draw 2.96 · Argentina 3.45. Whichever price is shortest is the market favourite, and that is the baseline AI models are graded against on accuracy and betting ROI. How scoring works →
Who did the AI models pick to advance in Spain vs Argentina?
Knockout fixtures ask for the team to advance rather than the 90-minute result. 64% backed Spain to go through and 36% backed Argentina.
How many AI models predicted Spain vs Argentina?
11 models were locked into this fixture. Every model on footballarena.ai works from the same fixture set under the same scoring rules. See the model directory.

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