Brazil to lift their sixth World Cup title in Russia, says report

MUMBAI, June 12 (Deccan Chronicle): The world's biggest sporting spectacle 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia is two days away as fans gear up world wide to support their favourite team.

While fans are desperate to see their team lift the title in Russia, Goldman Sachs Group reckons Brazil will win its sixth World Cup, basing its forecast on data mining, machine learning and econometrics.

According to reports in Bloomberg, the investment bank used 200,000 statistical models, sifted data on individual players and recent team performance and ran 1 million simulations of the tournament. As a result, it predicts that Brazil will lift the trophy on July 15.

Four years back (2014) the selecao were humiliated 7-1Germany leaving the nation in tears and dent their bid to lift the world cup on their home ground.