Statistics never lie? What are the chances of the Czech Republic playing at the 2022 World Cup?

The statistical projection of the prestigious server Gracenote Sports offers viewers a unique spectacle. The typical fan sometimes literally gets lost in the quantum of the main groups and detailed calculations? That’s absolutely unthinkable most of the time. Anyway, thanks to this data calculated by a professional company, we can look into the magical depths of statistics and find out what chances the Czech Republic has of qualifying for the 2022 World Cup.

Already on Sunday, the Czech Republic will face a strong and favored Belgium in a closely watched one. The Belgians will have the added benefit of the home backdrop of the King Baudouin Stadium, which holds around 50,000 fans. This will be Jaroslav Šilhavy’s fifth match in qualifying Group E and thus the first rematch.

In case of an unexpected success of the Czech Republic, this match could shake up the whole projection. Coach Šilhavý will be missing a lot of players in the match, but Belgium is missing star midfielder Kevin De Bruyne.

Now to the statistical projection! This examines in detail the probabilities of all European teams to top the qualifying group, to qualify for the World Cup play-offs and to qualify for the 2022 World Cup.

Our national team has only a 5% probabilistic chance of topping the group. The play-offs are almost within our reach thanks to our strong position in the Nations League and the favourable development of the other groups! We will play the barrage for the 2022 World Cup with a probability of 91%! And the qualification for the World Cup? There we have a somewhat lower chance of 30%, yet we are not doing badly at all.

Qualification for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar is almost certain with Denmark, England and our opponent today, Belgium.

Gracenote Live, Michal Kvasnica