Any early shocks? Sutton's World Cup 2026 score predictions - opening group games

Any early shocks? Sutton's World Cup 2026 score predictions - opening group gamesByChris BevanBBC Sport journalistPublished3 minutes agoBBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton is predicting the outcome of all 104 games at the Fifa World Cup 2026.He starts with the scores for the first matches in each group, including the tournament opener between co-hosts Mexico and South Africa, holders Argentina against Algeria and England versus Croatia.AI, which finished top of last season's BBC Premier League Predictions League, is also getting involved this time, trying to repeat its domestic success on the international stage.Its predictions have been generated using Microsoft Copilot Chat. We simply asked the tool to 'predict the results of the opening round of World Cup group games'.Disagree with our expert human and think you know more than any machine? Here's your chance to prove it.A new BBC predictor game is being introduced for this World Cup, allowing readers to pick a winner from every match, or go for a draw.PLAY WORLD CUP PREDICTOR HEREGROUP ASutton's pre-tournament picks: South Korea (winners) and Mexico (runners-up). Czech Republic to finish third and South Africa fourth.Mexico v South AfricaMexico City / Thursday, 11 June / 20:00 BSTI am at the Azteca Stadium for BBC Radio 5 Live for this game and cannot wait. I'm not expecting too much from this Mexico team, however. The co-hosts don't have many players from Europe's top five leagues and it feels like they are a bit mediocre going forward.The onus is on Raul Jimenez, who has just rejoined Wolves from Fulham, to score their goals but, at 35, he is not the player he was.A lot of South Africa's team are based in their own league as well - Burnley striker Lyle Foster is their only player from the Premier League or Championship.This will be close, but Mexico's home advantage gives them the edge.Sutton's prediction: 1-0AI's prediction: 2-0South Korea v C...