With the 2018 FIFA World Cup starting in Russia on Thursday, I’m offering my predictions for the results of each game in the group stage. As below, my score predictions are in brackets and all times are U.S. Eastern Time. I’ve highlighted the game each day that I believe will be most fun to watch. I’ve already written a piece outlining my predictions for the winner and runner-up of each group (although the results below that my opinion has changed slightly).

Thursday June 14

11:00 a.m. Russia (4) vs Saudi Arabia (0)

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