# Sportsxon · FIFA World Cup 2026 > Fan guide for the 2026 FIFA World Cup co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico. Fixtures, group standings, venues, squads, broadcast info, and editorial coverage across 6 locales (en, es, fr, ja, pt, ar). ## Site sections - [Homepage](https://sportsxon.com/en): tournament dashboard and live updates - [Schedule](https://sportsxon.com/en/schedule): full match schedule - [Matches](https://sportsxon.com/en/matches): match list and individual match pages - [Groups](https://sportsxon.com/en/groups): all 12 groups, standings, and fixtures - [Teams](https://sportsxon.com/en/teams): all 48 qualified nations, squads, kit and history - [Venues](https://sportsxon.com/en/venues): the 16 host stadiums - [Players](https://sportsxon.com/en/players): player profiles - [Bracket](https://sportsxon.com/en/bracket): knockout bracket - [Standings](https://sportsxon.com/en/standings): live group standings - [Broadcast](https://sportsxon.com/en/broadcast): TV and streaming rights - [Tickets](https://sportsxon.com/en/tickets): ticketing windows and pricing - [Travel](https://sportsxon.com/en/travel): host-city travel guides - [Predictions](https://sportsxon.com/en/predictions): community predictions - [Stats](https://sportsxon.com/en/stats): tournament statistics - [News](https://sportsxon.com/en/news): editorial news and explainers - [Search](https://sportsxon.com/en/search): on-site search ## Latest news - [Kalshi Polymarket Arbitrage: Cross-Venue Edge at WC26](https://sportsxon.com/en/news/arbitrage-kalshi-polymarket-sportsbooks): How Kalshi Polymarket arbitrage actually works on World Cup contracts — why price gaps open, the fees and gas that eat them, resolution risk, and how to size both legs. - [Asian Handicap Explained: Cleaner Two-Way Pricing at WC26](https://sportsxon.com/en/news/asian-handicap-world-cup-explained): Asian handicap explained for traders: how AH removes the draw, prices quarter and split lines, converts to probability, and beats lopsided WC26 group games. - [Bankroll Management & Risk of Ruin: A 39-Day WC26 Plan](https://sportsxon.com/en/news/bankroll-management-risk-of-ruin-wc26): A bankroll management and risk of ruin playbook for WC26: unit sizing, max exposure, correlation, drawdown limits, and the math to survive 104 matches. - [Best African Asian Team World Cup Odds: The Best-of-Rest Bets](https://sportsxon.com/en/news/best-african-asian-concacaf-team-markets): Best African and Asian team World Cup odds for traders: why 'top team from confederation X' markets are softer than outrights, and how to find value vs the field. - [Build a World Cup Model: Monte Carlo Fair Value for the Outright](https://sportsxon.com/en/news/building-a-world-cup-model-monte-carlo): Build a world cup Monte Carlo model: turn team strength ratings into fair outright probabilities, simulate the bracket thousands of times, and price Kalshi vs Polymarket. - [World Cup Clean Sheet & Golden Glove Betting: The Quiet Edge](https://sportsxon.com/en/news/clean-sheet-defensive-markets-wc26): World cup clean sheet golden glove betting is WC26's quiet edge. Trade goalkeeper props, team clean-sheet markets and knockout unders for real value. - [Closing Line Value: The Metric That Proves You Beat the Market](https://sportsxon.com/en/news/closing-line-value-clv-world-cup): Closing line value is the only metric that proves you're beating the market. Learn to measure CLV on Kalshi and Polymarket and log it across all 104 World Cup matches. - [UEFA vs CONMEBOL World Cup Odds: Which Continent Wins?](https://sportsxon.com/en/news/confederation-specials-uefa-conmebol): UEFA vs CONMEBOL World Cup odds for traders: how to price a winning-confederation special, why Europe dominates, and the diversification logic of a regional bet. - [Same Game Parlay Correlation: Why the Market Misprices It](https://sportsxon.com/en/news/correlation-same-game-parlays-world-cup): Same game parlay correlation betting at the World Cup: why naive parlays assume independence, how favorite-plus-over and star-scores legs are mispriced, and how books defend. - [World Cup 2026 Dark Horse Longshot Odds: The Convexity Edge](https://sportsxon.com/en/news/dark-horse-longshot-convexity-wc26): World Cup 2026 dark horse longshot odds, decoded: why most longshots are -EV, where Morocco, Croatia and Uruguay offer real convexity, and how to size tiny-prob bets. - [Power Ratings 101: Using Elo and SPI to Price World Cup Matches](https://sportsxon.com/en/news/elo-spi-power-ratings-world-cup): Soccer power ratings explained: turn an Elo or SPI gap into a match win probability with the logistic formula, adjust for home and neutral, and beat the market. - [Expected Value Betting World Cup 2026: Find +EV Contracts](https://sportsxon.com/en/news/expected-value-betting-world-cup-2026): Expected value betting for the World Cup: estimate fair probability, beat the vig, and spot +EV Kalshi and Polymarket contracts with worked WC26 examples. - [Favorite-Longshot Bias at the World Cup: A Trader's Edge](https://sportsxon.com/en/news/favorite-longshot-bias-world-cup): The favorite longshot bias in betting: why markets overprice World Cup longshots and underprice favorites, the evidence, and how to exploit it at WC26. - [France, Spain, England World Cup Odds: Trading the Favorites](https://sportsxon.com/en/news/favorites-tier-france-spain-england): France, Spain and England World Cup odds compared for traders: squad strength, draw path, manager and injury risk, and which favorite is priced rich versus fair. - [Anytime Goalscorer Odds World Cup 2026: Pricing the Striker Lottery](https://sportsxon.com/en/news/first-anytime-goalscorer-markets): How anytime goalscorer odds World Cup 2026 are priced — minutes, penalty duty and xG90 — and why 'first goalscorer' is far harder than 'anytime' to beat. - [Germany, Portugal, Netherlands World Cup Odds: The Second-Tier Trade](https://sportsxon.com/en/news/germany-portugal-netherlands-trade): Germany, Portugal and Netherlands World Cup odds for traders: squad depth, draw path, manager and age-curve risk, and which is priced rich versus fair. - [World Cup Golden Ball Odds: Trading the Best-Player Award](https://sportsxon.com/en/news/golden-ball-best-player-market): How world cup golden ball odds are priced — why narrative, deep runs and star bias drive the best-player market, and where value hides versus the outright winner. - [World Cup Golden Boot Odds 2026: Pricing the Top-Scorer Race](https://sportsxon.com/en/news/golden-boot-2026-betting-market): How world cup golden boot odds 2026 are priced — why the market over-favors superstars, where penalty-takers and deep-run longshots carry real convexity edge. - [World Cup Group of Death 2026: Trading the Advance Edge](https://sportsxon.com/en/news/group-of-death-trading-wc26): World cup group of death 2026: model how three strong sides fight for advance slots, why the market overreacts to the narrative, and where to-advance value hides. - [World Cup Group Winner Betting: Seeding and the Bracket Path](https://sportsxon.com/en/news/group-winner-vs-runner-up-seeding): World cup group winner betting and seeding: why finishing 1st vs 2nd reshapes the knockout path, how win-group markets are priced, and the edge outright markets miss. - [How to Hedge a Futures Bet: Lock World Cup Profit](https://sportsxon.com/en/news/hedging-world-cup-futures): How to hedge a futures bet at the World Cup: lock guaranteed profit as the bracket narrows, with dutching, middling, partial hedges, second-venue exits and worked numbers. - [USA Mexico Canada World Cup 2026 Odds: Pricing the Host Edge](https://sportsxon.com/en/news/host-nations-usa-mexico-canada-odds): USA, Mexico and Canada World Cup 2026 odds for traders: how big the home-host edge really is, the patriotic-money premium on USA and Mexico, and whether to fade it. - [How Prediction Markets Work in Sports: Pricing a World Cup](https://sportsxon.com/en/news/how-prediction-markets-price-world-cup): How prediction markets work in sports: order books vs AMMs, where WC26 prices come from, how lineups and injuries move the line, resolution rules, and where edge lives. - [How to Remove Vig from Betting Odds: WC26 True Probability](https://sportsxon.com/en/news/how-to-devig-world-cup-markets): Learn how to remove vig from betting odds and find a market's true World Cup probability — multiplicative, additive and power devig methods, plus the longshot-bias trap. - [Live In-Play Betting: Trading World Cup Knockouts Live](https://sportsxon.com/en/news/in-play-trading-world-cup-knockouts): Live in-play betting the World Cup knockouts: how win-probability moves on goals, red cards and xG, trading the dip after an early goal, and beating momentum bias. ## Machine-readable feeds - [Sitemap index](https://sportsxon.com/sitemap.xml) - [News sitemap](https://sportsxon.com/news-sitemap.xml) - [Per-locale RSS](https://sportsxon.com/en/feed.xml) - [Full LLM index](https://sportsxon.com/llms-full.txt)