The 2018 World Cup kicks off on Thursday afternoon and football pundits around the world have been constantly providing their predictions on which teams will shine in Russia over the next four weeks.

In conjunction with Sofa Score, Times of Malta is giving readers and followers the opportunity to give their predictions on the tournament.

So take a few minutes to select first and second place in each group, the winners of each knockout round and your triumphant finalist on July 15.

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