Let's predict the winners of the World Cup semi-finals using machine learning

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The video combines a popular, trending event (World Cup) with a technical topic (machine learning) in an accessible way. The creator's use of their own ML model and the promotion of their learning app, Axon, adds a personal and educational element.

Summary

The creator uses a machine learning model trained on various soccer statistics to predict the outcomes of the World Cup semi-final matches. The model predicts France to beat Spain 1-0 and Argentina to beat England 2-1.

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1Introduction to World Cup ML model predictions
2Review of past successful predictions
3Explanation of the ML model and data sources
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This has been a ton of fun predicting these games and now we are down to the semifinals so we will be predicting Spain versus France and Argentina versus England it’s a shame that we’re at the end of the World Cup but it’s been a ton of fun and really excited to see how these matches end up turning out #coding #computerscience #machinelearning #worldcup2026

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WORLD CUP ML MODEL (Semi-finals edition) predict World Cup using machine and last did really well the 2 - 1 England against and it also that Spain their first goal in the World Cup and to off the model all four of the quarter finals correct let's predict France vs Spain Argentina vs England the data I'm pulling from the source in the gaps have with the Football Data API and to get the I trained what's xgboost model which is basically decision trees which work help predict a win or a loss for the model on 20 distinct across different stats the data from different I've built a sports models this one want to learn your own models want to get code for this one download Axon and if you're or desktop axonlearn.app and we're of the been a making all so if you to build models this one want more make sure and after the data into the model game 55% confident that France their game expected of 1 - 0 the Argentina game 53% confident that Argentina will win expected and follow if we get

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Let's predict the winners of the World Cup semi-finals using machine learning and last week my model did really well predicting the 2-1 England against Norway and it also predicted that Spain would concede their first goal in the World Cup and to top it all off the model was able to get all four of the quarter finals predictions correct. So today let's predict the winners of France versus Spain and Argentina versus England. So the data for my model I'm pulling from the Football Data API and to get the predictions I trained what's called an XGBoost model, which is basically a bunch of decision trees which work together to help predict a win or a loss. For the model I trained on 20 distinct features across different stats and I got all the data from different tournaments. I've built a ton of different sports models just like this one. So if you want to learn how to build your own models or if you want to get the code for this one, download Axon on the App Store and if you're on Android or desktop go to axonlearn.app. And we're almost to the end of the World Cup and it's been a ton of fun making all these prediction videos. So if you want to build models like this one or if you want more machine learning content, make sure to follow and after compiling all the data into the model for the France and Spain game, the model is 55% confident that France will win their game with an expected score of 1-0. And for the Argentina and England game, the model is 53% confident that Argentina will win with an expected score line of 2-1. And follow along to see if we get