Ralf Rangick is back with Austria, two years after they impressed at the EUROs with their high energy style of play.

I’m not sure how that will translate to the conditions we’re seeing at this World Cup, particularly the humidity and altitude of some areas, but Austria certainly have enough quality to beat this Jordan side.

Austria’s games tend to be quite end to end as a result of the style that Rangnick employs. Austria scored 22 goals across their eight qualifying matches (2.75 per game), so it’s also possible that the European outfit cover this line themselves. 

I think this is a decent price for Algeria to score just once here. I think Argentina will win the game, and understand why they are priced as favourites but at 2.1 this is a good price for an Algerian side with notable individual talent to get on the scoresheet.

Algeria had a pretty crazy build up to the tournament, with recurring issues with coach Vladimir Petkovic but they seem to have settled well in the weeks leading up to the tournament, beating both Netherlands and Bolivia to nil in their warm-up matches.

Algeria found the back of the net in four of their five matches at AFCON earlier this year, bowing out to Nigeria in the quarter-finals. They still have Riyad Mahrez, as well as real emerging talent like Ibrahim Maza and Anis Hadj Moussa who can all offer a threat to this Argentina side.

This should be quite comfortable for Norway. They’ve been away from this stage for a while, but are more than capable of winning their opening game against one of the weaker nations at the tournament.

Iraq battled hard to reach the World Cup but have notably never before won a game at the tournament. They qualified by beating Bolivia in the final stage of qualifying, and there is a clear gap in quality between the sides which should be reflected in the scoreline. 

Norway obviously have Erling Haaland who could help himself to a few goals here to get us over the line. Norway netted 37 goals during qualifying (4.6 per game), winning all eight of their matches - including two convincing wins over Italy.

France have scored 2+ goals in 12 of their last 13 matches on the international stage. Didier Deschamps is blessed with attacking quality that many managers can only dream of, and this should show in this fixture despite Senegal’s progression over recent seasons.

Senegal shipped three goals to the USA in a recent warm-up game and looked shaky throughout the contest. They also failed to beat Saudi Arabia in their final warm-up match, suggesting that their preparations for the tournament have not been ideal.

That being said, France will probably have to score more than once to win this game. Senegal have a blend of experience and established talent which can certainly cause issues in moments of transition, or with the odd bit of brilliance from someone like Mane or Ndiaye.