"...per the brilliant Sports Club Stats"
(thank you Mr. Dater)

How are these numbers calculated?

Big Games

How we did last week and who we should root for this week.   Explain

If winner is:HomeDrawAway
Week of 6/19100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Belgium vs Russia+20.8+0.8-21.5
+0.5+0.0-0.6
Korea Republic vs Algeria+0.2*-0.0-0.1
If winner is:HomeDrawAway
Week of 6/26100.0*Chance in playoffs100.0*Average seed
Korea Republic vs Belgium-21.4+0.8+20.8
-0.6+0.0+0.5

* A starred number could be exactly 0 or just really small. The simulation did not run long enough to know.

What If

Chances based on how well the Belgium finish out the regular season.   Explain

100100100100
If finish:Chance inChance will finish regular season at seed
TPW-D-Lplayoffs1234Count
92-0-092.8%722061361,787
71-1-079.74931164536,150
61-0-156.624332915721,992
50-2-057.624332814198,676
40-1-131.19233435535,348
30-0-212.92102661359,487
Total:55.3%292624212,713,440
Points
Chance Will Make Playoffs

Lottery

Ye of little faith, already thinking about next year. Here are the big games and what ifs for draft seeds.

Big Games

Week of 6/19100.0*Lottery seed
Germany 2 Ghana 2 -0.1
Japan 0 Greece 0 -0.1
Nigeria 1 Bosnia and Herz 0 +0.1
Argentina 1 Iran 0 +0.1
Honduras 1 Ecuador 2 +0.0
Uruguay 2 England 1 +0.0
Colombia 2 Côte d'Ivoire 1 +0.0
Switzerland 2 France 5 +0.0
Italy 0 Costa Rica 1 +0.0
If winner is:HomeDrawAway
Belgium vs Russia-5.3+0.4+5.0
Korea Republic vs Algeria+0.3-0.0-0.2
Cameroon vs Brazil-0.2-0.2+0.3
Honduras vs Switzerland-0.2-0.1+0.2
Greece vs Côte d'Ivoire-0.1-0.1+0.2
Bosnia and Herz vs Iran-0.1-0.1+0.2
Netherlands vs Chile-0.1+0.2-0.1
Croatia vs Mexico+0.0-0.2+0.1
Ecuador vs France+0.2-0.1-0.1
Costa Rica vs England+0.1-0.0-0.1
Nigeria vs Argentina+0.1-0.1-0.0
United States vs Portugal+0.1-0.1-0.1
Japan vs Colombia+0.0-0.1+0.1
If winner is:HomeDrawAway
Week of 6/26100.0*Lottery seed
Korea Republic vs Belgium+5.0+0.4-5.3
Algeria vs Russia-0.2-0.0+0.3
Portugal vs Ghana+0.1-0.2+0.1
United States vs Germany+0.0-0.2+0.1

What If

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If finish:Chance will finish season at seed
TPW-D-L1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
92-0-035312110300
71-1-02918242315720
61-0-1001510151717151052000
50-2-00029192623135100
40-1-100125810131718148310
30-0-201481316161513841000
Total:555566655565432334433222110000