The Goal Analytics project has released a comprehensive data pipeline and six distinct models for forecasting the 2026 World Cup. The system operates on two layers: match-level predictions using various ML approaches and tournament-level simulations. Significant improvements include a cleaned data pipeline with reconciled team names, a new live FIFA ranking feed, and a backtesting harness for model validation. AI
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