# Soccer markets Soccer is the heart of Fronex — and the biggest pillar by far during the FIFA World Cup 2026. ## Market types ### Match result Every match has a **match-result** market. The shape depends on the stage: * **Group stage** (3-way): Team A · Draw · Team B * **Knockout stage** (2-way): Team A · Team B *(extra time and penalties always produce a winner — there is no draw outcome in knockouts)* The FIFA World Cup 2026 has **72 group-stage matches** (12 groups × 6 matches each) and **32 knockout matches**, for 104 matches total between June 11 and July 19, 2026. ### Group winners Who finishes first in each group? Three-way to N-way market depending on group competitiveness. ### Qualifier markets Two-way per team: **does this team qualify for the Round of 32?** A team qualifies if it finishes top 2 of its group, *or* if it's one of the 8 best 3rd-placed teams. ### Best-3rd race Across all 12 groups, 8 of the 12 third-placed teams advance. Two related markets: * **Best-3rd advance** — does this specific team's 3rd-place finish make the cut? * **Best-3rd cutoff** — how many points (or goal difference) it takes to qualify as a best-3rd team. ### Top scorer Multi-outcome market on the FIFA World Cup 2026 top scorer (Golden Boot winner). ### Tournament winner Multi-outcome market on who lifts the trophy on July 19. ### Props Per-match props: **first goal scorer**, **both teams to score**, **total goals over/under**, **clean sheets**, **first card**, **penalty in match**. Available on big matches; props ramp up through the group stage. ### Premier League opener (Aug 16, 2026) Post-World-Cup, soccer continues with the Premier League season opener and weekly EPL matches. ## Always team names — never "Home" or "Away" The FIFA World Cup 2026 is hosted at neutral venues across the USA, Canada, and Mexico. No team has home advantage. Markets always show **team names** ("Brazil · Draw · Argentina"), never "Home / Away." ## Resolution Soccer markets resolve from **API-Football** within minutes of full-time. If API-Football disagrees with our backup feed (TheSportsDB), the market goes into pending status and we resolve manually within 24 hours. For penalty-shootout-decided knockouts, the winner of the shootout is the winning outcome — not "draw." ## Pricing Match-result markets typically open 24–72 hours before kickoff. Prices move as the order book fills with predictions. Crowd consensus, injury news, and lineup announcements all move prices. You can predict in or out at any time until the market locks at kickoff. After kickoff, the market is **closed** — no more trading until resolution. Every soccer market also shows an **indicative price** anchored to live bookmaker odds from API-Football, averaged across all books and refreshed every minute during live matches. See [How predictions work § The indicative price](/making-predictions/overview.md#the-indicative-price). ## In the app Soccer markets — and a soccer call you get right — show up in **green**. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.fronex.fun/making-predictions/soccer.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.