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World Cup staff picks: Predicting winners for every round of 16 match

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Now the real fun starts. Ahead of every knockout round at the World Cup, theScore's soccer editors - Gordon Brunt, Anthony Lopopolo, Gianluca Nesci, and Daniel Rouse - will make their predictions for each match in Qatar. We begin with the round of 16.

Match Brunt Lopopolo Nesci Rouse
Netherlands vs. United States ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ
Argentinaย vs. Australia ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท
France vs. Poland ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
Englandย vs. Senegal ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Japan vs. Croatia ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท
Brazil vs. South Korea ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท
Morocco vs. Spain ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ
Portugal vs. Switzerland ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ

Check out our pre-tournament predictions here.

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