奥地利数学家算出世界杯冠军曾成功预测西班牙捧杯_时事

奥地利数学家算出世界杯冠军曾成功预测西班牙捧杯

四年一届的世界杯即将到来。哪支球队将捧起大力神杯？奥地利数学家通过数据统计预测说，巴西队将和德国队在决赛相遇。经历了上届世界杯的惨痛记忆，巴西希望卷土重来，德国则力争卫冕。

热苏斯，巴西，现效力于英超曼城队。图为热苏斯（右）在与德国队的热身赛中（2018年3月28日摄）。新华社记者单宇琦摄

Austrian mathematicians have revealed why you should put your money on either Brazil or Germany for the 2018 World Cup.

奥地利数学家解释了本届世界杯期间大家应该投注给巴西和德国的原因。

The two teams are neck-and-neck favourites to win the tournament, according to a set of millions of calculations based on hundreds of betting odds.

他们根据数百万次基于大量投注赔率的计算发现，这两支球队都是夺冠大热。

Experts said while Brazil have a 16.6 percent probability of winning the title, defending world champions Germany are close behind with a 15.8 percent chance.

专家表示，巴西队捧杯几率为16.6%，卫冕冠军德国队紧随其后，捧杯几率为15.8%。

The research team has successfully predicted several tournament outcomes in the past, among them the correct world champions Spain in the 2010 World Cup and three out of four semi-finalists in the 2017 World Cup in Brazil.