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I'm using Chat GPT to help me follow the World Cup — these are the 5 prompts I'd recommend to any fan
These simple AI prompts can help you follow World Cup 2026 like a smarter, calmer fan.
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According to Open AI, there have been 17 million Chat GPT prompts related to the World Cup 2026 so far. Whether you're looking for answers about teams, players, qualifications, match times, results or records, AI can be a surprisingly useful World Cup 2026 companion.
That got me thinking about some prompts you could use to make watching the World Cup even better, so here are my top five. You can use these with any AI chatbot, but I've used Chat GPT in my examples.
There is no shortage of statistics in soccer, and when it comes to predicting the outcome of a match, having key information about each team's strikers close at hand can be incredibly useful. To make that happen, try this prompt:
"Create a printable factsheet comparing strikers across all teams based on x G and SOT."
In soccer, x G stands for Expected Goals, a statistical measure of the likelihood that a particular shot will result in a goal. SOT stands for Shots on Target, another key performance metric.
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I put this prompt into Chat GPT and it produced a clean, printable one-page guide with everything I needed to feel better informed before kick-off.
It's match day, and your friends are coming over. The BBQ is ready to go, but you've just discovered that one of them is bringing their vegan partner and now you need some menu ideas. Try this:
"Create a menu for a vegan BBQ footy party. Also, tell me where to buy the ingredients locally."
For a World Cup final crowd, the combination of vegan burgers, sausages, corn on the cob, potato salad and grilled pineapple that Chat GPT suggested would probably get me through the evening with almost nobody feeling like they're eating 'vegan food' rather than just good BBQ food.
3. Plan my travel so I'm home for every kick-off
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"Plan my travel so I'm home for every kick-off of a [my team] game."
You'll get a personalized itinerary showing when you need to leave, your expected travel time, and exactly when you'll arrive home — before the match begins.
The World Cup is a global event, which means many fans will be watching matches at some pretty inconvenient hours. AI can help you work out how to catch the games you care about without completely wrecking your sleep schedule.
"Make a sleep schedule so I can catch the late games for [team name], but still show up fresh for work."
Chat GPT suggested when I should eat dinner, stop drinking caffeine and put my phone down for the night. It even advised me to skip the post-match analysis, so I wouldn't end up staying awake for a lot longer than planned.
"Got any tips for keeping me calm during injury time, extra time and penalties?"
Chat GPT actually gave me some very British advice: keep calm and carry on. I particularly liked what it said about injury time:
It then reminded me to sit down, take a sip of whatever I was drinking, and repeat the mantra:
"If my team scores, I'll be happy. If they concede, there's nothing I can do about it."
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Graham is the Senior Editor for AI at Tech Radar. With over 25 years of experience in both online and print journalism, Graham has worked for various market-leading tech brands including Computeractive, PC Pro, i More, Mac Format, Mac|Life, Maximum PC, and more. He specializes in reporting on everything to do with AI and has appeared on BBC TV shows like BBC One Breakfast and on Radio 4 commenting on the latest trends in tech. Graham has an honors degree in Computer Science and spends his spare time podcasting and blogging.
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