Intrigued to find which World Cup teams are fans’ favourites to take the title, Ticketgum.com conducted a sentiment analysis on over one million tweets over the past month (7th November – 6th December) to uncover the most loved teams and players ahead of the quarter-finals.
Ranked: Fans’ favourite World Cup teams in the quarter-finals
| Rank | Team | Number of positive tweets | % of positive tweets (excluding neutral) | Online support score /10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England | 66,983 | 73.85% | 7.43 |
| 2 | Brazil | 64,147 | 77.91% | 7.00 |
| 3 | Argentina | 44,668 | 75.79% | 6.86 |
| 4 | France | 39,163 | 77.63% | 5.57 |
| 5 | Portugal | 30,134 | 73.63% | 5.00 |
| 6 | Morocco | 22,522 | 76.85% | 4.14 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 17,715 | 76.01% | 2.29 |
| 8 | Croatia | 16,247 | 76.19% | 1.71 |
For the complete data, please click here.
Crowned Twitter’s most loved team, England have the most passionate fans earning the team an online support score of 7.43/10. Having the highest number of positive tweets at 66,983, fans are hopeful ahead of their clash against France this Saturday (10/12).
Following closely behind in second is five-time World Cup holders, Brazil, earning an impressive online support score of 7/10. Knocking South Korea out of the tournament with a dazzling 4 – 1 win, Brazil have been showered with love on Twitter achieving 77.91% of positive tweets.
Argentina comes in third with its huge fanbase contributing to a whopping 44,668 positive tweets, gaining the team an online support score of 6.86/10.
The reigning champions, France, claim fourth place racking up an online support score of 5.57/10. 39,163 supportive tweets were shared by Les Blues fans, which is around 9,000 more than Portugal in fifth place.
Ranked: Top 10 fan-favourite World Cup players in the quarter-finals
| Rank | Player | Team | Number of positive tweets |
% of positive tweets (excluding neutral) |
Online support score /10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcus Rashford | England | 2,980 | 84.25% | 9.37 |
| 2= | Jude Bellingham | England | 3,165 | 82.53% | 9.22 |
| 2= | Kylian Mbappé | France | 6,425 | 80.57% | 9.22 |
| 4 | Olivier Giroud | France | 1,194 | 85.41% | 9.05 |
| 5 | Neymar | Brazil | 5,047 | 78.83% | 8.91 |
| 6 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 25,226 | 76.56% | 8.78 |
| 7 | Richarlison | Brazil | 2,640 | 79.54% | 8.63 |
| 8 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 24,362 | 75.23% | 8.60 |
| 9 | Bukayo Saka | England | 2,955 | 78.53% | 8.54 |
| 10 | Jack Grealish | England | 866 | 81.39% | 8.35 |
For the complete data of all 92 players in the quarter-finals, please click here.
England’s leading goal scorer, Marcus Rashford, tops the list of fan-favourite players scoring a respectable 9.37/10. Deemed on par with French forward, Kylian Mbappé, who takes a close second (9.22/10) in online support, odds are high for the Manchester United striker to win the Golden Boot race this year.
Another French striker, Oliver Giroud, follows behind with a respectable 9.05/10 garnering a high proportion of positive tweets at 85%.
Rounding off the top five most loved players is Neymar, achieving an overall score of 8.91/10. Pipping Ronaldo by a mere 0.18, Argentina’s megastar Messi (25,225 positive tweets) beats the Portuguese captain in online fan support, bagging around 1,000 more positive tweets than Ronaldo (8.60/10) in eighth place.
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