Group K

DR Congo DR Congo

This profile is based on 100,000 simulations using the current WC26 simulator engine. The numbers are a model snapshot, not a guarantee. Team ratings, squads and injury updates may change over time.

Champion 0.1%
Group qualification 52.5%
Squad value €147.1m
Avg age 29.1
Avg height 1.818m
Manager Sébastien Desabre

Group

Finish probabilities

1st 7.5%
2nd 20.5%
3rd qualified 24.5%
3rd not qualified 16.1%
4th 31.4%

Tournament

Stage reach probabilities

R32 52.5%
R16 15.8%
QF 4.9%
SF 1.4%
Final 0.4%
Champion 0.1%

Conditional path

Path by group finish

Finish Sample R32R16QFSFFinalChampion
1st 7.5% 100.0%40.2%16.3%4.4%1.2%0.2%
2nd 20.5% 100.0%33.3%7.1%2.4%0.5%0.1%
3rd 40.6% 60.2%14.6%5.6%1.4%0.4%0.1%

Overall opponent pool

Most common opponents by round

If reached shows the opponent split among this team's matches in that round. All sims shows how often the matchup happens across the full 100,000-simulation snapshot.

R32

England England If reached: 40.4% All sims: 21.2% Win rate: 17.7%
Croatia Croatia If reached: 31.7% All sims: 16.6% Win rate: 29.8%
Ghana Ghana If reached: 16.4% All sims: 8.6% Win rate: 47.0%
Panama Panama If reached: 5.9% All sims: 3.1% Win rate: 64.4%
Senegal Senegal If reached: 1.7% All sims: 0.9% Win rate: 36.7%

R16

Spain Spain If reached: 25.0% All sims: 3.9% Win rate: 13.6%
Mexico Mexico If reached: 8.9% All sims: 1.4% Win rate: 34.3%
Austria Austria If reached: 6.6% All sims: 1.0% Win rate: 38.4%
Uruguay Uruguay If reached: 6.5% All sims: 1.0% Win rate: 28.9%
South Korea South Korea If reached: 6.3% All sims: 1.0% Win rate: 38.4%

QF

Brazil Brazil If reached: 11.9% All sims: 0.6% Win rate: 20.9%
Belgium Belgium If reached: 10.4% All sims: 0.5% Win rate: 24.6%
Argentina Argentina If reached: 9.5% All sims: 0.5% Win rate: 16.8%
Norway Norway If reached: 6.3% All sims: 0.3% Win rate: 23.0%
USA USA If reached: 5.9% All sims: 0.3% Win rate: 31.2%

SF

France France If reached: 11.6% All sims: 0.2% Win rate: 8.2%
Argentina Argentina If reached: 10.1% All sims: 0.1% Win rate: 17.3%
Portugal Portugal If reached: 9.3% All sims: 0.1% Win rate: 17.3%
Netherlands Netherlands If reached: 6.6% All sims: 0.1% Win rate: 24.2%
Brazil Brazil If reached: 6.3% All sims: 0.1% Win rate: 20.9%

Final

France France If reached: 15.1% All sims: 0.1% Win rate: 13.0%
Spain Spain If reached: 12.9% All sims: <0.1% Win rate: 13.0%
Portugal Portugal If reached: 7.8% All sims: <0.1% Win rate: 28.6%
England England If reached: 7.6% All sims: <0.1% Win rate: 22.2%
Argentina Argentina If reached: 6.7% All sims: <0.1% Win rate: 20.8%

Finish 1st

DR Congo opponent pool if finishing 1st

For group-finish paths, If reached is measured within that finish path and round. Path sims shows how often the matchup happens among simulations where the team finished in that position.

R32

Ghana Ghana If reached: 25.4% Path sims: 25.4% Win rate: 47.3%
Croatia Croatia If reached: 15.6% Path sims: 15.6% Win rate: 30.5%
Panama Panama If reached: 12.8% Path sims: 12.8% Win rate: 64.6%
Senegal Senegal If reached: 12.0% Path sims: 12.0% Win rate: 36.7%
Norway Norway If reached: 7.8% Path sims: 7.8% Win rate: 26.2%

R16

Switzerland Switzerland If reached: 32.5% Path sims: 13.1% Win rate: 32.2%
Canada Canada If reached: 15.7% Path sims: 6.3% Win rate: 45.1%
Bosnia-Herz. Bosnia-Herz. If reached: 9.2% Path sims: 3.7% Win rate: 47.5%
Algeria Algeria If reached: 7.5% Path sims: 3.0% Win rate: 52.9%
Austria Austria If reached: 7.3% Path sims: 2.9% Win rate: 39.4%

QF

Argentina Argentina If reached: 37.4% Path sims: 6.1% Win rate: 17.1%
Uruguay Uruguay If reached: 13.6% Path sims: 2.2% Win rate: 28.9%
Spain Spain If reached: 10.0% Path sims: 1.6% Win rate: 11.5%
Türkiye Türkiye If reached: 7.5% Path sims: 1.2% Win rate: 34.8%
USA USA If reached: 7.0% Path sims: 1.1% Win rate: 23.5%

SF

England England If reached: 19.8% Path sims: 0.9% Win rate: 19.7%
Brazil Brazil If reached: 15.6% Path sims: 0.7% Win rate: 21.2%
France France If reached: 9.0% Path sims: 0.4% Win rate: 13.3%
Portugal Portugal If reached: 7.5% Path sims: 0.3% Win rate: 20.0%
Germany Germany If reached: 7.5% Path sims: 0.3% Win rate: 28.0%

Final

France France If reached: 17.6% Path sims: 0.2% Win rate: 6.3%
Spain Spain If reached: 16.5% Path sims: 0.2% Win rate: 13.3%
Germany Germany If reached: 12.1% Path sims: 0.1% Win rate: 18.2%
Portugal Portugal If reached: 8.8% Path sims: 0.1% Win rate: 37.5%
England England If reached: 5.5% Path sims: 0.1% Win rate: 40.0%

Finish 2nd

DR Congo opponent pool if finishing 2nd

For group-finish paths, If reached is measured within that finish path and round. Path sims shows how often the matchup happens among simulations where the team finished in that position.

R32

Croatia Croatia If reached: 42.8% Path sims: 42.8% Win rate: 29.7%
England England If reached: 26.3% Path sims: 26.3% Win rate: 17.8%
Ghana Ghana If reached: 22.9% Path sims: 22.9% Win rate: 47.0%
Panama Panama If reached: 8.0% Path sims: 8.0% Win rate: 64.6%

R16

Spain Spain If reached: 56.8% Path sims: 18.9% Win rate: 13.5%
Uruguay Uruguay If reached: 12.6% Path sims: 4.2% Win rate: 29.2%
Austria Austria If reached: 12.0% Path sims: 4.0% Win rate: 38.1%
Argentina Argentina If reached: 10.7% Path sims: 3.6% Win rate: 15.8%
Algeria Algeria If reached: 6.9% Path sims: 2.3% Win rate: 43.8%

QF

Belgium Belgium If reached: 30.1% Path sims: 2.1% Win rate: 23.5%
USA USA If reached: 14.2% Path sims: 1.0% Win rate: 34.3%
Türkiye Türkiye If reached: 11.9% Path sims: 0.8% Win rate: 34.5%
South Korea South Korea If reached: 4.7% Path sims: 0.3% Win rate: 38.2%
Egypt Egypt If reached: 4.2% Path sims: 0.3% Win rate: 49.2%

SF

France France If reached: 24.8% Path sims: 0.6% Win rate: 7.5%
Netherlands Netherlands If reached: 15.7% Path sims: 0.4% Win rate: 19.7%
Germany Germany If reached: 11.8% Path sims: 0.3% Win rate: 15.8%
Brazil Brazil If reached: 7.0% Path sims: 0.2% Win rate: 20.6%
Morocco Morocco If reached: 6.0% Path sims: 0.1% Win rate: 27.6%

Final

Argentina Argentina If reached: 16.2% Path sims: 0.1% Win rate: 29.4%
England England If reached: 15.2% Path sims: 0.1% Win rate: 18.8%
Spain Spain If reached: 9.5% Path sims: <0.1% Win rate: 10.0%
Portugal Portugal If reached: 8.6% Path sims: <0.1% Win rate: 22.2%
France France If reached: 7.6% Path sims: <0.1% Win rate: 50.0%

Finish 3rd

DR Congo opponent pool if finishing 3rd

For group-finish paths, If reached is measured within that finish path and round. Path sims shows how often the matchup happens among simulations where the team finished in that position.

R32

England England If reached: 62.4% Path sims: 37.6% Win rate: 17.6%
Croatia Croatia If reached: 27.4% Path sims: 16.5% Win rate: 29.8%
Ghana Ghana If reached: 8.2% Path sims: 4.9% Win rate: 46.8%
Panama Panama If reached: 2.1% Path sims: 1.2% Win rate: 63.5%

R16

Mexico Mexico If reached: 23.7% Path sims: 3.5% Win rate: 34.3%
South Korea South Korea If reached: 16.8% Path sims: 2.5% Win rate: 38.4%
Czechia Czechia If reached: 9.6% Path sims: 1.4% Win rate: 45.2%
Ecuador Ecuador If reached: 9.6% Path sims: 1.4% Win rate: 35.9%
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast If reached: 9.1% Path sims: 1.3% Win rate: 32.3%

QF

Brazil Brazil If reached: 26.1% Path sims: 1.4% Win rate: 20.9%
Norway Norway If reached: 12.5% Path sims: 0.7% Win rate: 23.1%
France France If reached: 11.8% Path sims: 0.7% Win rate: 12.0%
Germany Germany If reached: 8.6% Path sims: 0.5% Win rate: 25.8%
Netherlands Netherlands If reached: 7.8% Path sims: 0.4% Win rate: 23.3%

SF

Argentina Argentina If reached: 25.0% Path sims: 0.3% Win rate: 17.3%
Portugal Portugal If reached: 18.4% Path sims: 0.3% Win rate: 16.7%
Uruguay Uruguay If reached: 7.9% Path sims: 0.1% Win rate: 43.2%
Spain Spain If reached: 6.8% Path sims: 0.1% Win rate: 26.3%
Colombia Colombia If reached: 6.3% Path sims: 0.1% Win rate: 40.0%

Final

France France If reached: 18.6% Path sims: 0.1% Win rate: 6.7%
Spain Spain If reached: 13.0% Path sims: 0.1% Win rate: 14.3%
Brazil Brazil If reached: 6.8% Path sims: <0.1% Win rate: 0.0%
Portugal Portugal If reached: 6.8% Path sims: <0.1% Win rate: 27.3%
Netherlands Netherlands If reached: 6.2% Path sims: <0.1% Win rate: 30.0%

Squad

Current squad

26 players
Pos Player Age Height Club Value
GK Matthieu Epolo 21 1,89m Standard Liège €5.0m
GK Timothy Fayulu 26 1,92m FC Noah Yerevan €800k
GK Lionel Mpasi-Nzau 31 1,82m Le Havre AC €400k
CB Axel Tuanzebe 28 1,85m Burnley FC €5.0m
CB Chancel Mbemba 31 1,82m LOSC Lille €2.5m
CB Steve Kapuadi 28 1,96m Widzew Lodz €2.5m
CB Dylan Batubinsika 30 1,88m AE Larisa €700k
LB Arthur Masuaku 32 1,79m RC Lens €2.5m
LB Joris Kayembe 31 1,81m KRC Genk €2.5m
RB Aaron Wan-Bissaka 28 1,83m West Ham United €22.0m
RB Gédéon Kalulu 28 1,79m Aris Limassol €1.3m
DM Ngal'ayel Mukau 22 1,86m LOSC Lille €12.0m
DM Charles Pickel 29 1,87m RCD Espanyol Barcelona €2.5m
CM Noah Sadiki 21 1,73m Sunderland AFC €30.0m
CM Edo Kayembe 28 1,83m Watford FC €4.0m
CM Samuel Moutoussamy 29 1,76m Atromitos Athens €1.2m
CM Aaron Tshibola 31 1,90m Kilmarnock FC €150k
AM Meschack Elia 28 1,73m Alanyaspor €1.5m
AM Gaël Kakuta 34 1,73m AE Larisa €300k
LW Nathanaël Mbuku 24 1,70m Montpellier HSC €2.0m
LW Brian Cipenga 28 1,72m CD Castellón €2.0m
RW Théo Bongonda 30 1,75m Spartak Moscow €3.0m
CF Yoane Wissa 29 1,76m Newcastle United €30.0m
CF Simon Banza 29 1,89m Al-Jazira Club €10.0m
CF Fiston Mayele 31 1,85m Pyramids FC €1.8m
CF Cédric Bakambu 35 1,82m Real Betis Balompié €1.4m