World Cup fever is setting in.
With nations releasing their preliminary squads for the summer tournament—or, in select cases like Brazil, confirming the 23 who will go, excitement is building around the event that is now under a month away.
Here, B/R has taken on the almighty task of predicting the starting XI for every country attending the competition, giving you a feel for who might and might not be taking to the pitch in Russia come June.
Some were easy to select, barring the odd 50/50 choice (Spain, Brazil, Germany fall into this category); while others were near-impossible, with recent managerial changes, unsettled squads or injuries throwing too many things into question (England, Saudi Arabia and Russia, we're looking at you!