World Cup 2018: Predicting how far each of the 32 teams will go 

Group C

France are one of the pre-tournament favourites

France - Runners Up

France enters Russia as one of the pre-tournament favourites and looking at their squad, it's easy to see why.

Les Bleus will be hoping to go one step further than they did in Euro 2016, where they were defeated in the final by Portugal in extra-time, and there is every chance that they could achieve that.

The French should have a fairly straightforward route through to at least the quarter-finals, with a round of 16 clash against Croatia being a very winnable game.

In the quarters, they could meet their conquerors from the Euros, Portugal, and they are likely to have learned from their previous mistakes in that game.

A semi-final game, most likely against Brazil, should be interesting but the French should have more composure against a younger Brazil side, which leaves them in the final against my picks for the tournament, Germany.

France and Germany are many peoples picks to reach the final in Moscow, but Germany's experience in finals, up against France's 'bottler' reputation, means that France is my pick for the runners-up spot in Russia 2018.

Australia - Group Stage

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The Socceroos will be hoping to stage an upset in the World Cup and pip both Denmark and Peru to second place in Group C, with France heavy favourites to take the top spot.

Australia would need a little bit of luck for that to happen, but an impressive friendly victory over The Czech Republic last week means that you can't count the Aussies out just yet.

Australia had a lengthy qualifying campaign for the tournament and the players have shown that they have plenty of fight in them to get out of the group.

The fact that they have to come up against France and Denmark in their first two games is what likely rules them out though, as a heavy defeat to France could see them demoralised going forward. Expect Australia to give a good account of themselves, but to ultimately crash out in the group stages.

Peru - Group Stage

Peru will hope to turn a few heads in Russia

Peru will start their World Cup campaign against Denmark, and this game could prove telling as to who is going to qualify out of Group C behind France.

With all-time leading goal-scorer Paolo Guerrero now cleared to play for the South American side, they will be coming into the tournament with a lot of confidence and will be hoping to turn a lot of heads in what will be a very difficult group.

Unfortunately for them, a younger and hungrier Denmark side look like they could have more in the tank to see them through the group, though, don't be surprised at whoever finishes second place in Group C.

Denmark - Round of 16

Denmark are on a good run of form heading into Russia

Denmark will face tough competition getting out of the group stages in Russia, but they are arriving in the tournament with an 11 game unbeaten streak under their belt, which should help see them past Peru and Australia.

Things get tricky for Denmark there, as they are likely to come up against a Lionel Messi led Argentian side. The Danes have not made it to the round of 16 since the 2002 World Cup in Korea, and they have failed to qualify for two of the tournaments since then. A strong performance, but ultimate defeat at the hands of Argentina in the round of 16 will seem them leave Russia with their heads held high.