2026 World Cup Preview with Daniele Fisichella
The Favorites Sports Betting Podcast
Playmaker and iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
The year 2026 brings sports fans the World Cup and even better, it's on American soil! The Favorites is back as Stuckey and Brandon Kravitz welcome Daniele Fisichella to break down expectations for this year's tournament. Fisichella is a soccer/football journalist and betting expert from the UK and he's brought all his thoughts across the pond to help prepare you (and us) for this year's World Cup. They get into the weather impacting home field/pitch advantage, a few new rules including a larger bracket and how that will impact group play and individual matches. Plus, the ups and downs of teams like Italy, Japan, Spain, the Netherlands, the USA and more. Finally, the crew plants their flag on their favorite World Cup play with some help from our friends at DraftKings. For more World Cup coverage, check out The Action Network Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts and on the Action Network YouTube page.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the favorites presented by Draft Kings. |
| 0:12.2 | The Crown is yours. |
| 0:13.5 | We are an action network podcast. |
| 0:15.8 | I'm Brandon Kravitz. |
| 0:16.7 | You're a host back at it with the prime minister of DGN nation Stucky. |
| 0:20.4 | Our stat town to |
| 0:21.7 | Evan Abrams we're talking world cup today I will give you my top 25 Stucky the best |
| 0:29.3 | world cup players that you need to pay attention to we're talking golden boot nominees |
| 0:35.6 | but I'm going to keep you on the edge of your seat for that. |
| 0:39.3 | Get in price for the NBA finals. |
| 0:41.6 | In San Antonio, the average price is over $2,500 per game. |
| 0:49.0 | In New York at MSG, over $4,000 per game. |
| 0:56.4 | Gentlemen, I don't think I could ever stomach even if I was absolutely loaded, |
| 1:03.3 | which after this NFL season, hopefully I am. |
| 1:06.3 | I don't think I could stomach spending that much going to any sporting event. |
| 1:10.8 | What would be the max |
| 1:11.9 | price for you for the thing that you want to go to the most? What would be the max price you |
| 1:17.4 | would be willing to spend for a decency? We're not talking court side. I'm not putting you in the |
| 1:21.7 | nosebleeds. Middle of the road, center court, midfield, whatever. Stucky, what's that |
| 1:27.5 | number for you? Drop dead price. |
| 1:32.1 | So then I really want to go to, I don't know, $1,000. |
| 1:34.7 | I'd rather go to a bar and spend $1,000 |
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