World Cup: Highest Scoring Match Record Broken?

World Cup: Highest Scoring Match Record Broken? is a sports prediction market tied to the 2026 FIFA World Cup and asks whether the tournament will produce a single match with 13 or more total goals in 90 minutes or extra time combined. The current record is 12 goals, set by Austria’s 7-5 win over Switzerland at the 1954 World Cup. Penalty shootout goals do not count toward the total. The market will resolve based on official FIFA information, with credible reporting also allowed if needed. It runs through the World Cup window, with an end date of July 20, 2026, and a hard cutoff tied to August 2, 2026, 11:59 PM ET if the tournament is delayed. Current market probability is about 7.65%, suggesting traders see this as an unlikely but possible event. As a World Cup records forecast, it reflects market sentiment around whether modern international soccer could produce an exceptionally high-scoring match at the sport’s biggest tournament.