So it's going to be hot tonight for Didier Deschamps' side when they face Sweden in New Jersey, but Opta still have France pegged as quite convincing favourites to win this World Cup.

At this point, we want to know if you think they will live up to expectations.

And if France are not your pick, then who do you think will be crowned world champions?

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Simon King & Darren Bett
BBC Weather

Not all of the round of 32 matches in the World Cup will be affected by the heatwave but there will be some notable games to keep an eye on.

England's game with DR Congo in Atlanta on Wednesday will feel hot and humid outside of the air-conditioned stadium.

Some of the matches where the heat could be an issue are:

• Tuesday 30 June - France v Sweden, New Jersey - 30C (86F)
• Thursday 2 July (overnight Thursday into Friday for UK viewers) - Portugal v Croatia, Toronto - 31C (88F)
• Friday 3 July - Argentina v Cape Verde, Miami - 31C (88F)
• Friday 3 July (early Saturday for UK viewers) - Colombia v Ghana, Kansas City - 32C (90F)

The games on Friday in Miami and Kansas City could be especially uncomfortable as the high humidity here mean it feels hotter than the actual temperature, feeling up to 40C (104F).

In the official measure of how heat and humidity affects the human body - known as Wet Bulb Global Temperature (WBGT) - both these matches may have an index close to the threshold that Fifpro considers it too unsafe to play.

Simon King & Darren Bett
BBC Weather

With 'feels like' temperatures up to 45C (113F) in parts of the United States this week, some World Cup matches could have heat indexes exceeding the threshold where global players' union Fifpro consider it too unsafe for play.

Dangerous heat is building across the US and Canada, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).

With air temperatures widely in the high 30s Celsius and close to 40C (104F), accompanied by high humidity, it will make the weather very uncomfortable with possible health-related impacts.

Temperature records could even be broken in some eastern States at the end of the week.

A large heatwave will intensify as the week progresses, covering much of central and eastern US states and through much of Canada.

Temperatures in excess of 32C (90F) are widely expected.

Add in the humidity and it will actually feel like temperatures are up to 46C (115F) across portions of the Southern Great Plains, mid-Mississippi valley and eventually into parts of the mid-Atlantic, according to the NWS.

Overnight temperatures may not fall below 20C (70F) - classed as a "tropical night" by meteorologists.

The extreme heat will also affect eastern Canada with temperatures forecast to be up to 10C (18F) above average in Ontario and Quebec.

Stick with us as we build up to the next three matches of the last 32...

But first, we have a weather warning.

Similar to the UK last week, temperatures are going to soar.

World Cup

So we have had four of the 16 ties in the round of 32.

Canada, Brazil, Paraguay and Morocco have made it through.

Here are the remaining matches in the first knockout round of this extended World Cup:

Tuesday, 30 June

• Ivory Coast v Norway (Dallas, 18:00)
• France v Sweden (New Jersey, 22:00)

Wednesday, 01 July

• Mexico v Ecuador (Mexico City, 02:00)
• England v DR Congo (Atlanta, 17:00)
• Belgium v Senegal (Seattle, 21:00)

Thursday, 02 July

• USA v Bosnia-Herzegovinia (San Francisco, 01:00)
• Spain v Austria (Los Angeles, 20:00)

Friday, 03 July

• Portugal v Croatia (Toronto, 00:00)
• Switzerland v Algeria (Vancouver, 04:00)
• Australia v Egypt (Dallas, 19:00)
• Argentina v Cape Verde (Miami, 23:00)

Saturday, 04 July

• Colombia v Ghana (Kansas City, 02:30)

For your information, France are the favourites to win the World Cup, according to Opta.

They take on Sweden at 22:00 BST tonight (Tuesday).

Here's the top five:

France - 22.47%

Argentina - 15.90%

Spain - 13.20%

Brazil - 11.29%

England - 9.32%

Will Mbappe and Deschamps get their hands on the World Cup trophy again like they did in 2018?

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After beating Japan, Brazil will face Ivory Coast or Norway in the last 16. Those two meet at 18:00 BST today (Tuesday).

Opta give Brazil a 65.73% of reaching the quarter final - where they could meant England, DR Congo, Ecuador or Mexico - and 38.46% of reaching the semis - where Argentina could lie in wait.

They are 21.97% likely to reach the final and have a 11.29% chance of winning their sixth World Cup.

Do you think Carlo Ancelotti will take Brazil all the way?

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Well, I don't see any tears...

Brazil's second-half fightback was too much for some inside Houston Stadium, though...

ITV pundit Roy Keane was certainly blown away by Brazil's second-half performance: "What a game. I thought that second half was fantastic...I'm telling you, their spirit and fight is as good as any of those previous [Brazil] teams. They also had brilliant quality."

In fact, Brazil completed 210 passes in the final third against Japan, which is their highest tally in a World Cup match since records began in 1966.

It is fair to say Brazil were stifled in the first half and Japan deserved their lead.

But the overall stats tell a different story and add further context to their second-half dominance as Japan sat back, inviting pressure, which finally told...

Japan manager Hajime Moriyasu got his tactics spot-on in the first half with his Japan side looking solid at the back, picking their moments to pounce on Brazil and then hitting them on the counter-attack.

Sano's goal was the perfect example, and at half-time the midfielder - who was perhaps a little fortunate to still be on the pitch after a clumsy challenge while already on a yellow card - might have been dreaming of his first international strike being a winner against Brazil.

Brazil have now advanced to the round of 16 for the 11th straight World Cup (every tournament since 1986 when the round was re-instated).

The Selecao will face either Ivory Coast or Norway in the next round in New York.

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Tim Vickery
South American football expert on 5 Live Breakfast

It was [a scare for Brazil]. I would like to impress on you the size of the humiliation that this Brazil side were facing at half-time.

Brazil, for obvious reasons, they are traditionalist snobs. The idea of being knocked out, not in the quarter-final, but in the last 32 against a team from Asia.

Even if it is unfair - of all the teams that Brazil could face as group winners, Japan were the most dangerous to them - these players were facing a historic humiliation.

While a number of Brazil players struggled in the first half, the only substitution Ancelotti made at the break was enforced as Endrick replaced the injured Lucas Paqueta.

Sometimes Ancelotti's greatest ability is to do nothing. An oasis of calm in all the chaos around him - and it has paid off again.

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Ultimately, for all that Carlo Ancelotti's changes made a difference, it was a Japan mistake and the composure of Bruno Guimaraes and Gabriel Martinelli that clinched victory for Brazil.

A 95th-minute winner to keep their dreams of a sixth World Cup triumph alive.

"We said before the World Cup, there is this aspect that football has its moments," Ancelotti said.

"There is no 'not making mistakes' because nobody is perfect, but you have to overcome them and push forward. That's what the team did."

Brazil were made to work, but overcoming these situations should only make them stronger - winning so dramatically will certainly give them momentum.

Perhaps the overriding emotion at full-time, though, was relief.

"Saving the nation" was the verdict of former Brazil midfielder Lucas Leiva, while South American football expert Tim Vickery spoke of them "climbing Everest the hard way".

Sam Drury
BBC Sport

They were 45 minutes from another early World Cup exit - their swiftest since 1966 - and national humiliation.

Japan had kept Brazil at arm's length in their last-32 tie, got themselves in front, and looked quite comfortable.

For a team who had not come from behind to win a World Cup knockout game since 2002, things did not look good and, for those watching on, an upset was starting to look a realistic prospect.

But we should have known better than to doubt Carlo Ancelotti.

The Brazil coach is a serial winner.

A record five Champions League wins as a manager, trophies in all five of Europe's major leagues.

You name it, he's won it. At least at club level.

But this is his first international job and the Italian is Brazil's first foreign coach at a World Cup, so surely even he was a little concerned after the first 45 minutes.

They had possession but whenever an attacking player received the ball in the final third, they instantly found a Japan defender on them, cutting off their options and giving them no room to manoeuvre.

Even going behind did not seem to jolt Brazil into action, and at half-time a shock was brewing.

Ancelotti had other ideas, though. Endrick was introduced to replace Lucas Paqueta, who appeared to take a knock early on and there was a renewed intensity to Brazil.

If Japan were going to stop them playing more intricate football around the box then Brazil would give them something else to think about - namely crosses.

They put in 28 in the second half - less than two minutes between each cross on average - and with players arriving at the far post, it worked.

That is how the first goal came about, Casemiro doing what he did so many times for Manchester United last season with a thumping header after drifting off his marker.

Japan eventually seemed to get a handle on that tactic but one late slip gave Brazil the chance they needed and first Guimaraes, then Martinelli kept their cool to send their team into the last 16.

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You think Martin Tyler was excited about Aguero's last minute winner...

Right, moving on from VAR to Brazil's last-gasp win over Japan...