Is Nicolas Pépé in the World Cup 2026?
Is Nicolas Pépé playing today?
Ivory Coast have completed their Group E fixtures. Knockout-round opponent depends on other group results — see the live bracket for the projected path.
Nicolas Pépé
“Nicolas Pépé carries Ivory Coast's World Cup hopes through Group E — model projects — pts-per-90 across the three group-stage fixtures.”
ONSIDE AI · MODEL v5
Cumulative probabilities · Updated each match · 60-min refresh
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Live stat sheet
Stats refresh after every match (60s ISR + football-data 15s upstream cache). xG is approximated until shot-level data ships; clean sheets currently track GKs only.
Pépé's match-by-match expected output
Per-match expected points combine the model's win probability for Ivory Coast, projected per-90 output, and assumed minutes share. Cells dim as the journey grows uncertain.
Knockout cells dashed to signal contingency · Click any group cell to open the prediction.
Nicolas Pépé — the player profile
Ivory Coast #34 · Villarreal
Ratings synthesised by Onside's model from team rank + position cohort + recent fixtures. Refreshed every 60 minutes.
Nicolas Pépé's group-stage fixtures
3 MATCHES · MODEL WIN-PROBABILITIES SHOWN
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