My Prediction Personal Take
I'll be honest, this is one of the hardest groups to predict. First thing I want to say is that Belgium is in severe decline. And their coach Rudi Garcia is really a bad coach. I've seen him coach before, and he's pretty terrible tactically and players often fail to stay fit and intense for the whole game under him. Belgium's qualification campaign has been extremely questionable. They couldn't even beat North Macedonia even once. I think Egypt is honestly the most organized and well rounded team on the field in this group and will top it, but not comfortably. Iran has also been in huge decline since Queiroz has left, and Azmoun and Taremi are not in good form at all. Will likely be hard to breakdown, but I have a very hard time seeing where the goals will come from in this Iranian team. Also with the war and everything, they might be mentally affected as well. New Zealand is a very underrated team. The truth is because OFC is so weak, this team hasn't been properly tested in a long time. They're organized and hard to breakdown. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if they end this group with 3 draws again like in 2010. I fancy New Zealand to get third and maybe even advance as one of the top 3rd place teams.