Whether you'll be cheering on Harry Kane and the Three Lions or Gareth Bale and Wales, the eyes of the home nations will be on the Qatar World Cup next month. But a new study has revealed which number is most likely to find success on the pitch.
Sports Direct has also partnered with football analyst Matt Furniss, of The Analyst, to crunch the numbers and see if the number your favourite player wears has an impact on the pitch. They looked at the top 50 performing players across the 2014 and 2018 World Cups.
And it seems the winner of this year's World Cup could be Lionel Messi and Argentina if the stats are anything to go by. That's because the number 10 has seen the most success in Russia and Brazil.
