A 'clairvoyant' cat has predicted who will win the World Cup opening match

Psychic animals predicting the results of big events is pretty much a time-honoured tradition.

We've previously had a Scottish goat divining the US election result (it got it wrong), and -- many years ago -- we had an octopus called Paul who used to predict the winners of World Cup matches (he sadly passed away back in 2010).

Well, now it's Achilles the cat's turn.

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Yep: Achilles, who lives in St Petersburg's Hermitage Museum in Russia, is now the official World Cup match predictor.

Just look at his adorable little face:

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On Wednesday, Achilles made his first prediction: Russia will beat Saudi Arabia in the opening match on Thursday.

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He's sort of biased, but whatever.

Here's a video of Achilles' method, which involves choosing between two bowls of cat food.

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The game kicks off soon, so it won't be long until we find out whether Achilles' powers of prediction are up to scratch.