Millions of fans around the world will watch the World Cup kick off on Thursday but just how far would your national team get if the outcome of the tournament was actually determined by how many followers each country has on LFC’s official Facebook page?

The Reds have used the little downtime they may have – this time of year is often the busiest for the non playing staff – to take a look at how the World Cup would play out just going on the representation of countries on their Facebook page.

It’s a fact that LFC boast more international Facebook pages and a higher engagement rate per follower than any other club in Europe with Thailand this year replacing Indonesia as Liverpool’s biggest country on the social media platform.

It’s a bit of fun as we prepare for tomorrow’s big kick off in Brazil. With so much hype leading up to it and a lack of football to take our minds of it since the end of the Premier League season we need a bit of light relief now and again.

It is interesting to look at the biggest groups on Liverpool’s Facebook page with England (obviously), Mexico, USA and Algeria being the top ones represented. This doesn’t take into account those whose nations aren’t in the World Cup, with Asia representing such a significant total.

It does give you a feel for the very diverse nature of the clubs fan base, and the great work that Paul Rogers and his team have been doing within the international markets. Wouldn’t we love it though if England really did win!