The Confederations Cup is the saviour of football fans, offering relief in an otherwise barren summer.

Not every team is taking it seriously, though, which makes it hard to pick a winner.

We’ve given it our best shot….

Where do the winners come from?

The reigning world champions have won the Confederations Cup three of the seven times the competition has been held – more than any other side.

Based on that alone, Germany – priced at – look worthy favourites.

The European champions, Gold Cup winners, Copa America winners and tournament hosts, meanwhile, have all won one each.

As a result, their representatives cannot be completely ruled out.

Asian Cup, African Cup of Nations or Oceania Cup winners, however, have never won the Confederations Cup.

The likelihood of that fallow streak ending is slim, which is reflected in the odds: Australia are , Cameron are and New Zealand are way out at .

These three sides can be discounted already.

How seriously are they taking it?

Don’t throw all your money at Germany just yet.

Past winners of the World Cup dress rehearsal have, unsurprisingly, been the ones that have taken it the most seriously, picking their strongest group of players.

Of the seven previous champions, each squad has had an average age of between 25 and 27.

Joachim Low’s group, however, will be the youngest in Russia, with an average age of just 23.8.

With a host of high-profile omissions, they closely resemble last summer’s Olympic team.

Two of the last three winners have also selected squads that have had an average number of 26 caps between them.

Germany have just eight and Russia are only on 18, meaning both be forgotten.

Are they used to winning?

We’re left with just Portugal, Chile and Mexico.

Looking at their recent tournament record, it is the latter who look the weakest.

Despite winning the 2015 Gold Cup, the only two matches Mexico won in normal time in the competition were against Cuba and Jamaica.

They were also thrashed 7-0 by Chile in last year’s Copa America quarter final.

Portugal, too, lumbered to Euro 2016 success, winning just one of their seven matches in normal time.

Fernando Santos’ side have now managed just two tournament victories in 11 within 90 minutes.

That inability to get the job done early means looks too short to get behind.

Chile, however, have won the last two Copa Americas – doing so in successive years – and triumphed in eight of their last 12 tournament matches.

Put your money on them at .