A group of meerkats has predicted that England will win in their World Cup quarter final against France.

The ‘mystic’ meerkats are back and they are predicting another big win for England in their World Cup quarter final match tonight.

The creatures have become something of a good luck charm for England, having correctly predicted their win against Senegal last week.

Using two buckets of treats - each with a team's flag on - the meerkats are offered choice of which bucket they would like to snack from, and the bucket surrounded by the most meerkats is declared the predicted winner.

They also correctly predicted the Lionesses win in this summer’s European Championships.

Keepers at Drusillas Zoo Park near Alfriston asked the mob to employ their psychic powers to predict who will win in this Saturday’s game.

Zookeeper Jacinta Dawe said: “Our team love getting into the spirit of the World Cup and so it’s been great to get behind the squad and show our support."

Jacinta added: "It would be amazing for England to win as the meerkats have predicted."

Jacinta said: “They sometimes take a while to settle on a decision with some meerkats in each buckets, but today they are full of optimism and confidence as they went straight for England and France didn’t even get a look in. My favourite part is seeing their little backsides poking out from the buckets!”

The zoo said that while this might seem like a strange activity for meerkats, it forms part of their daily enrichment programme, which “makes sure all the animals enjoy a diverse diet in imaginative and unusual ways”.

According to the keepers, the activities encourage them to think and work for their food similar to how they would in the wild.

The animals at the zoo are treated to fun activities like this in line with different seasonal festivities.

During Halloween, the critters were offered pumpkins with treats in them to get into the spooky spirit.