The Europeans have started by far the strongest in this tournament so far out of the confederations.
So far

Uefa teams have won 9, drawn 4 and lost 1 (those hopeless Germans)

Conmebol have won 1, lost 1 and drawn 2

Concacaf have won 1 and lost 2

Asia have won 1 and lost 2

Oceania have lost their only game

And

Africa have lost all 4 games so far.

I think that's stronger than usual for uefa and the African teams seem weaker than in the past.