Jourdan

Brazil to go through
Morocco to go out
Argentina v Netherlands - yes to extra time
Gakpo to score
Gvardiol to be carded

Round 5 is here! Entries by Friday, 3pm. Thanks!

Round 5 fixtures:

Netherlands v Argentina

Brazil v Croatia

France v England

Morocco v Portugal

Helpful stats:

Most wins: Argentina, Brazil, France, Portugal, Netherlands and England (3)
Most games unbeaten: Netherlands, England, Croatia, Morocco (4)
Most draws: Croatia (3)
Top scorer: Mbappe (5)
Most goals scored: Portugal and England (12 goals)
Fewest goals scored: Morocco (4)
Fewest goals conceded: Morocco (1)
Most cards: Portugal (5)
Extra time stat: Croatia have gone to extra time five times in the last three major tournaments
Team to watch: Brazil have lost in the quarter finals in three of the last four World Cups

Table after Round 4:

1. Elgin Ram = 90

2. Mucker = 90

3. Premier Ram = 90

4. Jourdan = 80

5. Old Spalding Ram = 70

6. BramcoteRam = 60

7. David = 50

8. Kernow = 50

9. TMFG = 40

10. Parsnip = 40

11. TomTom = 20

4 hours ago, Mucker1884 said:

I'm a little confused...

Is that yes or no to the game going to extra time/pens?

Or is it nominate a team to go to extra time/pens, then yes or no as to whether they make it through?

?‍♂️

 

Hopefully, the wording of my predictions are clear enough?  

 

 

Sorry. I was posting in a hurry last night.

Yes, it’s about whether the game goes to extra time or penalties.

Say you put ‘Brazil - no extra time or penalties’ then if the tie is decided in 90 minutes, you get 10 points. If it goes to extra time, you get 0.

Say you put ‘Brazil - extra time/penalties - yes’ then if the game is decided in 90 minutes, no points. 10 points if it goes to ET.

Argentina to go through
Poland to go out
Brazil to go to extra time or penalties - no
Gakpo to score
Koulibaly to be carded

No wi-fi at PP, so just posting this in advance.

Derby 2-1 Sheff Wed

Collins FRGS

29 minutes ago, BramcoteRam84 said:

Actually need to start making predictions to avoid finishing bottom!! ??‍♂️ 
 

Brazil

Senegal

Yes

Mbappe

Jackson Irvine 

Which team / game goes to extra time or penalties?

Helpful stats:

Netherlands, England and Morocco topped their groups with 7 points. No one won all three group games.
Netherlands, USA, Croatia, Morocco and England are the only sides unbeaten so far.
Gakpo, Rashford, Morata and Mbappe are top scorers with 3 goals each.
Senegal and Japan are the sides left with the most cards (6 each).
The team to watch could be Japan, who of course upset both Spain and Germany in the group stages.

Round 4 starts tomorrow. Entries by 3pm, please.

Fixtures:

Netherlands v USA
Argentina v Australia

Japan v Croatia
Brazil v South Korea

England v Senegal
France v Poland

Morocco v Spain
Portugal v Switzerland
 

Format / rules:

-One team to go through

-One team to go out

-Extra time/penalties - yes or no?

-One player to score

-One player to be carded

10 points for each correct prediction, 50 for five correct predictions.

Netherlands to win
Cameroon to lose
Morocco to draw
Gakpo to score
Hector Herrera to get carded

End of Round 2 table:

1. Elgin Ram 3 / 5 = 60

2. David 1 / 5 = 50

3. Mucker 0 / 5 = 40

4. TMFG 2 / 5 = 40

5. Premier Ram 3 / 5 = 30

6. Parsnip 1 / 5 = 30

7. TomTom 0 / 5 = 20

8. Old Spalding Ram 0 / 5 = 20

9. BramcoteRam 0 / 5 = 20

10. Jourdan 2 / 5 = 20

11. Kernow 0 / 5 = 10

Round 3 starts tomorrow. Entries by 3pm, please!

Fixtures:

Ecuador v Senegal
Netherlands v Qatar
England v Wales
Iran v USA

Australia v Denmark
Tunisia v France
Poland v Argentina
Mexico v Saudi Arabia

Costa Rica v Germany
Japan v Spain
Canada v Morocco
Belgium v Croatia

Brazil v Cameroon
Serbia v Switzerland
Portugal v South Korea
Uruguay v Ghana
 

Some handy stats for any latecomers:

Most wins: Brazil, France, Portugal (2)
Most losses: Canada, Qatar (2)
Most draws: USA (2)
Top scorers: Mbappe, Valencia (3)
Most cards: Saudi Arabia (8), Wales and Mexico (6).

Newport have deserved everything they have got.

We have been awful.

We need Dobbin and Osula on to give them something to worry about.

England to win

Qatar to lose

Australia to draw

Lewandowski to score

Paredes to be carded

End of Round 1 table:

1. David 4 / 5 = 40

2. Mucker 4 / 5 = 40

3. Elgin Ram 3 / 5 = 30

4. TomTom 2 / 5 = 20

5. Old Spalding Ram 2 / 5 = 20

6. TMFG 2 / 5 = 20

7. Parsnip 2 / 5 = 20

8. BramcoteRam 2 / 5 = 20

9. Kernow 1 / 5 = 10

10. Jourdan 0 / 5 = 0

Well played, everyone!

Round 2 starts tomorrow. Entries before 10am, please.

Fixtures:

Qatar v Senegal

Netherlands v Ecuador

England v USA

Wales v Iran

Argentina v Mexico

Poland v Saudi Arabia

France v Denmark

Tunisia v Australia

Spain v Germany

Japan v Costa Rica

Belgium v Morocco

Croatia v Canada

Brazil v Switzerland

Serbia v Cameroon

Portugal v Uruguay

South Korea v Ghana

Thanks for entering, everyone!

I’ll post the league table on Thursday night.

@BramcoteRam84 will be last, of course.

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Argentina to win

Tunisia to lose

Germany to draw

Lautaro Martinez to score

Pepe to be carded

7 hours ago, David said:

@Jourdan Quick question, could I for example say England to win and then Iran to lose in round 1, or would that be considered cheating, does the results need to come from different games?

Good question.

Well the idea is that the five predictions are separate and different, so you can potentially win bonus points.

The win / loss / draw predictions should come from different games otherwise in effect you are making 4 predictions, not 5.

We’re making good progress when you think we are disappointed and frustrated to only take a point away at a strong Portsmouth side.

Not too long ago it would be a mixture of relief and outright disbelief.

Warne is doing a very good job when you think about how resolute and professional the performances are, given the injuries we have and how stretched the squad is.

An encouraging point tonight and one that bodes well for the future. We’re very well placed to kick on in December and the rest of the season.

We definitely should be looking to cement a play off position.

Portsmouth 1-2 Derby

Collins FRGS

Welcome to the forum’s prediction league for this year’s World Cup.

Entries for game 1 of the group stage are welcome up until kick off (Sunday, 4pm). 

There will be a round of predictions for each stage.

For your predictions, pick:

-One team to win

-One team to lose

-One team to draw

-One player to score

-One player to receive a yellow or red card

This format will be the same for all the group stage games, but modified for the knockout rounds.

Example:

Argentina to win

Serbia to lose

USA to draw

Kane to score

Pepe to be carded

Point scoring:

10 points for every correct prediction

50 bonus points for 5 correct predictions.

Round 1 fixtures (group game 1):

Qatar v Ecuador
Senegal v Netherlands

England v Iran
USA v Wales

Argentina v Saudi Arabia
Mexico v Poland

France v Australia
Denmark v Tunisia

Spain v Costa Rica
Germany v Japan

Belgium v Canada
Morocco v Croatia

Brazil v Serbia
Switzerland v Cameroon

Portugal v Ghana
Uruguay v South Korea