Germany v Algeria
For the first time at this stage of the competition we have a cleansweep of predictions with all 58 players going for Germany to win. The 2-0 win is the most popular as 18 players have gone for that. There are also 14 players going for 3-0, three going for a 1-0 win and two players have gone for 2-1. We have 21 uber-max predictions for this match: 9 players have gone for a 4-0 Germany win, 7 for 3-1, four for 4-1 and one player has gone for them to win 5-1.
No-one went for a draw between Germany and Algeria - so their goalless encounter proves to be pointless for us.
There are still 4 players who could possibly get all four semi-finalists spot on. davethecue, dtcdtcdtc, James1953 and Realale have each gone for Argentina, Brazil, Germany and Netherlands - so they will be hoping for Germany to get through after extra-time (or penalties)
There are still 4 players who could possibly get all four semi-finalists spot on. davethecue, dtcdtcdtc, James1953 and Realale have each gone for Argentina, Brazil, Germany and Netherlands - so they will be hoping for Germany to get through after extra-time (or penalties)
That's my acca for the quarters sorted...their 4 opponents...:)
The final two matches from this round are played today, starting with:
Argentina v Switzerland
All 58 of us have gone for Argentina to progress from this tie - 55 of us inside 90 minutes, whereas the other three players have gone for them to qualify after extra-time/penalties. We have 14 players going for a 2-0 win and 8 going for 3-0, whilst both the 1-0 and 2-1 wins have been chosen by four players each. Two players have gone for it to finish 1-1. 18 of the 26 uber-max predictions are for a 3-1 Argentina win, whilst three players have gone for 4-1 and two have gone for a 4-0 win. Each of the 2-2 draw, and the 3-2 and 4-2 wins have been chosen once.
Bhaveshgor, clarky323 and U.R.Correct were the only players who went for a draw between Argentina and Switzerland. None of them got the goalless scoreline at 90 minutes spot on though. All three players have gambled half of their four points on Argentina progressing.
Belgium v USA
32 players have gone for Belgium, 19 have gone for a draw and 5 players have gone for USA. There are 14 players tipping Belgium to win 2-1, 10 going for a 1-0 win and two going for them to win 2-0. 13 players have gone for it to finish as a 1-1 draw (three of who have gambled on the US progressing, whilst 10 players have gambled on the US making the quarter-finals) and three players have gone for a 0-0 draw (all gambling on Belgium to progress). Four of the players backing the US to win normal time have gone for them to win 2-1. We have 12 uber-max predictions for this match: five players have gone for Belgium to win 3-1 and five have gone for a 2-2 draw (with three taking a gamble on Belgium and two going for the US). Both the 3-2 Belgium win and the 3-2 US wins have been selected once each.
The gamble comes into play again as we head into extra time for the 5th time in the 8 matches in this round.
Bhaveshgor, Hayden and InTheLoop were the three players who went for Belgium and the US to be 0-0 after 90 minutes. All three have gambled on Belgium progressing to the next round.
Also going for a draw were Apple_Crumble, dtcdtcdtc, lauro, O'Neill, Watcher #1 and willrelf92 who all gambled on Belgium and davethecue, dazc, DDRickyDD, eugenespeed, HaloJoe, Hutchy_Muse, Realale, Sattrega, simonl87, TruffleShuffle, U.R.Correct, yakutz who have all gambled on the united States making the quarter finals.
Bhaveshgor, Hayden and InTheLoop successfully gambled on Belgium progressing to gain 15 points from their extra-time win over the US, having gone for the 90 minute 0-0 draw as well.
Also making a successful gamble were were Apple_Crumble, dtcdtcdtc, lauro, O'Neill, Watcher #1 and willrelf92 to finish with 6 points from this match. davethecue, dazc, DDRickyDD, eugenespeed, HaloJoe, Hutchy_Muse, Realale, Sattrega, simonl87, TruffleShuffle, U.R.Correct, yakutz all gambled on the US and so scored 2 points from this match.
Congratulations to Taurus on top scoring the round of 16 with an excellent 39 points. This comprised 4/8 correct results, three maxes (Colombia, Costa Rica and Holland) plus a successful gamble in the Costa Rica draw.
Hence the extra right hand column on the "Round 4" table - this is the number of successful gambles each player made - so you can see Bhaveshgor was the most successful gambler. His 3 successful gambles is the most ever achieved (partly due to us never having had more than 2 matches go to extra-time in any knockout round in previous competitions) - he also was the only player to successfully predict four of the 5 matches that needed extra time (U.R.Correct was the only other player to correct 3 extra-time matches). Both players predicted the most correct results too, an impressive 6 from 8.
Key:
1 = Round 01 Score (groups)
2 = Round 02 Score
3 = Round 03 Score
4 = Last 16 Score
T = Overall Total
M = Maxes: number of perfect scorelines you achieved (worth 5 points)
U = Ubermaxes: ditto but in games with 4+ goals (earns 7 points)
C = number of correct results you’ve predicted
So as we head into the QF it’s Spindiddly whose unerring consistency (the only player to score over 20 each round) is enough to climb a place and assume top spot.
Elsewhere there were huge leaps for Bhavesgor (31st to 6th), Xavier (17th to 4th), Hayden (44th to 13th), Taurus (46th to 14th) and dbal (31st to 16th).
We’ll gloss over players who fell more dramatically than Robben in the penalty box.
Finally, Dim Sum is a little unlucky to have the joint highest number of correct predictions, 33, yet only be 22nd place.
Up 7 places to 44th, not bad. Hopefully I can gain more points from the QF's to climb up that table more. Congrats to spindiddly for playing this near-perfectly so far.
Argentina v Switzerland 55 03 00 03 00 018
Belgium v United States 32 21 05 18 03 105
Brazil v Chile--------- 40 09 06 06 03 073
Colombia v Uruguay----- 45 07 04 33 12 252
Costa Rica v Greece---- 29 19 10 13 06 127
France v Nigeria------- 53 05 00 38 15 302
Germany v Algeria------ 58 00 00 00 00 000
Netherlands v Mexico--- 44 10 03 36 08 224
The 302 points generated from France beating Nigeria is the highest number of points for any match at this stage of the competition, never mind round highest scorer / maxer.
Conversely, as previous mentioned, Germany stank the joint out as everybody failed in that fixture.
We averaged only 2.4 points per prediction for this round - compared to 2.8 for the 2006 competition and 3.6 for the 2010 competition despite the fact that all 8 group winners prevailed.
Finally, as mentioned in the main thread there are still 4 players on for 4 out of 4 semi-finalists (davethecue, Dtcdtcdtc, James1953 and Realale), whilst 47 players can still get 3 of the 4 , 8 can do no better than 2 out of 4 and one player (Cissy Fairfax) is down to just having a single team (Argentina) left in the competition.
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Germany v Algeria
For the first time at this stage of the competition we have a cleansweep of predictions with all 58 players going for Germany to win. The 2-0 win is the most popular as 18 players have gone for that. There are also 14 players going for 3-0, three going for a 1-0 win and two players have gone for 2-1. We have 21 uber-max predictions for this match: 9 players have gone for a 4-0 Germany win, 7 for 3-1, four for 4-1 and one player has gone for them to win 5-1.
There are still 4 players who could possibly get all four semi-finalists spot on. davethecue, dtcdtcdtc, James1953 and Realale have each gone for Argentina, Brazil, Germany and Netherlands - so they will be hoping for Germany to get through after extra-time (or penalties)
That's my acca for the quarters sorted...their 4 opponents...:)
Argentina v Switzerland
All 58 of us have gone for Argentina to progress from this tie - 55 of us inside 90 minutes, whereas the other three players have gone for them to qualify after extra-time/penalties. We have 14 players going for a 2-0 win and 8 going for 3-0, whilst both the 1-0 and 2-1 wins have been chosen by four players each. Two players have gone for it to finish 1-1. 18 of the 26 uber-max predictions are for a 3-1 Argentina win, whilst three players have gone for 4-1 and two have gone for a 4-0 win. Each of the 2-2 draw, and the 3-2 and 4-2 wins have been chosen once.
With one match to go this round the leading scores are now:
taurus_67 39
dbal 30
Hibs-kid-2007 29
spindiddly 29
Xavier Quebeck 29
basdfg 27
familyguy8904 27
U.R.Correct 26
charlieparr 24
clarky323 24
Hayden 23
Bhaveshgor 22
LostFool 22
DDRickyDD 20
simonl87 20
Thebenster 20
jake1981 19
Bhaveshgor, dbal, LostFool and U.R.Correct have gained points in 5 of the 7 matches
Belgium v USA
32 players have gone for Belgium, 19 have gone for a draw and 5 players have gone for USA. There are 14 players tipping Belgium to win 2-1, 10 going for a 1-0 win and two going for them to win 2-0. 13 players have gone for it to finish as a 1-1 draw (three of who have gambled on the US progressing, whilst 10 players have gambled on the US making the quarter-finals) and three players have gone for a 0-0 draw (all gambling on Belgium to progress). Four of the players backing the US to win normal time have gone for them to win 2-1. We have 12 uber-max predictions for this match: five players have gone for Belgium to win 3-1 and five have gone for a 2-2 draw (with three taking a gamble on Belgium and two going for the US). Both the 3-2 Belgium win and the 3-2 US wins have been selected once each.
Bhaveshgor, Hayden and InTheLoop were the three players who went for Belgium and the US to be 0-0 after 90 minutes. All three have gambled on Belgium progressing to the next round.
Also going for a draw were Apple_Crumble, dtcdtcdtc, lauro, O'Neill, Watcher #1 and willrelf92 who all gambled on Belgium and davethecue, dazc, DDRickyDD, eugenespeed, HaloJoe, Hutchy_Muse, Realale, Sattrega, simonl87, TruffleShuffle, U.R.Correct, yakutz who have all gambled on the united States making the quarter finals.
Also making a successful gamble were were Apple_Crumble, dtcdtcdtc, lauro, O'Neill, Watcher #1 and willrelf92 to finish with 6 points from this match. davethecue, dazc, DDRickyDD, eugenespeed, HaloJoe, Hutchy_Muse, Realale, Sattrega, simonl87, TruffleShuffle, U.R.Correct, yakutz all gambled on the US and so scored 2 points from this match.
France V Germany 17:00
Brazil v Colombia 21:00
SAT 5 JUL
Argentina V Belgium 17:00
Netherlands V Costa Rica 21:00
QF points are:
6 for correct result
12 for spot on scoreline
18 ditto in game with 4+ goals in 90 minutes
Usual gamble rules apply
France 1-1 Germany 17:00 GAMBLE GERMANY
Brazil 1-2 Colombia 21:00
SAT 5 JUL
Argentina 1-1 Belgium 17:00 GAMBLE ARGENTINA
Netherlands 2-0 Costa Rica 21:00
France 2-1 Germany
Brazil 2-0 Colombia
SAT 5 JUL
Argentina 1-1 Belgium GAMBLE ARGENTINA
Netherlands 3-1 Costa Rica
FRI 4 JUL
France 1-2 Germany 17:00
Brazil 2-2 Colombia 21:00 GAMBLE BRAZIL
SAT 5 JUL
Argentina 0-0 Belgium 17:00 GAMBLE ARGENTINA
Netherlands 3-2 Costa Rica 21:00
France 1-1 Germany 17:00 Gamble:France
Brazil 1-2 Colombia 21:00
SAT 5 JUL
Argentina 1-0 Belgium 17:00
Netherlands 3-1 Costa Rica 21:00
France 0-1 Germany 17:00
Brazil 0-0 Colombia 21:00 (Gamble:Brazil)
SAT 5 JUL
Argentina 1-0 Belgium 17:00
Netherlands 2-1 Costa Rica 21:00
France 2-2 Germany gamble Germany
Brazil 1-0 Colombia
SAT 5 JUL
Argentina 2-2 Belgium gamble Belgium
Netherlands 4-0 Costa Rica
France 1-2 Germany
Brazil 0-2 Colombia
SAT 5 JUL
Argentina 1-0 Belgium gamble Argentina
Netherlands 2-0 Costa Rica
Hence the extra right hand column on the "Round 4" table - this is the number of successful gambles each player made - so you can see Bhaveshgor was the most successful gambler. His 3 successful gambles is the most ever achieved (partly due to us never having had more than 2 matches go to extra-time in any knockout round in previous competitions) - he also was the only player to successfully predict four of the 5 matches that needed extra time (U.R.Correct was the only other player to correct 3 extra-time matches). Both players predicted the most correct results too, an impressive 6 from 8.
1 = Round 01 Score (groups)
2 = Round 02 Score
3 = Round 03 Score
4 = Last 16 Score
T = Overall Total
M = Maxes: number of perfect scorelines you achieved (worth 5 points)
U = Ubermaxes: ditto but in games with 4+ goals (earns 7 points)
C = number of correct results you’ve predicted So as we head into the QF it’s Spindiddly whose unerring consistency (the only player to score over 20 each round) is enough to climb a place and assume top spot.
Elsewhere there were huge leaps for Bhavesgor (31st to 6th), Xavier (17th to 4th), Hayden (44th to 13th), Taurus (46th to 14th) and dbal (31st to 16th).
We’ll gloss over players who fell more dramatically than Robben in the penalty box.
Finally, Dim Sum is a little unlucky to have the joint highest number of correct predictions, 33, yet only be 22nd place.
Thank you to TC and Dim for messaging me over my mistake here. Cheers guys
I would like Argentina 0 - Belgium 0 with gamble on Argentina. Many thanks
Conversely, as previous mentioned, Germany stank the joint out as everybody failed in that fixture.
We averaged only 2.4 points per prediction for this round - compared to 2.8 for the 2006 competition and 3.6 for the 2010 competition despite the fact that all 8 group winners prevailed.
Finally, as mentioned in the main thread there are still 4 players on for 4 out of 4 semi-finalists (davethecue, Dtcdtcdtc, James1953 and Realale), whilst 47 players can still get 3 of the 4 , 8 can do no better than 2 out of 4 and one player (Cissy Fairfax) is down to just having a single team (Argentina) left in the competition.