Abroad for next 5 days so predicting some second games just incase

Brazil 2-2 Mexico
Cameroon 1-2 Croatia

Australia 1-3 Netherlands
Spain 2-1 Chile

Groups C and D get underway today. The first match is

Colombia v Greece (Group C)
50 of us have gone for Colombia to win this match, with 10 players going for a draw and 1 player backing Greece to win. The 2-0 Colombia win is the most popular prediction as 17 players have gone for that. There are also 14 players going for a 1-0 win, 10 for 2-1 and four players have gone for them to win 3-0. Both the 0-0 and 1-1 draws have been selected five times each, whilst the only player going for Greece to win has gone for 1-0. Four of the five uber-max predictions are for a 3-1 Colombia win, whilst the other player has gone for them to win 4-1.

The players who netted 5 points from Colombia's 3-0 win against Greece were: Bhaveshgor, Hutchy_Muse, InTheLoop and TruffleShuffle. 17 players were denied a max due to the stoppage time third goal. In total 46 players scored points from this match.

With the three overnight leaders all going for a draw it means we have a new leader:

Hutchy_Muse 16
InTheLoop 14
Matthartlane 14
Thebenster 14
Xavier Quebeck 14
-Bandit- 13
beth84 13
fatsi 13
James1953 13
neilwatson 13
O'Neill 13
Realale 13
anap 11
Bhaveshgor 11
charlieparr 11
clarky323 11
davethecue 11
dazc 11
DimbleBurbleby 11
eugenespeed 11
HaloJoe 11
Hayden 11
JMTD 11
lauro 11
Pacha67 11
Paul Chuckle 11
spindiddly 11
Terrence Chant 11
TruffleShuffle 11
yakutz 11

Hutchy_Muse, Matthartlane, Thebenster and Xavier Quebeck have each managed a normal max and an uber-max, whilst InTheLoop has managed 2 normal maxes.

Just over half of the players (32 out of 61) have scored points in four of the five fixtures played so far.

Jesus Christ I'm top for a fantasy league,if just for a couple of hours

Have you kicked me out mate

Today's second match:

Uruguay v Costa Rica (Group D)
54 players have gone for Uruguay to win this, 5 have gone for a draw and 2 players have gone for Costa Rica to win. The most popular prediction here is the 3-0 win as 19 players have gone for that. A further 12 players have gone for a 2-0 win, whilst 7 have gone for 2-1 and three players have gone for them to win 1-0. Four players have gone for it to finish as a 1-1 draw. Both the 2-1 and 3-0 Costa Rica wins have been selected once each. 9 of the 14 players going for an uber in this match have gone for Uruguay to win 3-1, whilst two players have gone for a 4-1 win. The 2-2 draw and the 3-2 and 4-0 Uruguay wins have been selected once each.

No - That list is only the top scorers (even if it looks like it has a lot of players in it). We currently have 61 players, so anyone with less than 11 points is not included in the list but are still very much part of the competition (and will be in the full table published at the end of the first round of fixtures). I have you on 8 points currently (meaning you are in joint 32nd place)

In what was arguably the biggest shock so far (and certainly in terms of our predictions) only two players scored any points from Costa Rica's 3-1 win against Uruguay. dtcdtcdtc and InTheLoop were the two players who went for the correct outcome.

The top scores from the first 6 matches are now:

Hutchy_Muse 16
InTheLoop 16
Matthartlane 14
Thebenster 14
Xavier Quebeck 14
-Bandit- 13
beth84 13
fatsi 13
James1953 13
neilwatson 13
O'Neill 13
Realale 13
anap 11
Bhaveshgor 11
charlieparr 11
clarky323 11
davethecue 11
dazc 11
DimbleBurbleby 11
dtcdtcdtc 11
eugenespeed 11
HaloJoe 11
Hayden 11
JMTD 11
lauro 11
Pacha67 11
Paul Chuckle 11
spindiddly 11
Terrence Chant 11
TruffleShuffle 11
yakutz 11

InTheLoop is now alone in having scored points from 5 of the first 6 matches

For the third match today:

England v Italy (Group D)
This match has the most draw predictions of any of the first set of fixtures with 32. There are also 12 players tipping England to win and 17 going for an Italy win. The 1-1 draw is the most popular prediction here as 19 players have gone for that. We also have 10 players going for this match to finish goalless. There are 10 players going for a 2-1 Italy win and 7 going for them to win 1-0. The 1-0 England win has been selected by 7 players, whilst four players have gone for them to win 2-1. Three of the four uber-max predictions are for a 2-2 draw, whilst one player has gone for a 3-2 England win. This match has the joint fewest total number of goals predicted with 111
(53 for England and 58 for Italy)

Apple_Crumble, Chris MacL, Cissy Fairfax, dbal, dean michael, fatsi, HaloJoe, Hutchy_Muse, TruffleShuffle and tso all went for Italy to beat England 2-1. charlieparr, clarky323, DimSum, Matthartlane, Paul Chuckle, spindiddly and Xavier Quebeck were the other players to back Italy and pick up 2 points each.


The leading scores are now:

Hutchy_Muse 21
fatsi 18
HaloJoe 16
InTheLoop 16
Matthartlane 16
TruffleShuffle 16
Xavier Quebeck 16
Thebenster 14
-Bandit- 13
beth84 13
charlieparr 13
Chris MacL 13
clarky323 13
dean michael 13
James1953 13
neilwatson 13
O'Neill 13
Paul Chuckle 13
Realale 13
spindiddly 13
tso 13

Hutchy_Muse has become the first player to manage 3 exact predictions (having gained two normal maxes and an uber).

charlieparr, Chris MacL, dean michael, DimSum, fatsi, Hutchy_Muse, InTheLoop, Paul Chuckle, TruffleShuffle and tso have scored points in 5 of the 7 completed matches so far

You have my permission to leave the next write up until the morning mate

Thanks TC Although, I am still awake and jappy to watch as many matches as I can

So here are the stats for the late, late kick-off:

Ivory Coast v Japan (Group C)
There are 37 players going for Ivory Coast to win, 16 going for a draw and 8 players going for Japan to win. 15 players have gone for a 2-1 Ivory Coast win, 10 for 1-0 and three players have gone for them to win 2-0. There are 10 players going for a 1-1 draw and one player thinks it will finish goalless. Four players have gone for a 2-1 Japan win and one has gone for them to win 1-0. 17 players have gone for an uber-max prediction in the match: 6 have gone for a 3-1 Ivory Coast win, five have gone for a 2-2 draw, three have gone for a 3-2 Ivory Coast win and two players have gone for Japan to win 3-2. There is also one player going for a 4-1 Japan win.

Racist

oops - maybe I am more tired than I realised

The 15 players who got maximum points as Ivory Coast beat Japan 2-1 were: anap, bazzaroo, Darren Lethem, dazc, DimSum, EPY, familyguy8904, Matthartlane, MinkyJoe, Partyanimal, Realale, Renegade Master, Sattrega, Thebenster and WoodsMonk. A further 22 players scored 2 points in this match.


At the half-way stage of the first set of matches the leading scores are:

Hutchy_Muse 23
Matthartlane 21
Thebenster 19
fatsi 18
Realale 18
anap 16
dazc 16
HaloJoe 16
InTheLoop 16
TruffleShuffle 16
Xavier Quebeck 16
beth84 15
charlieparr 15
clarky323 15
dean michael 15
DimSum 15
neilwatson 15
O'Neill 15
spindiddly 15

Hutchy_Muse, Matthartlane amd Thebenster have each gotten 3 matches spot on (2 maxes and an uber in each case).

charlieparr, dean michael, DimSum and Hutchy_Muse have all scored points in 6 of the first 8 ties.

TUE 17 JUN
Brazil 3 V 0 Mexico 20:00

WED 18 JUN
Cameroon 1 V 2 Croatia 23:00
Australia 0 V 4 Netherlands 17:00
Spain 2 V 0 Chile 20:00

THU 19 JUN
Colombia 2 V 0 Ivory Coast 17:00
Japan 1 V 1 Greece 23:00
Uruguay 1 V 3 England 20:00

FRI 20 JUN
Italy 4 V 0 Costa Rica 17:00
Switzerland 1 V 2 France 20:00
Honduras 1 V 1 Ecuador 23:00

SAT 21 JUN
Argentina 6 V 0 Iran 17:00
Nigeria 2 V 2 Bos-Herce 23:00
Germany 5 V 0 Ghana 20:00

SUN 22 JUN
USA 0 V 3 Portugal 23:00
Belgium 2 V 1 Russia 17:00
South Korea 1 V 0 Algeria 20:00

Brazil 3-0 Mexico

Cameroon 0-2 Croatia
Australia 0-4 Netherlands
Spain 1-0 Chile

Colombia 0-0 Ivory Coast
Japan 1-1 Greece
Uruguay 1-2 England

Italy 3-0 Costa Rica
Switzerland 1-2 France
Honduras 0-2 Ecuador

Argentina 6-0 Iran
Nigeria 1-2 Bosnia
Germany 2-0 Ghana

USA 0-1 Portugal
Belgium 1-1 Russia
South Korea 2-0 Algeria

We have three more matches today, starting with:

Switzerland v Ecuador (Group E)
32 players have gone for Switzerland to win this match, 18 have gone for a draw and 11 players have gone for an Ecuador win. 14 players have gone for a 1-0 Switzerland win, 8 have gone for 2-0, 7 have gone for 2-1 and one player has gone for them to win 3-0. We have 11 players going for a 1-1 draw and four going for 0-0. Both the 1-0 and 2-1 Ecuador wins have been selected by five players each, whilst one player has gone for them to win 2-0. Only five players have gone for an uber-max prediction here: three going for a 2-2 draw and two going for Switzerland to win 3-1.

Aaaaaaarrrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhh. There, that's better.

bazzaroo, clarky323, dbal, dean michael, DimSum, Realale and tso all went for Switzerland to beat Ecuador 2-1. A further 25 players scored 2 points.
The very late winner goal saw 11 players lose a max and 7 lose two points.


The leading scores are now:

Hutchy_Muse 25
Realale 23
Matthartlane 21
Thebenster 21
clarky323 20
dean michael 20
DimSum 20
fatsi 20
anap 18
bazzaroo 18
dbal 18
TruffleShuffle 18
tso 18
beth84 17
charlieparr 17
neilwatson 17
O'Neill 17
dazc 16
HaloJoe 16
InTheLoop 16
Xavier Quebeck 16
Chris MacL 15
James1953 15
lauro 15
Paul Chuckle 15
spindiddly 15
WoodsMonk 15

Hutchy_Muse, Matthartlane, Realale and Thebenster all have 2 maxes and an uber each.

charlieparr, dean michael, DimSum and Hutchy_Muse have each scored points from 7 of the 9 matches to date.

Rather surprising we've not had a draw yet....so much for the cautious first round of matches eh

Brazil 1-1 Mexico

Cameroon 0-2 Croatia
Australia 1-3 Netherlands
Spain 1-1 Chile

Colombia 1-2 Ivory Coast
Japan 3-1 Greece
Uruguay 2-2 England

Italy 2-1 Costa Rica
Switzerland 1-3 France
Honduras 0-0 Ecuador

Argentina 5-0 Iran
Nigeria 3-2 Bosnia
Germany 3-2 Ghana

USA 1- 1 Portugal
Belgium 0-0 Russia
South Korea 2-2 Algeria

Not too many players will be hoping the first draw of the tournament occurs in either of the remaining matches today, starting with:

France v Honduras (Group E)
For this match 57 of the 61 predictions are for a France win, whilst the other 4 are for a draw. The 2-0 France win is the most popular prediction here as 22 players have gone for that. A further 14 have gone for a 3-0 win, five for a 1-0 win and four players have gone for a 2-1 win. Both the 0-0 and 1-1 draws have been selected twice each. We have 12 uber-max predictions here: five players have gone for France to win 4-0, four have gone for 3-1, two have gone for a 5-1 win and one player has gone for them to win 6-0. Fewer goals have been predicted for Honduras than for any other country in the first set of group matches (12).

Brazil v Mexico 3-2
Cameroon v Croatia 0-2
Australia v Netherlands 0-4
Spain v Chile 3-2
Columbia v Ivory Coast 1-1
Japan v Greece 1-0
Uruguay v England 1-2
Italy v Costa Rica 2-1
Switzerland v France 1-1
Honduras v Ecuador 1-1
Argentina v Iran 6-0
Nigeria v Bosnia 1-1
Germany v Ghana 2-0
USA v Portugal 1-3
Belgium v Russia 3-1
South Korea v Algeria 3-0

Apple_Crumble, bazzaroo, clarky323, dtcdtcdtc, eugenespeed, familyguy8904, Hibs-kid-2007, InTheLoop, JMTD, neilwatson, Paul Chuckle, Thebenster, tso and Xavier Quebeck all went for France to beat Honduras 3-0. A further 43 players also went for a France win.

After 10 matches the leading scorers are now:

Hutchy_Muse 27
Thebenster 26
clarky323 25
Realale 25
bazzaroo 23
Matthartlane 23
tso 23
dean michael 22
DimSum 22
fatsi 22
neilwatson 22
InTheLoop 21
Xavier Quebeck 21
anap 20
dbal 20
Paul Chuckle 20
beth84 19
charlieparr 19
O'Neill 19
Apple_Crumble 18
dazc 18
dtcdtcdtc 18
HaloJoe 18
JMTD 18
TruffleShuffle 18

Thebenster becomes the first player to register 4 exact predictions (3 maxes and an uber).

charlieparr, dean michael, DimSum and Hutchy_Muse have now claimed points from 8 of the 10 matches