Amended table Next Games Friday 19th August 2016 Man Utd v Southampton 20:00 Saturday 20th August 2016 Stoke v Man City 12:30 Burnley v Liverpool 15:00 Swansea v Hull 15:00 Tottenham v Crystal Palace 15:00 Watford v Chelsea 15:00 West Brom v Everton 15:00 Leicester v Arsenal 17:30 Sunday 21st August 2016 Sunderland v Middlesbrough 13:30 West Ham v Bournemouth 16:00
I've taken Luke's suggestion in the last thread to score 10 for correct result, 40 for exact result. Going to be a big score.
Friday 19th August 2016 Man Utd v Southampton 20:00 - 2-0 Saturday 20th August 2016 Stoke v Man City 12:30 - 1-2 Burnley v Liverpool 15:00 - 1-3 Swansea v Hull 15:00 - 2-0 Tottenham v Crystal Palace 15:00 - 4-1 Watford v Chelsea 15:00 - 1-1 West Brom v Everton 15:00 - 1-2 Leicester v Arsenal 17:30 - 1-2 Sunday 21st August 2016 Sunderland v Middlesbrough 13:30 - 2-2 West Ham v Bournemouth 16:00 - 2-1
Friday 19th August 2016 Man Utd 1 Southampton 1 Saturday 20th August 2016 Stoke 2 Man City 2 Burnley 1 Liverpool 3 Swansea 1 Hull 1 Tottenham 3 Crystal Palace 1 Watford 2 Chelsea 2 West Brom 1 Everton 2 Leicester 2 Arsenal 2 Sunday 21st August 2016 Sunderland 2 Middlesbrough 2 West Ham 2 Bournemouth 1
I think it places too much importance on correct scorelines. Do that and you just get everyone predicting different combinations of 1-1/2-1/2-0 scores like Lawro does every week. Plus the 1 point and 3 points fitted in nicely to the league feel.
Predicting the exact result is far far harder than the just predicting the result so therefore deserves premium points if you get it right. I think the differential should be around 10 to 1 Or you could go for awarding points for goals so that if for example you predict West Brom 2 - 1 Sunderland and the score is that you get 3 points for the goals and say 5 for exact result making 8 if the score 2 - 0 you would score 2 for goals and say 2 points for correct result. Or is that too complex? Since you ask LOL
Yes. He did it last year as well? It has some benefits, as the premium for getting exactly right is more and upping it by a factor gives nice round numbers. Don't really understand why BBC didn't go to 1/4 if it's the differential change they wanted.
Can a mod delete this trouble maker please. Seriously, yes I've thought about this before. My nested "if" statement is complicated enough for me as it is, and my excel skills may struggle with this. But yes, predicting a team score 2, even the overall score is wrong, should be rewarded.
Hang on, I voted for 1/10 and 3/30. I usually get about 6 or 7 results right, but rarely a perfect prediction. The less for a perfect prediction, the better.
Im not too sure SD. Even with the league being more unpredictable than ever before, teams are generally unlikely to score more than 3 goals in a game, home or away. So there's a one in four chance of getting the gs correct - pretty similar to the one in three of getting the result correct although the latter is fundamental to the prediction process whereas the former is more like pot luck. In other news, I've just noticed that I've accidentally wandered into probabilities and should wander back again pronto before I embarrass myself or hurt someone, or both.
