Prediction League World Cup week 1 - 14-18 June

Hello and welcome to the new edition of the Prediction League...!!

The regular posters will know that RAWMOK has stepped down after running the prediction league since it's inception and I have therefore volunteered to take over when the new season starts in August.

But before then there is the small matter of the World Cup and I thought it would be good to have a prediction league running for the duration of the tournament.

As before, everyone is welcome to play whether you just want to play the odd week or whether you are aiming for the title of World Cup Prediction League champion.

The game weeks for the World Cup competition will be as follows:

Week 1 - 14-18 June
Week 2 - 23-24 June
Week 3 (Last 16) - 30 June-3 July
Week 4 (QFs) - 6-7 July
Week 5 (SFs) - 10-11 July
Week 6 (3rd/4th & Final) - 14-15 July

The format of the predictions will remain the same as previous editions with the usual 3 sets of outcomes to predict.

So here goes for the first set of predictions:

GAME 1
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Predict the scores for the following 8 fixtures
Play your joker against your most confident prediction to double points

Russia v Saudi Arabia
Portugal v Spain
France v Australia
Argentina v Iceland
Costa Rica v Serbia
Germany v Mexico
Brazil v Switzerland
Tunisia v England


GAME 2 - 'home' team is listed first
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a) Name any one player to score for their home team in any of the above fixtures

b) Name any one player to score for their away team in any of the above fixtures


GAME 3
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Bonus points - pick ONE game from the 8 listed score prediction fixtures in Game 1 and the total goals scored in that match will be added to your weekly total


SCORING & RULES
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Game 1 - 3 points for each exact score prediction or 1 point for a correct result prediction (ie. home win, away win or draw). Play your joker against one of the fixtures to double your points for that fixture

Game 2 - 2 points for a correct 'home' goalscorer and 3 points for a correct 'away' goalscorer

Game 3 - goals scored in selected fixture will be added to your points total

BONUS POINTS
Game 1 - 5 bonus points for correctly predicting all 8 results. 2 bonus points for correctly predicting 3 or more scores

Game 2 - 1 bonus point for correctly predicting both goalscorers


POSTS CANNOT BE EDITED AFTER THE FIRST FIXTURE HAS KICKED OFF. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES THEN CREATE A NEW POST.


Think that's about it. GOOD LUCK to you all

 

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Hi jackski!

well done!

I was thinking of a game 4 where you predict the England starting 11? One point for each correct player, lose all the points if you get one wrong?

 

F

So not one for each player just 11 or none

Fair play Jack, I'll do mine nearer the time.

 

you know what i meant! I think

 

Russia v Saudi Arabia. 2-0
Portugal v Spain. 1-1
France v Australia. 2-0
Argentina v Iceland. 3-1
Costa Rica v Serbia. 1-1
Germany v Mexico. 2-0 (j)
Brazil v Switzerland. 3-0
Tunisia v England. 0-1

Messi (Argentina)
Kane (England)

Argentina v Iceland

 

GAME 1
Russia v Saudi Arabia 4-1
Portugal v Spain 1-2
France v Australia 4-2
Argentina v Iceland 4-1
Costa Rica v Serbia 2-2
Germany v Mexico 3-2
Brazil v Switzerland 4-1
Tunisia v England 1-2 (J)

GAME 2
a) Griezmann (France)
b) Asensio (Spain)

GAME 3
Argentina v Iceland

Cheers Jacksk1!

 

Russia v Saudi Arabia. 3-0
Portugal v Spain. 1-2
France v Australia. 2-0
Argentina v Iceland. 3-1
Costa Rica v Serbia. 1-1
Germany v Mexico. 3-0 (j)
Brazil v Switzerland. 3-0
Tunisia v England. 0-1

Messi (Argentina)
Kane (England)

Argentina v Iceland

 

Russia v Saudi Arabia. 2-0
Portugal v Spain. 0-2
France v Australia. 2-0
Argentina v Iceland. 2-0
Costa Rica v Serbia. 0-2
Germany v Mexico. 2-0
Brazil v Switzerland. 2-0 (j)
Tunisia v England. 0-2

Kane (England)
Muller (Germany)

Brazil v Switzerland

I’ve edited my away team striker

 

Russia v Saudi Arabia. 2-0(j)
Portugal v Spain. 1-2
France v Australia. 3-0
Argentina v Iceland. 2-0
Costa Rica v Serbia. 0-1
Germany v Mexico. 4-0
Brazil v Switzerland. 4-0
Tunisia v England. 1-1


Aguero
Kane

Germany v Mexico

 

GAME 1
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Predict the scores for the following 8 fixtures
Play your joker against your most confident prediction to double points

Russia v Saudi Arabia 2-1
Portugal v Spain 1-1
France v Australia 3-0 (J)
Argentina v Iceland 2-1
Costa Rica v Serbia 1-2
Germany v Mexico 2-1
Brazil v Switzerland 3-1
Tunisia v England 0-2


GAME 2 - 'home' team is listed first
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a) Name any one player to score for their home team in any of the above fixtures Griezmann (France)

b) Name any one player to score for their away team in any of the above fixtures Kane (England)


GAME 3
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Bonus points - pick ONE game from the 8 listed score prediction fixtures in Game 1 and the total goals scored in that match will be added to your weekly total
France v Australia

 

Game 1:

Russia v Saudi Arabia 1-0
Portugal v Spain 1-2
France v Australia 3-0
Argentina v Iceland 4-2
Costa Rica v Serbia 1-1
Germany v Mexico 2-0 (J)
Brazil v Switzerland 1-0
Tunisia v England 0-1

GAME 2:

A) Muller
B) Costa

GAME 3:

Argies v Iceland






Cheers Jack

 

Quick question @jacksk1 which isn't for this round but for future rounds, if Russia are listed 2nd for any matches then surely they're still considered the home team?

 

1.

2-0
1-1
3-0
3-0
0-1
3-0
3-0-J
0-2

2.

Home - Messi
Away - Kane

3.

Tun v Eng

 

GAME 2 - 'home' team is listed first

 

Russia v Saudi Arabia. 3-0 (j)
Portugal v Spain. 1-2
France v Australia. 3-1
Argentina v Iceland. 3-1
Costa Rica v Serbia. 1-1
Germany v Mexico. 4-1
Brazil v Switzerland. 3-1
Tunisia v England. 0-2

Mbappe (France)
Kane (England)

France vs Australia

 

Yeah but surely there's an exception for Russia as they actually are the home team!

 

Game 1:

Russia v Saudi Arabia 1-1
Portugal v Spain 2-1
France v Australia 3-0 (J)
Argentina v Iceland 2-1
Costa Rica v Serbia 0-3
Germany v Mexico 2-1
Brazil v Switzerland 3-0
Tunisia v England 2-2

GAME 2:
A) Jesus (Brazil)
B) Mitrovic (Serbia)

GAME 3:
Costa Rica v Serbia

 

GAME 1
Russia v Saudi Arabia 3-1
Portugal v Spain 2-1
France v Australia 3-1
Argentina v Iceland 3-1 (J)
Costa Rica v Serbia 2-3
Germany v Mexico 3-1
Brazil v Switzerland 4-0
Tunisia v England 1-2

GAME 2
a) Messi (Argentina)
b) Kane (England)

GAME 3
Argentina v Iceland

 

Thanks for all the entries so far

To clarify on TLL's question, the 'home' team is always listed first for any given fixture so in the following scenario Russia are the 'away' team even though they are technically playing at home:

Uruguay v Russia

Any other questions just give me a shout.