Yours Truly is off to play golf in North Wales from Sunday to Tuesday, so the next update, following this will not be possible until after England’s final match of the tournament against Costa Rica on Tuesday evening.
At least it gives me the opportunity to escape the household and stick for my team still being behind both my son and even worse the wife's teams. Hopefully when I return class will have risen to the top by Tuesday evening !
In Saturday’s matches, Lionel Messi’s late winner for Argentina to save their blushes against Iran meant that 24 out of 25 correctly predicted the result. However, only one team (They Think It’s All Over), correctly predicted the 1-0 score line to pick up a maximum 3 points. 22 teams out of the remaining 24 teams did pick up 2 points each, the only 2 missing out were Pete Foster and Wilmslow Wanderers who predicted that Iran would score.
The second of Saturday’s matches saw Germany take on Ghana in Fortaleza. In one of the most entertaining matches to date Ghana’s 2-2 draw blew the 22 predictions for a German win. Next to the bottom, ‘We’re On The First Plane Home’ were the only team to correctly predict a 2-2 draw to pick up a maximum 3 points. No teams picked up 2 points and 11 failed to pick up any points.
The late kick off between Nigeria and Bosnia Herzegovina was surely one for the diehards in a match described as ‘flaccid’ only two teams (Groucho’s Gooners and I’ll Beat George) correctly predicted the 1-0 win for Ghana.
Sarah Rowley’s lead at the top of the table has been cut to just 2 points courtesy of Groucho Gooners correct prediction which moves him up to second alongside Rio De Timperley
1 Sarah Rowley 39
2 Groucho's Gooners 37
3 Rio De Timperley 36
4 Potters Mould 35
5 Shortdean United 34
6 Gilmore 34
7 The Flaggers 33
8 Mauritian Flyer 33
9 Good Guessers 32
10 The Hand of God 32
11 GC XI 31
12 Barkley's Brave Harts 30
13 Pukka Is Best 30
14 I'll Beat George 29
15 Foz 28
16 Super Doopers 28
17 One Over The Eight 28
18 Phil Jones 27
19 Hardly Athletic 27
20 We're On The First Plane Home 26
21 Timperley Toon 24
22 They Think It's All Over 24
23 Wilmslow Wanderers 23
24 Pete Foster 23
25 All Roads To Rio - BR - 116 23
Sunday sees three matches which complete the second round of fixtures and the potential qualifiers are beginning to take shape.
Belgium v Russia kicks off proceedings in Group H at 5.00pm. Belgium are favourites to come out on top with 15 predictions for a win, with 2-1 being the favoured win margin (8 predictions). We have 8 predictions for a draw with 6 going for 1-1.
The second match in Group H kicks off at 8.00pm in Port Alegre where South Korea take on Algeria. South Korea are again the favourites to win with 15 predictions, the most popularly predicted being 2-0 by 6 of our entrants.
The late kick off match is the USA v Portugal. Can Portugal bounce back from their thrashing at the hands of the Germans ? 21 of you seem to think so by predicting a Portuguese win (7 go for 2-0, 6 for 2-1 and 4 for 3-1) Only one person has gone for a victory by Uncle Sam’s boys and three have opted for the draw.
Day 12 (Monday) sees the beginning of the last round of qualifying matches, with both matches in each group taking place at the same time.
First off at 5.00pm are the matches in Group B with the Aussies taking on the Spanish in Curitiba and The Netherlands against Chile in Sao Paulo.
Australia are no hopers to beat Spain with 24 out of 25 predicting a Spanish victory. 15 of you do not expect the Aussies to hit the back of the Spanish net. The most favoured predictions are 3-0 and 4-1 with 6 and 5 respectively.
18 people predict a Dutch victory over Chile, and 7 go for the draw which means again that no one fancies a Chilean win. 2-1 is the most favoured prediction with 7, and a 3-1 win second with 5.
The 9.00pm kick offs are in Group A where Brazil take on Cameroon and Croatia play Mexico.
23 people expect a win for Brazil and 2 go for a 1-1 draw. 11 of you do not expect Cameroon to register a single goal. The biggest predicted win margin is 5-0.
The Croatia v Mexico result appears more difficult to predict, 10 have gone for a draw, 6 for a win for Croatia and 9 for Mexico. The most predicted result is a 1-1 draw (8 predictions) followed by a 2-1 win for Mexico with 6 predictions.
Tuesday will undoubtedly be unlucky Day 13 for those teams in Groups C & D who will be flying home after failing to qualify.
The takeaway delivery services will be working overtime with the tea time kick offs with already eliminated England’s playing their final match against Costa Rica whilst Italy take on Uruguay in Natal with both teams yet to confirm their place in the knockout stages.
Nationalism /Patriotism rules for Roy Hodgson’s side as 24 out of 25 predict/hope for a victory, that will bring back some pride before departing for the airport. Most popular predicted score line is 2-0 (7 predictions) with 5 going for a 2-1 victory and 4 hoping for a more comfortable 3-1 win.
Meanwhile in Natal, 15 people have gone for a draw between Italy and Uruguay with 8 predictions for a 2-2 draw and 6 for 1-1. 7 punters have gone for an Italian win and 3 for Uruguay.
Group C concludes with Japan v Columbia in Cuiaba and Greece v Ivory Coast in Fortaleza.
10 people have gone for a 1-1 draw between Japan and Columbia with 6 & 7 of you going for Japan and Columbia wins respectively.
The Ivory Coast are favourites to beat Greece with 12 win predictions, 9 go for the draw and 5 for a Greek victory.
The next update on Tuesday evening will cover the 11 matches played on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday so log in to see which of our teams are making the running in our World Cup Prediction Competition, and who will be the teams heading home from Brazil?
Right now here did I put those spare golf balls ?
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