The great World Cup prediction face-off!

There's been a lot of World Cup score predictions going on. Some good, some not so good. Let's put ourselves to the test.

By the end of Wednesday all the teams will have played once, giving everyone a chance to check out their form.

I propose a competition based on predicting the scores of the remaining group games after that point. That's 32 games, people.

Scoring is simple. You guess the score. If you get it exactly right, you get 3 points. If you don't get it right, but it reflects who wins/loses/draws, you get 1 point.

So take the England v Paraguay match, which ended England 1 Paraguay 0. If I'd predicted 1-0 to England, I'd have got 3 points. If I'd predicted any other England win (2-0, 3-1, etc.), I'd have got 1 point. If I'd predicted any draw or Paraguay win, I'd have got nothing.

I'll post a complete list of fixtures in the next thread; all you have to do copy and paste, replacing the x's with numbers.

Deadline for entries, I guess, would be one hour before the first matches start (around midday GMT on Thursday).

Germany v Poland x - x
Ecuador v Costa Rica x - x
England v Trinidad and Tobago x - x
Sweden v Paraguay x - x
Argentina v Serbia and Montenegro x - x
Netherlands v Ivory Coast x - x
Mexico v Angola x - x
Portugal v Iran x - x
Czech Republic v Ghana x - x
Italy v USA x - x
Japan v Croatia x - x
Brazil v Australia x - x
France v Korea Republic x - x
Togo v Switzerland x - x
Saudi Arabia v Ukraine x - x
Spain v Tunisia x - x
Ecuador v Germany x - x
Costa Rica v Poland x - x
Paraguay v Trinidad and Tobago x - x
Sweden v England x - x
Iran v Angola x - x
Portugal v Mexico x - x
Netherlands v Argentina x - x
Ivory Coast v Serbia and Montenegro x - x
Ghana v USA x - x
Czech Republic v Italy x - x
Japan v Brazil x - x
Croatia v Australia x - x
Ukraine v Tunisia x - x
Saudi Arabia v Spain x - x
Togo v France x - x
Switzerland v Korea Republic x - x

Germany v Poland 2 - 0
Ecuador v Costa Rica 1 - 1
England v Trinidad and Tobago 4 - 0
Sweden v Paraguay 2 - 1
Argentina v Serbia and Montenegro 2 - 0
Netherlands v Ivory Coast 2 - 1
Mexico v Angola 2 - 0
Portugal v Iran 3 - 0
Czech Republic v Ghana 2 - 0
Italy v USA 3 - 0
Japan v Croatia 1 - 2
Brazil v Australia 3 - 0
France v Korea Republic 2 - 1
Togo v Switzerland 0 - 2
Saudi Arabia v Ukraine 0 - 3
Spain v Tunisia 2 - 0
Ecuador v Germany 0 - 2
Costa Rica v Poland 0 - 2
Paraguay v Trinidad and Tobago 3 - 0
Sweden v England 1 - 1
Iran v Angola 1 - 1
Portugal v Mexico 2 - 1
Netherlands v Argentina 2 - 2
Ivory Coast v Serbia and Montenegro 1 - 1
Ghana v USA 1 - 1
Czech Republic v Italy 1 - 1
Japan v Brazil 0 - 3
Croatia v Australia 1 - 1
Ukraine v Tunisia 2 - 1
Saudi Arabia v Spain 1 - 3
Togo v France 1 - 4
Switzerland v Korea Republic 1 - 2

Originally posted by dottewell

Germany v Poland 3 - 1
Ecuador v Costa Rica 2 - 0
England v Trinidad and Tobago 3 - 0
Sweden v Paraguay 1 - 0
Argentina v Serbia and Montenegro 2 - 0
Netherlands v Ivory Coast 2 - 1
Mexico v Angola 2 - 0
Portugal v Iran 3 - 0
Czech Republic v Ghana 2 - 0
Italy v USA 2 - 0
Japan v Croatia 1 - 1
Brazil v Australia 3 - 0
France v Korea Republic 2 - 0
Togo v Switzerland 0 - 1
Saudi Arabia v Ukraine 0 - 2
Spain v Tunisia 3 - 0
Ecuador v Germany 0 - 2
Costa Rica v Poland 0 - 2
Paraguay v Trinidad and Tobago 1 - 0
Sweden v England 1 - 1
Iran v Angola 1 - 2
Portugal v Mexico 2 - 1
Netherlands v Argentina 0 - 2
Ivory Coast v Serbia and Montenegro 2 - 1
Ghana v USA 2 - 0
Czech Republic v Italy 1 - 0
Japan v Brazil 0 - 3
Croatia v Australia 1 - 0
Ukraine v Tunisia 2 - 0
Saudi Arabia v Spain 0 - 3
Togo v France 0 - 2
Switzerland v Korea Republic 1 - 0

Didn't put much thought into it, it's a bit long for my current span of attention.

Strangely similar to Freddie's, we even posted it in the same minute. That just shows how little thought I put into it...😞

Originally posted by Palynka
Strangely similar to Freddie's, we even posted it in the same minute. That just shows how little thought I put into it...😞

Germany v Poland 3 - 1
Ecuador v Costa Rica 3 - 1
England v Trinidad and Tobago 2 - 1
Sweden v Paraguay 2 - 2
Argentina v Serbia and Montenegro 2 - 1
Netherlands v Ivory Coast 3 - 1
Mexico v Angola 4 - 2
Portugal v Iran 3 - 0
Czech Republic v Ghana 4 - 0
Italy v USA 2 - 3
Japan v Croatia 2 - 2
Brazil v Australia 4 - 1
France v Korea Republic 3 - 2
Togo v Switzerland 1 - 2
Saudi Arabia v Ukraine 1 - 3
Spain v Tunisia 2 - 0
Ecuador v Germany 2 - 4
Costa Rica v Poland 1 - 3
Paraguay v Trinidad and Tobago 1 - 2
Sweden v England 1 - 2
Iran v Angola 1 - 1
Portugal v Mexico 2 - 3
Netherlands v Argentina 2 - 1
Ivory Coast v Serbia and Montenegro 2 - 2
Ghana v USA 2 - 3
Czech Republic v Italy 4 - 2
Japan v Brazil 1 - 4
Croatia v Australia 3 - 1
Ukraine v Tunisia 3 - 1
Saudi Arabia v Spain 1 - 3
Togo v France 1 - 2
Switzerland v Korea Republic 2 - 1

Originally posted by Freddie2006
I'm glad you respect my views so much you would read through all of my predictions and compare them with yours 😛

Originally posted by Delmer
Germany v Poland 3 - 1
Ecuador v Costa Rica 3 - 1
England v Trinidad and Tobago 2 - 1
Sweden v Paraguay 2 - 2
Argentina v Serbia and Montenegro 2 - 1
Netherlands v Ivory Coast 3 - 1
Mexico v Angola 4 - 2
Portugal v Iran 3 - 0
Czech Republic v Ghana 4 - 0
Italy v USA 2 - 3
Japan v Croatia 2 - 2
Brazil v Australia 4 - 1
France v Korea Repub ...[text shortened]... ia 3 - 1
Saudi Arabia v Spain 1 - 3
Togo v France 1 - 2
Switzerland v Korea Republic 2 - 1

Interesting..

You'll need to keep totting up your own score, which others can check against this thread.

I'm waiting for Ragnorak, who has been pretty accurate to date...

Bluntly, I fear Ragnorak.

Originally posted by Freddie2006
Sorry, but did you watch the U.S.A play today? They don't stand a chance of beating Italy, and might scramble a draw against Ghana, but my money's on a win for Ghana.

Originally posted by Palynka
Del is a recent convert to footie, but still he doesn't shy away from posting his predictions. And everything can happen, so some wishful thinking from him harms no one.

Originally posted by Freddie2006
Sorry, but did you watch the U.S.A play today? They don't stand a chance of beating Italy, and might scramble a draw against Ghana, but my money's on a win for Ghana.

Originally posted by Delmer
Couldn't get it on TV but listened on XM radio and watched real time via the World Cup website. They did not play well at all, but then I didn't know what to expect. However it did seem like I heard an announcer say that the USA was ranked fifth in the world. That couldn't have been right, could it?