... none of our entrants predicted Spain to loose by 5 goals to one !
Welcome to the first update of the TASC World Cup Prediction Competition.
With four matches now completed, we can confirm that we have 25 teams taking part in the competition to predict the correct scores and match results of the initial group stages.
Thank you to all of those who have entered.
The surprise result of the second day was undoubtedly The Netherlands 5-1 annihilation of Spain
Not surprisingly, no one correctly predicted the Dutch’s demolition of current world champions. In fact not one of all 25 entrants predicted a win for the Netherlands by any score !
In the earlier kick off, only 2 people correctly predicted a 1-0 victory for Mexico, although only 2 people failed to pick up at least 1 point.
The final match of the second day saw Chile take on Australia and win 3-1 with just two fully correct score predictions.
So after the results of the first 4 matches means that the first league table looks like this:
The Hand of God 8
Good Guessers 8
They Think It's All Over 7
Gilmore 6
One Over The Eight 6
GC XI 6
Wilmslow Wanderers 6
The Flaggers 5
We're On The First Plane Home 5
Super Doopers 5
Rio De Timperley 5
Mauritian Flyer 5
Groucho's Gooners 5
Sarah Rowley 5
Foz 5
I'll Beat George 5
Shortdean United 4
Hardly Athletic 4
Phil Jones 4
Pukka Is Best 4
Barkley's Brave Harts 4
Pete Foster 4
All Roads To Rip - BR - 116 3
Potters Mould 3
Timperley Toon 2
Saturday sees three matches with Columbia taking on Greece in the early kick off, followed by Uruguay v Costa Rica at 8.00pm and the big match last off at 11.00pm when England open their campaign against Italy.
5 people have predicted Columbia v Greece to finish as a goal less draw with only 4 going for a Greek victory.
No one gives Costa Rica a chance of beating Uruguay although 4 have gone for a draw. The biggest predicted victory margin is 6-0.
In the big match between England and Italy, 10 out of 25 have gone for a 1-1 draw with a further 6 predicting an England victory by 2-1. Only 3 entrants have gone for an Italian win.
The next update will be posted after the above mentioned matches.