Prediction League Round 1

Are you football crazy? Do you want to have some fun? Then why don't you play in our Prediction League? Its bound to be fun, and you are sure to make new friends!

Some of my football fanatic friends and myself thought about how to take our passion of football a step further, and how to stop swearing at each other via MSN, and came up with this idea! For each match day, there will be a list of fixtures on the blog of one among us, where you will be able to predict the scores in your comments. For the time being we are starting with the English Premier League, but other matches also will be added as the season progresses, like FA Cup matches, Champions League matches, and International matches.

Points will be awarded as follows in our Prediction League:
- For a correct prediction for a match, you get 3 pts
- For correctly identifying the goalscorer, you get 1 additional pt [You need to be explicit, for e.g if Arsenal wins 3-0, and you put Hleb and Rosicky as scorers, you will NOT be awarded any points even if they scored. You should put the name of the goalscorer and the numbers of goals he'll score besides his name, like Hleb(2)]
- You may opt not to name the scorers, but remember that others might be correctly naming the scorers and getting more points
- If your score prediction is not correct, but your goalscorer prection is correct, you will only get points for guessing the correct scorer
- For correctly identifying someone who is sent off, you get 2 pts
- For contentious decisions or disagreements, we will seek opinions from everybody related to this post, and the decision taken from this step will be final.
- These set of rules may be amended to add more FUN!

8 teams from the Premier League have been selected, and you have to guess their scores and their scorers. These teams are:
Manchester United - Will they be Champs?
Arsenal - Will they be Champs?
Chelsea - Will they be Champs?
Liverpool - Will they be Champs?
Everton - Will they finish 4th?
Aston Villa - Will they finish 4th?
Manchester City - Will they finish 4th?
Derby County - Will they win?

How to play?

List of fixtures in the post:
Man Utd v/s Bolton
Arsenal v/s Chelsea
Liverpool v/s Man City
Everton v/s Aston Villa
Sunderland v/s Derby

In your comment, you have to write something like this or which anyone can understand:
Man Utd 4 Tevez(3), Rooney(1)
Bolton 0
IF this match finishes 4-0 for Man United, you will get 3 pts. If Tevez scores 3 goals, you will get an additional 1 pt, if Rooney scores 1 goal, you will get another point. Total Score : 5 pts

Arsenal 2 Adebayor(2)
Chelsea 1
IF this match finishes 2-1 for Arsenal, you will get 3 pts, and if Adebayor scores only 1 goal, you will NOT get additional marks. Total Score : 3 pts

Liverpool 5 Crouch(3), Torres(2)
Man City 0

Everton 0
Aston Villa 0

Sunderland 1
Dervy 0

If you do not understand something, please leave your question in a comment.

The Game Starts here!

Fixtures for Saturday 19 January 2008

1. Birmingham City v/s Chelsea
2. Fulham v/s Arsenal
3. Portsmouth v/s Derby County
4. Reading v/s Manchester United


Fixtures for Sunday 20 January 2008

1. Wigan Athletic v/s Everton
2. Manchester City v/s West Ham United

Fixtures for Monday 21 January 2009

1. Liverpool v/s Aston Villa

So, start predicting now, and have fun!
See if you are better than your friends!
Scores will be tabulated in last comment


Next Round of the Prediction League will be on : Nitish's Blog

The current table is a follows:

1.Noow 6 pts
2.Nitish 3 pts
3.Kamal 1 pt
4.Preetesh 1 pt
5.Sachin 0 pt
6.Vikram 0 pt

Please check the comments to find what the players had forecast.