Champions League predictions - qualifying rounds

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by Paul
Actually you also made some 0-1 predictions in that week. You got the second highest score for that week. Just for fun I changed all your predictions for last season to 1-0 home victories and you would have won with 348 points, assuming that you would have kept the same predictions for group winners, CL winner and top scorer.

Anyway, here's my set of predictions before I forget all about them:

Wednesday, 17-07-2002:
1 Tampere United FC (FIN) v FC Pyunik (ARM) 1-0
2 FC Skonto (LAT) v Barry Town AFC (WAL) 1-0
3 Portadown FC (NIR) v FC Belshina Bobruisk (BLS) 1-0
4 F91 Dudelange (LUX) v FK Vardar (MKD) 0-0
5 FBK Kaunas (LIT) v KS Dinamo Tirana (ALB) 0-0
6 FC Flora (EST) v APOEL Nicosia FC (CYP) 0-1
7 FK Zeljeznicar (BHZ) v ÍA Akranes (ISL) 0-1
8 Hibernians FC (MLT) v Shelbourne FC (IRL) 0-0
9 FC Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) v B36 Tórshavn (FAR) 2-0
10 FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MOL) v FC Zhenis Astana (KAZ) 1-0

Wednesday, 24-07-2002:
1 FC Pyunik (ARM) v Tampere United FC (FIN) 0-0
2 Barry Town AFC (WAL) v FC Skonto (LAT) 1-1
3 FC Belshina Bobruisk (BLS) v Portadown FC (NIR) 0-0
4 FK Vardar (MKD) v F91 Dudelange (LUX) 1-1
5 KS Dinamo Tirana (ALB) v FBK Kaunas (LIT) 1-0
6 APOEL Nicosia FC (CYP) v FC Flora (EST) 2-0
7 ÍA Akranes (ISL) v FK Zeljeznicar (BHZ) 1-0
8 Shelbourne FC (IRL) v Hibernians FC (MLT) 1-0
9 B36 Tórshavn (FAR) v FC Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) 0-1
10 FC Zhenis Astana (KAZ) v FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MOL) 0-0

[Eli]

Originally posted by Paul

Actually you also made some 0-1 predictions in that week. You got the second highest score for that week. Just for fun I changed all your predictions for last season to 1-0 home victories and you would have won with 348 points, assuming that you would have kept the same predictions for group winners, CL winner and top scorer.

You know... I'm gonna try this. At least for this round, when 90% of the teams are anonymous.

Wednesday, 17-07-2002:
1 Tampere United FC (FIN) v FC Pyunik (ARM) 1-0
2 FC Skonto (LAT) v Barry Town AFC (WAL) 1-0
3 Portadown FC (NIR) v FC Belshina Bobruisk (BLS) 1-0
4 F91 Dudelange (LUX) v FK Vardar (MKD) 1-0
5 FBK Kaunas (LIT) v KS Dinamo Tirana (ALB) 1-0
6 FC Flora (EST) v APOEL Nicosia FC (CYP) 1-0
7 FK Zeljeznicar (BHZ) v ÍA Akranes (ISL) 1-0
8 Hibernians FC (MLT) v Shelbourne FC (IRL)1-0
9 FC Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) v B36 Tórshavn (FAR) 1-0
10 FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MOL) v FC Zhenis Astana (KAZ) 1-0

Wednesday, 24-07-2002:
1 FC Pyunik (ARM) v Tampere United FC (FIN) 1-0
2 Barry Town AFC (WAL) v FC Skonto (LAT) 1-0
3 FC Belshina Bobruisk (BLS) v Portadown FC (NIR) 1-0
4 FK Vardar (MKD) v F91 Dudelange (LUX) 1-0
5 KS Dinamo Tirana (ALB) v FBK Kaunas (LIT) 1-0
6 APOEL Nicosia FC (CYP) v FC Flora (EST) 1-0
7 ÍA Akranes (ISL) v FK Zeljeznicar (BHZ) 1-0
8 Shelbourne FC (IRL) v Hibernians FC (MLT)1-0
9 B36 Tórshavn (FAR) v FC Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) 1-0
10 FC Zhenis Astana (KAZ) v FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MOL) 1-0

Wednesday, 31-07-2002:
Zalaegerszegi TE (HUN) v NK Zagreb (CRO) 1-0
Club Brugge FC (BEL) v FC Dinamo Bucuresti (ROM) 1-0
MŠK Zilina (SVK) v FC Basel (SUI) 1-0
Winners match 2 v PFC Levski Sofia (BUL) 1-0
FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) v Winners match 1 1-0
Brøndby IF (DEN) v Winners match 5 1-0
NK Maribor (SLO) v Winners match 6 1-0
Winners match 4 v Legia Warszawa (POL) 1-0
Boavista FC (POR) v Winners match 8 1-0
Maccabi Haifa (ISR) v Winners match 3 1-0
Lillestrøm SK (NOR) v Winners match 7 1-0
Hammarby IF FF (SWE) v FK Partizan (YUG) 1-0
AC Sparta Praha (CZE) v Winners match 9 1-0
Winners match 10 v Grazer AK (AUT) 1-0

Wednesday, 07-08-2002:
NK Zagreb (CRO) v Zalaegerszegi TE (HUN) 1-0
FC Dinamo Bucuresti (ROM) v Club Brugge FC (BEL) 1-0
FC Basel (SUI) v MŠK Zilina (SVK) 1-0
PFC Levski Sofia (BUL) v Winners match 2 1-0
Winners match 1 v FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 1-0
Winners match 5 v Brøndby IF (DEN) 1-0
Winners match 6 v NK Maribor (SLO) 1-0
Legia Warszawa (POL) v Winners match 4 1-0
Winners match 8 v Boavista FC (POR) 1-0
Winners match 3 v Maccabi Haifa (ISR) 0-2(small exception )
Winners match 7 v Lillestrøm SK (NOR) 1-0
FK Partizan (YUG) v Hammarby IF FF (SWE) 1-0
Winners match 9 v AC Sparta Praha (CZE) 1-0
Grazer AK (AUT) v Winners match 10 1-0

[Robert]

After this round we must see which tactic is better,
the 1-0 one, or the 1-1 one.

[Dauphin]

Re: Champions League predictions - qualifying rounds

Wednesday, 17-07-2002:
1 Tampere United FC (FIN) v FC Pyunik (ARM) 1-0
2 FC Skonto (LAT) v Barry Town AFC (WAL) 1-1
3 Portadown FC (NIR) v FC Belshina Bobruisk (BLS) 2-1
4 F91 Dudelange (LUX) v FK Vardar (MKD) 1-0
5 FBK Kaunas (LIT) v KS Dinamo Tirana (ALB) 0-2
6 FC Flora (EST) v APOEL Nicosia FC (CYP) 0-2
7 FK Zeljeznicar (BHZ) v ÍA Akranes (ISL) 1-3
8 Hibernians FC (MLT) v Shelbourne FC (IRL) 0-2
9 FC Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) v B36 Tórshavn (FAR) 5-1
10 FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MOL) v FC Zhenis Astana (KAZ) 3-3

Wednesday, 24-07-2002:
1 FC Pyunik (ARM) v Tampere United FC (FIN) 1-2
2 Barry Town AFC (WAL) v FC Skonto (LAT) 2-1
3 FC Belshina Bobruisk (BLS) v Portadown FC (NIR) 1-3
4 FK Vardar (MKD) v F91 Dudelange (LUX) 2-2
5 KS Dinamo Tirana (ALB) v FBK Kaunas (LIT) 3-1
6 APOEL Nicosia FC (CYP) v FC Flora (EST) 2-0
7 ÍA Akranes (ISL) v FK Zeljeznicar (BHZ) 4-0
8 Shelbourne FC (IRL) v Hibernians FC (MLT) 3-1
9 B36 Tórshavn (FAR) v FC Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) 0-2
10 FC Zhenis Astana (KAZ) v FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MOL) 2-2

[Footie Mad]

Wednesday, 17-07-2002:
1 Tampere United FC (FIN) v FC Pyunik (ARM) 3-1
2 FC Skonto (LAT) v Barry Town AFC (WAL) 1-1
3 Portadown FC (NIR) v FC Belshina Bobruisk (BLS) 0-0
4 F91 Dudelange (LUX) v FK Vardar (MKD) 0-1
5 FBK Kaunas (LIT) v KS Dinamo Tirana (ALB) 1-1
6 FC Flora (EST) v APOEL Nicosia FC (CYP) 1-1
7 FK Zeljeznicar (BHZ) v ÍA Akranes (ISL) 0-0
8 Hibernians FC (MLT) v Shelbourne FC (IRL) 2-0
9 FC Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) v B36 Tórshavn (FAR) 2-0
10 FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MOL) v FC Zhenis Astana (KAZ) 3-0

Wednesday, 24-07-2002:
1 FC Pyunik (ARM) v Tampere United FC (FIN) 1-1
2 Barry Town AFC (WAL) v FC Skonto (LAT) 2-1
3 FC Belshina Bobruisk (BLS) v Portadown FC (NIR) 0-0
4 FK Vardar (MKD) v F91 Dudelange (LUX) 4-0
5 KS Dinamo Tirana (ALB) v FBK Kaunas (LIT) 2-0
6 APOEL Nicosia FC (CYP) v FC Flora (EST) 2-2
7 ÍA Akranes (ISL) v FK Zeljeznicar (BHZ) 2-0
8 Shelbourne FC (IRL) v Hibernians FC (MLT) 1-1
9 B36 Tórshavn (FAR) v FC Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) 1-2
10 FC Zhenis Astana (KAZ) v FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MOL) 1-1

[Locutus]

Re: Champions League predictions - qualifying rounds

What the heck. Every competition needs a loser so I might as well join in this year:

Wednesday, 17-07-2002:
1 Tampere United FC (FIN) v FC Pyunik (ARM) 1-0
2 FC Skonto (LAT) v Barry Town AFC (WAL) 1-2
3 Portadown FC (NIR) v FC Belshina Bobruisk (BLS) 1-0
4 F91 Dudelange (LUX) v FK Vardar (MKD) 1-2
5 FBK Kaunas (LIT) v KS Dinamo Tirana (ALB) 1-0
6 FC Flora (EST) v APOEL Nicosia FC (CYP) 2-0
7 FK Zeljeznicar (BHZ) v ÍA Akranes (ISL) 0-1
8 Hibernians FC (MLT) v Shelbourne FC (IRL) 0-2
9 FC Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) v B36 Tórshavn (FAR) 2-0
10 FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MOL) v FC Zhenis Astana (KAZ) 1-0

Wednesday, 24-07-2002:
1 FC Pyunik (ARM) v Tampere United FC (FIN) 1-2
2 Barry Town AFC (WAL) v FC Skonto (LAT) 2-0
3 FC Belshina Bobruisk (BLS) v Portadown FC (NIR) 1-1
4 FK Vardar (MKD) v F91 Dudelange (LUX) 2-0
5 KS Dinamo Tirana (ALB) v FBK Kaunas (LIT) 1-0
6 APOEL Nicosia FC (CYP) v FC Flora (EST) 0-2
7 ÍA Akranes (ISL) v FK Zeljeznicar (BHZ) 2-1
8 Shelbourne FC (IRL) v Hibernians FC (MLT) 3-0
9 B36 Tórshavn (FAR) v FC Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) 0-1
10 FC Zhenis Astana (KAZ) v FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MOL) 1-0

F*ck the clubs, it took me a lot of time to figure out what some of these countries where

[*End Is Forever*]

Okay, here goes nothing... just the first two weeks' matches I think.

Wednesday, 17-07-2002:
1 Tampere United FC (FIN) v FC Pyunik (ARM) 3-0
2 FC Skonto (LAT) v Barry Town AFC (WAL) 3-0
3 Portadown FC (NIR) v FC Belshina Bobruisk (BLS) 1-1
4 F91 Dudelange (LUX) v FK Vardar (MKD) 1-1
5 FBK Kaunas (LIT) v KS Dinamo Tirana (ALB) 0-2
6 FC Flora (EST) v APOEL Nicosia FC (CYP) 1-1
7 FK Zeljeznicar (BHZ) v ÍA Akranes (ISL) 0-1
8 Hibernians FC (MLT) v Shelbourne FC (IRL) 1-1
9 FC Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) v B36 Tórshavn (FAR) 1-0
10 FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MOL) v FC Zhenis Astana (KAZ) 1-0

Wednesday, 24-07-2002:
1 FC Pyunik (ARM) v Tampere United FC (FIN) 0-2
2 Barry Town AFC (WAL) v FC Skonto (LAT) 1-1
3 FC Belshina Bobruisk (BLS) v Portadown FC (NIR) 1-1
4 FK Vardar (MKD) v F91 Dudelange (LUX) 1-0
5 KS Dinamo Tirana (ALB) v FBK Kaunas (LIT) 3-0
6 APOEL Nicosia FC (CYP) v FC Flora (EST) 2-1
7 ÍA Akranes (ISL) v FK Zeljeznicar (BHZ) 2-1
8 Shelbourne FC (IRL) v Hibernians FC (MLT) 1-1
9 B36 Tórshavn (FAR) v FC Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) 0-1
10 FC Zhenis Astana (KAZ) v FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MOL) 1-0

[Paul]

Bumping this because the matches will be played next week and I would normally have posted the thread around this time.

I also did some more research into the 1-0 tactic and last season it would have been most effective if it had been used starting with the group matches. In the qualifying rounds my own predictions far outperformed the 1-0 tactic.

[MikeH]

I'm mainly using it here because I know so little about the teams.

[Robert]

And what about my 1-1 tactic Paul?

[Paul]

I tried a few things with last season's results and predicting 1-0 for all matches gave the best results, followed by 2-1 and 2-0. I didn't try other home win scores, but I did try 0-0 and 1-1 but they gave far worse results.

[Paul]

If the kick-off times on the BBC are reliable, you have 24 hours to post your predictions.

[yaroslav]

My predictions. I will not try 'all 1-0' tactic. I'll try some strange results and see if I'm lucky.

Wednesday, 17-07-2002:
1 Tampere United FC (FIN) v FC Pyunik (ARM) 1-0
2 FC Skonto (LAT) v Barry Town AFC (WAL) 0-1
3 Portadown FC (NIR) v FC Belshina Bobruisk (BLS) 1-0
4 F91 Dudelange (LUX) v FK Vardar (MKD) 0-1
5 FBK Kaunas (LIT) v KS Dinamo Tirana (ALB) 1-2
6 FC Flora (EST) v APOEL Nicosia FC (CYP) 0-1
7 FK Zeljeznicar (BHZ) v ÍA Akranes (ISL) 1-0
8 Hibernians FC (MLT) v Shelbourne FC (IRL) 0-2
9 FC Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) v B36 Tórshavn (FAR) 1-0
10 FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MOL) v FC Zhenis Astana (KAZ) 1-0

Wednesday, 24-07-2002:
1 FC Pyunik (ARM) v Tampere United FC (FIN) 1-1
2 Barry Town AFC (WAL) v FC Skonto (LAT) 1-0
3 FC Belshina Bobruisk (BLS) v Portadown FC (NIR) 1-0
4 FK Vardar (MKD) v F91 Dudelange (LUX) 2-0
5 KS Dinamo Tirana (ALB) v FBK Kaunas (LIT) 1-0
6 APOEL Nicosia FC (CYP) v FC Flora (EST) 2-0
7 ÍA Akranes (ISL) v FK Zeljeznicar (BHZ) 1-0
8 Shelbourne FC (IRL) v Hibernians FC (MLT)2-0
9 B36 Tórshavn (FAR) v FC Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) 1-0
10 FC Zhenis Astana (KAZ) v FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MOL) 1-0

Wednesday, 31-07-2002:
Zalaegerszegi TE (HUN) v NK Zagreb (CRO) 1-0
Club Brugge FC (BEL) v FC Dinamo Bucuresti (ROM) 2-1
MŠK Zilina (SVK) v FC Basel (SUI) 1-0
Winners match 2 v PFC Levski Sofia (BUL) 1-2
FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) v Winners match 1 2-0
Brøndby IF (DEN) v Winners match 5 1-0
NK Maribor (SLO) v Winners match 6 1-0
Winners match 4 v Legia Warszawa (POL) 1-0
Boavista FC (POR) v Winners match 8 1-0
Maccabi Haifa (ISR) v Winners match 3 3-1
Lillestrøm SK (NOR) v Winners match 7 0-1
Hammarby IF FF (SWE) v FK Partizan (YUG) 1-0
AC Sparta Praha (CZE) v Winners match 9 1-0
Winners match 10 v Grazer AK (AUT) 1-1

Wednesday, 07-08-2002:
NK Zagreb (CRO) v Zalaegerszegi TE (HUN) 1-0
FC Dinamo Bucuresti (ROM) v Club Brugge FC (BEL) 1-0
FC Basel (SUI) v MŠK Zilina (SVK) 1-0
PFC Levski Sofia (BUL) v Winners match 2 1-0
Winners match 1 v FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 1-2
Winners match 5 v Brøndby IF (DEN) 1-0
Winners match 6 v NK Maribor (SLO) 1-0
Legia Warszawa (POL) v Winners match 4 1-0
Winners match 8 v Boavista FC (POR) 1-0
Winners match 3 v Maccabi Haifa (ISR) 1-2
Winners match 7 v Lillestrøm SK (NOR) 1-0
FK Partizan (YUG) v Hammarby IF FF (SWE) 1-0
Winners match 9 v AC Sparta Praha (CZE) 1-2
Grazer AK (AUT) v Winners match 10 1-0

[yaroslav]

Good luck to everybody!

[Robert]

I'll try 1-1 anyway. I'd rather be behind on MikeH, then following him as a slave.