Steve Foster
Well-known member
By popular demand, the Score Predictor will be up & running for each & every World Cup game. The poll will be post 3 days before each match.
There are not many rules!
You just have to post a score before kickoff. All scores are after 90 minutes (+ injury times).
If you correctly get a score correct - you win a POINT!
The winner at the end of the campaign will have the honour of being the FIRST World Cup Score Predictor Champion!
If you believe the score will be anything other than the poll - you need to state your full time score!
The opening fixture has Brazil v Croatia.
The hosts are one of the favourites for the tournament and boast an 11-year unbeaten record on home soil, but Brazil will be looking to banish memories of hosting the 1950 World Cup, when they were beaten by Uruguay in the final game.
The flicks and tricks remain second nature, but this Brazil side is also resilient and well organised, moulded by the pragmatism of 2002 World Cup-winning coach Luiz Felipe Scolari.
Scolari has the required major tournament know-how, the players are talented and well-drilled, a passionate home crowd will surely inspire the team and even the iconic yellow jerseys can intimidate the opposition.
Croatia
Semi-finalists at the 1998 World Cup in France, Croatia have struggled on football's biggest stage ever since and only just qualified for Brazil by beating minnows Iceland in a play-off.
Mario Mandzukic, 28, averaged better than a goal every other game in 2013, helping Bayern Munich win a historic treble and top scoring for Croatia with four goals in qualifying. The goals have dried up recently, though, registering just twice in his last 11 appearances.
Bayern coach Pep Guardiola says "there is nobody better in the air in the world" than the striker, but his red card for a studs-up lunge in the play-off win over Iceland will limit his World Cup involvement
There are not many rules!
You just have to post a score before kickoff. All scores are after 90 minutes (+ injury times).
If you correctly get a score correct - you win a POINT!
The winner at the end of the campaign will have the honour of being the FIRST World Cup Score Predictor Champion!
If you believe the score will be anything other than the poll - you need to state your full time score!
The opening fixture has Brazil v Croatia.
The hosts are one of the favourites for the tournament and boast an 11-year unbeaten record on home soil, but Brazil will be looking to banish memories of hosting the 1950 World Cup, when they were beaten by Uruguay in the final game.
The flicks and tricks remain second nature, but this Brazil side is also resilient and well organised, moulded by the pragmatism of 2002 World Cup-winning coach Luiz Felipe Scolari.
Scolari has the required major tournament know-how, the players are talented and well-drilled, a passionate home crowd will surely inspire the team and even the iconic yellow jerseys can intimidate the opposition.
Croatia
Semi-finalists at the 1998 World Cup in France, Croatia have struggled on football's biggest stage ever since and only just qualified for Brazil by beating minnows Iceland in a play-off.
Mario Mandzukic, 28, averaged better than a goal every other game in 2013, helping Bayern Munich win a historic treble and top scoring for Croatia with four goals in qualifying. The goals have dried up recently, though, registering just twice in his last 11 appearances.
Bayern coach Pep Guardiola says "there is nobody better in the air in the world" than the striker, but his red card for a studs-up lunge in the play-off win over Iceland will limit his World Cup involvement
