Sportsbet.io's FIFA World Cup 22 Prediction Pool Discussion thread

[swogerino]

I was one of only 4 in the pool who predicted a draw in the Japan vs Costa Rica game.Would have been good to steal points for a draw there. Thanks a lot Costa Rica, 81st minute winner with their first shot on target in the competition so far

No, real credit & congratulations to Costa Rica.

Theirs is one of the closest groups, Germany are in real trouble now though. If they lose to Spain later today then they will be knocked out in the group stage.

Too lazy to check, but if someone was so bold that he predicted the victory of Costa Rica, then I am ready to congratulate him. After 0-7 from Spain it was 200 IQ move 
By the way, doesn't Germany need only victory today? After all, if it plays a draw, then its fate will not be completely in its hands and will depend on the games of other teams.

Germany are in deep trouble yeah. I’m not sure of the exact ramifications if they fail to win today but I know 100% that if they lose to Spain they are out.

I think Germany will win tonight or at least get a draw and I exclude a lost game for them.I think that Belgium lost game is more significant against Morocco and while Eden Hazard was busy to criticize Germany for doing political gestures rather than playing football his own team got a humiliating defeat right now.This clearly showed that Belgium team is ageing and this golden group shows no more signs of life,I don't know how many more years we will have to wait for such a group to be active again for a country like Belgium.They stand absolutely no chance against Croatia in the last group game so most probably they will be out of the World Cup during the group stages and won't go further.

[famososMuertos]

...//...it's the world cup, isn't it!?  It is the genuine idea of ​​ World Cup, that each team can beat their opponent regardless of the hierarchy of the other team.  I think that in every game we expect this type of feat.

 This has been demonstrated today by Costa Rica and along those lines by Japan, KSA, Iran, Morocco, Canada?

I made last minute adjustments and put in my final score 1x2 (Can).  
Pool: ( CRC+ MOR) 6 points that would have given a significant advantage or a great comeback for any of the participants.

[casperBGD]

so Belgium needs a win over Croatia to go through, and Croatia could pass through even with a draw
Morocco should have an easy pass over Canada, but Japan had same opportunity and blow it up

one more tonight, Spain and Germany, not sure what to expect, seems that Novermber is not the right time for WC, looking at top teams

[swogerino]

so Belgium needs a win over Croatia to go through, and Croatia could pass through even with a draw
Morocco should have an easy pass over Canada, but Japan had same opportunity and blow it up

one more tonight, Spain and Germany, not sure what to expect, seems that Novermber is not the right time for WC, looking at top teams

It has nothing to do with November rather than these top teams not taking games that seriously and Germany most likely will go away since the group stages by the performance shown by them in this first half against Spain where Spain from what I saw made the most dangerous occasions and they hit also the post.If things go like that in the second half I think it will be difficult for Germany to even draw against Spain while Spain with a win kills two birds with one stone,they pass the group as the first place and also make sure one of the contenders is out of their way.

[LTU_btc]

After watching so many 0:0 games, Spain - Germany was such joy to watch. High quality game with substitutions in both teams that changed game. I backed Spain, but draw isn't bad result for both teams. Despite that Germany have just 1 point now, they just have to beat Costa Rica in last round. Spain also control their own situation.
That Costa Rica win goes against game logic, but it was typical game for Cost Rica. They made just 1 shot on target in 2 games, but it was enough for them to achieve win.
Belgium look so disappointing now. Seems that golden generation of Red Devils will end without significant achievements. They loss against Morocco was fully deserved.
Canada started game strong, but Croatia managed to respond and won game 4:1. Canada is already eliminated and Croatia will face Belgium in last round decisive game, should be interesting.

seems that Novermber is not the right time for WC, looking at top teams

How unexpected . But Spain - Germany game was exception from rule and I wanted that referee would add something like 10 minutes that it would continue longer.

[bullrun2024bro]

After watching so many 0:0 games, Spain - Germany was such joy to watch. High quality game with substitutions in both teams that changed game. I backed Spain, but draw isn't bad result for both teams. Despite that Germany have just 1 point now, they just have to beat Costa Rica in last round. Spain also control their own situation.

You're right bro. As expected, an extremely exciting match between Germany and Spain. With the 1-1 draw against Spain, Germany has every chance of making it into the last 16. The German team should be able to win the last group match against Costa Rica. And then it depends on Japan not winning against Spain. Otherwise it will be very difficult for the German team because of the poor goal difference.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow night with Brazil - Switzerland and Portugal - Uruguay. I am confident we will see two high-scoring matches.

[Harkorede]

I'm literally out of competition in the pool, I'm just putting in my picks out of the fact that I don't want to leave any fixture unpicked.

Too early to give up, there is still more than half of tournament games remaining. It's difficult, but few exact scores still can improve your situation significantly. And there is still chance to take yellow cap.

Yes! Thanks mate, I think I only drew that absurd conclusion because how terrible my picks have been, meanwhile I wasn't even checking the leaderboard and table in general to have know that everyone are also doing not so well in these fixtures, after getting 2 exact score, the first from Argentina and the other one was a courtesy of the 1-1 between Spain and Germany, I've moved up 25 places and I'm currently topping the leaderboard for the match day, if only I can get a couple more results go my way for the final four fixtures of the round, then I could end up with the Yellow Cap.

[1miau]

Nice goal from Füllkrug, he's really an enrichment for Germany.
Füllkrug could have even scored a second goal if Musiala notices him and doesn't try to score himself but makes an assist to Füllkrug in a better position.

By the way, doesn't Germany need only victory today? After all, if it plays a draw, then its fate will not be completely in its hands and will depend on the games of other teams.

Since Germany has achieved a draw, it's getting very interesting now.
Germany needs to win against Costa Rica for sure as Germany is only at 1 point currently, Spain is at 4 points, Japan and Costa Rica at 3
For all the other teams, even a draw could be enough, depending on results. 
Of course, Costa Rica will face a difficult task because it's Germany and Germany needs a win.

Spain can even afford to lose (if it's not a massive defeat and Germany doesn't score many goals against Costa Rica) because Spain has a much better goal difference.

[Harkorede]

Nice goal from Füllkrug, he's really an enrichment for Germany.
Füllkrug could have even scored a second goal if Musiala notices him and doesn't try to score himself but makes an assist to Füllkrug in a better position.

Maybe that was Musiala getting back at him for stealing first goal from him, because it seemed Musiala was going to attempt the shot, but the maybe it would gone wide or Unai Simon getting to save it, Füllkrug had a better angle and with his typical no. 9 instinct. it was easier for him to find the back of the net despite the fact that it was a somewhat tight angle to score from.

By the way, doesn't Germany need only victory today? After all, if it plays a draw, then its fate will not be completely in its hands and will depend on the games of other teams.

Since Germany has achieved a draw, it's getting very interesting now.
Germany needs to win against Costa Rica for sure as Germany is only at 1 point currently, Spain is at 4 points, Japan and Costa Rica at 3
For all the other teams, even a draw could be enough, depending on results.  
Of course, Costa Rica will face a difficult task because it's Germany and Germany needs a win.

Spain can even afford to lose (if it's not a massive defeat and Germany doesn't score many goals against Costa Rica) because Spain has a much better goal difference.

I don't think Spain will want to get complacent just yet, and I'd expect them still go all out to secure a win vs Japan knowing that the job isn't done yet, but I believe that how the result of the final standings in Group F, between Morocco, Belgium and Croatia turn out might also affect Spain's approach to the game because they might try to avoid the toughest team from that Group, even if it requires them to pursue a draw or try to win the game.

[swogerino]

Spain can even afford to lose (if it's not a massive defeat and Germany doesn't score many goals against Costa Rica) because Spain has a much better goal difference.

Honestly Spain played better than Germany yesterday and they deserved to win the game,Germany was lucky to get a draw with that strong hit inside the zone from that Werder Bremen player which is the second to score for Germany.Spain had another great chance which they missed and thus the game ended in a draw.I think now Spain will have just to get a draw to pass further but I am sure that they will win against Japan if they play like they have played in these first to games of the tournament.

I missed points in this game as I had it 2-1 and I was expecting a correct score but Spain could not score.

[boltz]

Wow! Serbia just comeback and score two goals before first half ended! This is the best and quickest comeback so far in a World Cup history so massive congrats for Serbia!

Next game South Korea - Ghana and it's another game where I do see both of them scoring in first half too.

[KTChampions]

By the way, doesn't Germany need only victory today? After all, if it plays a draw, then its fate will not be completely in its hands and will depend on the games of other teams.

Since Germany has achieved a draw, it's getting very interesting now.
Germany needs to win against Costa Rica for sure as Germany is only at 1 point currently, Spain is at 4 points, Japan and Costa Rica at 3
For all the other teams, even a draw could be enough, depending on results. 
Of course, Costa Rica will face a difficult task because it's Germany and Germany needs a win.

Spain can even afford to lose (if it's not a massive defeat and Germany doesn't score many goals against Costa Rica) because Spain has a much better goal difference.

In fact, there is only one deadly outcome for Germany - Japan's victory over Spain, since it is unlikely that Germany will be able to turn their goal difference, which is now -1, into +7 (which Spain now has). The rest of the results are safe for Germany, as after beating Costa Rica, the total number of goals (the second indicator for determining the best team) will be better than Japan.

[casperBGD]

Wow! Serbia just comeback and score two goals before first half ended! This is the best and quickest comeback so far in a World Cup history so massive congrats for Serbia!
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it is 1:3 now, and should be enough to end up easily to a win
three shots on target, three goals

looking at first half, after conceived goal, second was in the air, but Pavlovic header changed everything (catched x2 @1.54 in 43 minute, so happy about the score from betting perspective as well)

had 0 points in the pool yesterday, hopefully it will be better today

[cryptofrka]

This was among the more exciting games in the tournament so far. It's really bizarre that Serbia played so offensively after going 3-1 up.

Cameroon used their chances well and changed a lot with Aboubakar - who really deserves to start for this team. He was quite good in their game vs Switzerland as well.

[buwaytress]

Handful of guys went for the Serbia draw (did they just forget to defend or what if cryptofrka says they tried to score more goals after being 3-1), and I avoided betting on it, so saved myself even more heartache... and avoided also S Korea who are now 2 goals down (and 12 of you guys went for Ghana, not bad)... unfortunately could not resist Brazil so have the last of my bankroll riding entirely on them (dumb).

Terrible not being able to watch games and just see scores, but going to try everything to see Brazil but they start at 5pm my time and I'm not usually free until after 7...

[darxiaomi]

What a shit results for me, i think in the last game im not close to nothing hahaha.

Really hard its this competition and we are having so much unpredictable results, i dont know who can win  this one really.

Today amtches were really impresive a rain of goals, Serbia Camerun 3-3 and Ghana Korea 3-2, lets see what happen whit the big teams now.

[goodpunt]

Am I the only one?

My last 6 predictions scored incredible 0 Points 

[swogerino]

Am I the only one?

My last 6 predictions scored incredible 0 Points 

You are not alone,many others have got only one point out of Croatia and I think very few people have predicted a 3-3 in Serbia game and 2-3 in Ghana game and 0-0 in Brazil game which just 8 minutes are left so most likely a lot of pool participants have not done well in these last two days,maybe because of the holidays but that just my thinking as I don't think the holidays to interfere with our thinking.Let's hope at least we see a beautiful game in the 20:00 PM game of Portugal vs Uruguay,it should be a very good game to watch and I think Portugal will have the upper hand and the win.

Brazil just scored finally in the 84 minute.

[cryptofrka]

I feel that Brazil performed really well today. They controlled the game from start to finish and have created a lot of dangerous opportunities.

They could have scored a few more goals and have once again confirmed their role as the main favorites in the tournament.

Casemiro's goal was top notch BTW, check it if you haven't seen it.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Portugal vs Uruguay about to kick off in 20 minutes. I’m keen to watch this game, could be really good. Cavani, Nunez & Valverde starting for the South American’s. Ronaldo, Bruno & Silva start for Portugal, some real world class talent on show in this game. Try to watch it if you can guys.