Tag Archives: Champions League

Predict 6 winners and win a book

Posted on May 6, 2018 by scoreboardjournalism

Around three years ago I met, in a virtual sense, David Sumpter, a professor of mathematics at the University of Uppsala in Sweden and a football nut like myself. He was writing a book called Soccermatics, which combined his work … Continue reading →

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The 76: Predicting the big end of season matches

Posted on May 15, 2017 by scoreboardjournalism

Last week, I invited people to predict the winners of the Champions League, Europa League, FA Cup and the three Football League play-off finals this season to win a copy of one of two books, Soccermatics or The Agony and … Continue reading →

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How are your prediction skills?

Posted on May 8, 2017 by scoreboardjournalism

The competition is now closed but you can still order David’s book and get a 10% discount with the link in this article. Around two years ago I met, in a virtual sense, David Sumpter, a professor of mathematics at … Continue reading →

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How are your prediction skills?

Posted on May 17, 2016 by scoreboardjournalism

The competition is now closed but you can still order David’s book and get a 25% discount with the link in this article. Around a year ago I met, in a virtual sense, David Sumpter, a professor of mathematics at … Continue reading →

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Current Champions League team most likely to win Europa League

Posted on September 17, 2014 by scoreboardjournalism

The Europa League kicks off on Thursday, 18 September and at this stage there is less chance of an eventual Europa League winner coming from one of the 48 teams starting the competition than there is from one of the … Continue reading →

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Big Spanish clubs almost certain of CL last 16

Posted on September 15, 2014 by scoreboardjournalism

The Champions League kicks off this week and the big three Spanish clubs in Euro Club Index terms are all but certain of making the second round of the competition. The fourth Spanish team, Athletic Bilbao, have profited more than … Continue reading →

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CL draw system increases Group of Death chance

Posted on August 28, 2014 by scoreboardjournalism

The Champions League draw pots for this evening are based on the UEFA coefficients for clubs at the end of last season. Those coefficients are based on a five year performance in European competition. In general, this system works reasonably … Continue reading →

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Champions League draw: who to avoid, who to wish for

Posted on August 28, 2013 by scoreboardjournalism

I have previously written about the luck of the draw and how this affected both Manchester City and Chelsea in particular last season. Both clubs went out at the Champions League group stage after being drawn in much tougher groups … Continue reading →

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Arjen Robben and The Big Match Fallacy

Posted on May 29, 2013 by scoreboardjournalism

Arjen Robben has been one of the best and most consistent footballers in the world over the last 10 years or so but few see him that way. Why is this? Could it be that people are falling for the … Continue reading →

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The real story about City’s CL campaign

Posted on November 22, 2012 by scoreboardjournalism

After Manchester City’s 2-2 draw with Ajax on matchday 4, the general assessment was that City’s poor performances in the Champions League are manager Roberto Mancini’s fault and he needs to be replaced. Similar things are being said today after City’s … Continue reading →

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