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Tag Archives: FA Cup
Predict 6 winners and win a book
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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Tagged Aston Villa, Atletico Madrid, Champions League, Championship, Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, competition, Coventry City, David Sumpter, Derby County, Exeter City, FA Cup, Fulham, League One, League Two, Lincoln City, Liverpool, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Notts County, Olympique Marseille, Outnumbered, Play-offs, Real Madrid, Rotherham United, Scunthorpe United, Shrewsbury Town, Soccermatics
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The 76: Predicting the big end of season matches
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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Tagged Ajax, Arsenal, Blackpool, Bradford City, Carlisle United, Champions League, Championship, Chelsea, Europa League, Exeter City, FA Cup, Fulham, Huddersfield Town, Juventus, League One, League Two, Luton Town, Manchester United, Millwall, prediction, Predictions, Reading, Real Madrid, Sheffield Wednesday
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How are your prediction skills?
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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Tagged Ajax, Arsenal, Blackpool, Bradford City, Carlisle, Champions League, Championship, Chelsea, competition, Europa League, Exeter City, FA Cup, finals, Fulham, Huddersfield Town, Juventus, League One, League Two, Luton, Manchester United, Millwall, Play-offs, Reading, Real Madrid, Sheffield Wednesday, Soccermatics
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How are your prediction skills?
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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Tagged Champions League, Europa League, FA Cup, League One, League Two, playoffs, prediction, Soccermatics
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West Brom underdogs in “giantkilling” for third time
The most immediately eye-catching result of this year’s FA Cup fifth round has to be Reading’s 3-1 defeat of Premier League West Bromwich Albion. Reading are languishing in 16th position in the Championship while West Brom look all but safe … Continue reading
Again no FA Cup third round shock
This year’s FA Cup third round is now complete and, for the second year in a row, there hasn’t been a genuine shock result at this stage of the competition. This season and last join 2004/2005 and 2011/2012 as the … Continue reading
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Tagged Everton, FA Cup, Leeds United, Major Shocks, Manchester United, Oldham Athletic, Shocks, Third round, upsets
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Oxford beat Swansea – another non-existent FA Cup shock
Oxford United’s 3-2 win against Swansea City marked the first time in four years that a fourth tier team had knocked a Premier League team out of the FA Cup. In 2012, League Two club Swindon Town beat the Premier … Continue reading
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Tagged Burnley, Crystal Palace, FA Cup, Oxford United, Premier League, Shocks, Shrewsbury Town, Swansea City, upsets, Walsall
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538 bracket coverage doesn’t differentiate itself from old media
Currently the top story on Nate Silver’s relaunched media venture fivethirtyeight.com suggests that the odds of entering a perfect March Madness bracket are much much better than many people think. The problem is that the headline is misleading at best. … Continue reading
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Tagged FA Cup, fivethirtyeight.com, March Madness, Nate Silver, NCAA Basketball, prediction
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The FA Cup ‘giantkillings’ that never were
FA Cup holders Wigan Athletic beat Crystal Palace in this year’s FA Cup fourth round, a match which seemed to sow doubt in the minds of some reporters in terms of how they should present a result which would normally … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackpool, Championship, Crystal Palace, FA Cup, giantkillings, Premier League, Southampton, Swindon Town, Wigan Athletic
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What is a giantkilling?
The 2013-2014 FA Cup fourth round is in full swing with Arsenal’s 4-0 victory against Coventry City and Nottingham Forest’s goalless draw with Preston North End already consigned to the history books. Part of the romance of a cup competition … Continue reading
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Tagged Cardiff City, Crystal Palace, FA Cup, giantkillings, Premier League, Swansea City
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Scoreboard Journalism 