U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 20:54 - Feb 6 with 3162 views | wessex_exile | With the first Round of 16 matches coming up next week, it's time to get our annual U'sual Champions League competition underway. First off, congratulations to BFG (as holder) sevebalo, noah4x4, Colukev, Sector4, basher2010, thrillseeker, oxfcolu, blueeagle, ghughes11, mfb_cufc, and eagledares for qualifying. Using a random number generator, you have been drawn into the following 4 groups of 3 (Groups A, B, C, D), and will play off against each other predicting all of the Round of 16 matches. Group A sevebalo Sector4 oxfcolu Group B noah4x4 thrillseeker mfb_cufc Group C basher2010 eagledares BFG Group D Colukev blueeagle ghughes11 As always, there will be no first-to-post tie-break decider this round, only most spot-ons. However, remember you are only allowed one exact match prediction with each one of your group members for this entire round (1st and 2nd legs together), so first to post may be a factor in this regard. If I spot too many exact matches I will do my best to give advance warning, but please don't rely on me to do this - you must watch this one yourselves too. Top two from each Group go through, to then form 2 mini-leagues of 4, and play off against each other predicting all of the Quarter-final matches. The mini-leagues will be formed as follows: Winner A, Runner-Up B, Winner C, Runner-up D and Runner-up A, Winner B, Runner-up C and Winner D. The top two from each mini-league will then be drawn from a hat to play off in head-to-head matches, all predicting the semi-final matches. The finalists will play-off predicting the Champions League Final, this will include predicting different aspects of the game, not just the score - and will be submitted as concealed bids (via PM to me). If a tie-break is required at any stage, it will always be predicting the attendance of the next U's game. The Round of 16 fixtures to predict are as follows: First Legs 12/02/2019 Man U v PSG 12/02/2019 Roma v FC Porto 13/02/2019 Ajax v Real Madrid 13/02/2019 Spurs v Borussia Dortmund 19/02/2019 Liverpool v Bayern Munich 19/02/2019 Lyon v Barcelona 20/02/2019 Atletico Madrid v Juventus 20/02/2019 FC Shalke 04 v Man City Second Legs 05/03/2019 Borussia Dortmund v Spurs 05/03/2019 Real Madrid v Ajax 06/03/2019 FC Porto v Roma 06/03/2019 PSG v Man U 12/03/2019 Juventus v Atletico Madrid 12/03/2019 Man City v FC Shalke 04 13/03/2019 Barcelona v Lyon 13/03/2019 Bayern Munich v Liverpool Deadline for any prediction is kick-off for that match, and do bear in mind that this season all matches are scheduled to start at 8pm. Good luck everyone! | |
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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 20:00 - Feb 12 with 937 views | wessex_exile |
U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 22:45 - Feb 11 by oxfcolu | First Legs 12/02/2019 Man U v PSG 2-0 12/02/2019 Roma v FC Porto 1-0 13/02/2019 Ajax v Real Madrid 0-2 13/02/2019 Spurs v Borussia Dortmund 1-1 19/02/2019 Liverpool v Bayern Munich 2-1 19/02/2019 Lyon v Barcelona 0-2 20/02/2019 Atletico Madrid v Juventus 0-0 20/02/2019 FC Shalke 04 v Man City 1-2 |
All good oxfcolu. Looks like a no-show for sevebalo and Colukev tonight, but still plenty of time to pick things up for tomorrow's two fixtures. | |
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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 20:55 - Feb 12 with 934 views | wessex_exile | Half-time tonight, and both matches are currently at a 0-0 stalemate. As things stand, only thrillseeker (Group B) and basher2010 (Group C) are picking up solitary points for the outcomes. | |
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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 22:10 - Feb 12 with 924 views | wessex_exile |
U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 20:55 - Feb 12 by wessex_exile | Half-time tonight, and both matches are currently at a 0-0 stalemate. As things stand, only thrillseeker (Group B) and basher2010 (Group C) are picking up solitary points for the outcomes. |
Goals in the 2nd halves mean tonights matches have finished Man U 0 PSG 2, and Roma 2 FC Porto 1. I'll do a full update tomorrow evening, but as things stand the Groups are as follows: Group A =1} Sector4.....0/1.....1pts =1} oxfcolu......0/1.....1pts 3} sevebalo.....0/0.....0pts Group B 1} noah4x4...........1/0.....3pts =3} thrillseeker.....0/1.....1pts =3} mfb_cufc........0/1.....1pts Group C 1} BFG.................0/2.....2pts 2} eagledares......0/1.....1pts 3} basher2010.....0/0.....0pts Group D 1} blueeagle......1/0.....3pts 2} ghughes11.....0/1.....1pts 3} Colukev..........0/0.....0pts | |
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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 22:59 - Feb 13 with 888 views | wessex_exile | So the first week of matches has concluded with Ajax 1 Real Madrid 2 and Spurs 3 Borussia Dortmund 0. Group A With Sevebalo still a no-show, Sector4 and Oxfcolu share top spot with two outcomes each, both predicting Roma's home win and Real Madrid's away win. With a quarter of the matches gone, Sevebalo can count himself fortunate to only be two points behind qualifying, and must still surely be in with a shout...if he turns up. =1} Sector4.....0/2.....2pts =1} oxfcolu......0/2.....2pts 3} sevebalo.....0/0.....0pts Group B Noah storms to the top of the table with both Roma's win spot on, and Spurs home win outcome. Thrillseeker (PSG away, Real Madrid away) and MFB (Roma home and also Real Madrid away) pick up two outcomes apiece to stay in contention, and of course keep the battle for 2nd qualifying spot very much alive. 1} noah4x4...........1/1.....4pts =3} thrillseeker.....0/2.....2pts =3} mfb_cufc........0/2.....2pts Group C Certainly the tightest group at this stage, with Eagledares (Roma home, Real Madrid away) and BFG (PSG away, Roma home) with two outcomes to jointly lead the group. Basher2010 however is only one point behind with the Real Madrid away win. =1} eagledares.....0/2.....2pts =2} BFG................0/2.....2pts 3} basher2010.....0/1.....1pts Group D With our second spot-on prediction of the first week (Roma's 2-1 home win) and the Real Madrid away win, Blueeagle takes a commanding lead with 4pts at the top. Ghughes keeps in touch with two outcomes (Roma home, Spurs home) for 2pts. Colukev is also a no-show, but like Sevebalo, he's not completely out of touch yet. 1} blueeagle.......1/1.....4pts 2} ghughes11.....0/2.....2pts 3} Colukev..........0/0.....0pts | |
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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 13:37 - Feb 15 with 871 views | Colukev | First Legs 19/02/2019 Liverpool v Bayern Munich 1-4 19/02/2019 Lyon v Barcelona 1-0 20/02/2019 Atletico Madrid v Juventus 1-2 20/02/2019 FC Shalke 04 v Man City 1-5 Second Legs 05/03/2019 Borussia Dortmund v Spurs 3-0 05/03/2019 Real Madrid v Ajax 2-2 06/03/2019 FC Porto v Roma 1-3 06/03/2019 PSG v Man U 3-0 12/03/2019 Juventus v Atletico Madrid 4-1 12/03/2019 Man City v FC Shalke 04 3-0 13/03/2019 Barcelona v Lyon 1-1 13/03/2019 Bayern Munich v Liverpool 4-2 | | | |
U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 15:07 - Feb 15 with 868 views | sevebalo | Sorry, missed this. Not too much harm done hopefully. First Legs 19/02/2019 Liverpool v Bayern Munich 2-1 19/02/2019 Lyon v Barcelona 1-3 20/02/2019 Atletico Madrid v Juventus 0-1 20/02/2019 FC Shalke 04 v Man City 0-3 Second Legs 05/03/2019 Borussia Dortmund v Spurs 2-0 05/03/2019 Real Madrid v Ajax 2-2 06/03/2019 FC Porto v Roma 2-1 06/03/2019 PSG v Man U 2-1 12/03/2019 Juventus v Atletico Madrid 2-0 12/03/2019 Man City v FC Shalke 04 2-0 13/03/2019 Barcelona v Lyon 3-1 13/03/2019 Bayern Munich v Liverpool 2-1 | | | |
U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 19:02 - Feb 15 with 859 views | wessex_exile | All good Colukev and sevebalo, and with canny use of your permitted exact matches too - good luck. [Post edited 15 Feb 2019 19:04]
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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 20:53 - Feb 18 with 824 views | wessex_exile | Just a heads-up to all involved - I am away in York on business tomorrow and Wednesday, not back until late, so the next update is likely to be after conclusion of all 2nd leg matches on Thursday. There are no exact matches left to resolve, so nothing to worry about where that is concerned. | |
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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 20:41 - Feb 21 with 781 views | wessex_exile |
U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 20:53 - Feb 18 by wessex_exile | Just a heads-up to all involved - I am away in York on business tomorrow and Wednesday, not back until late, so the next update is likely to be after conclusion of all 2nd leg matches on Thursday. There are no exact matches left to resolve, so nothing to worry about where that is concerned. |
The second week of 1st leg matches finished as follows: Liverpool 0 Bayern Munich 0 Lyon 0 Barcelona 0 Atletico Madrid 2 Juventus 0 FC Shalke 2 Man City 3 (two very late goals to snatch victory for Man City) Group A Sector4 moves into a clear lead at the top, with three solid outcomes this week (Lyon Barcelona draw, Atletico Madrid home win and Man City away win). Oxfcolu holds on the second spot with the Man City away win, but newly arrived sevebalo keeps in touch with the same outcome. 1} Sector4......0/5.....5pts 2} oxfcolu.......0/3.....3pts 3} sevebalo.....0/1.....1pts Group B 1} noah4x4.........1/2.....5pts 2} thrillseeker.....0/4.....4pts 3} mfb_cufc........0/3.....3pts Noah adds to his previous tally with the Atletico home win to stay top of the group. However, thrillseeker closes the gap slightly, also with the Atletico home win and also the Man City away win. MFB slips to the bottom of the group with a solitary outcome, also Man City away, but it's still all very close. Group C This group already looks like a fight for 2nd place, with BFG scoring a very impressive 5pts this week, getting the Lyon Barcelona 0-0 draw spot-on, and the two outcomes from last nights matches, for a total of 7pts. Eagledares found the Man City away win, but with both the Liverpool Bayern Munich draw and also the Man City away win, basher2010 makes it a neck and neck battle for the second qualifying spot. 1} BFG....................1/4......7pts =3} basher2010......0/3.....3pts =3} eagledares........0/3.....3pts Group D Slim pickings for Group D this week, but blueeagle keeps his nose in front at the top with the Atletico home win. Ghughes11 keeps in touch with the Liverpool Bayern Munich draw, but so does Colukev with the Man City away win, to stay just 2pts from the second qualifying spot. 1} blueeagle.......1/2.....5pts 2} ghughes11.....0/3.....3pts 3} Colukev..........0/1.....1pts A reminder that the second legs start on 5th March, and oxfcolu, thrillseeker, mfb_cufc and BFG have yet to post these predictions...and of course still have the perilous pitfall of exact matches to negotiate. [Post edited 21 Feb 2019 20:42]
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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 20:16 - Feb 22 with 755 views | thrillseeker | Borussia Dortmund v Spurs 1-1 Real Madrid v Ajax 2-1 FC Porto v Roma 2-0 PSG v Man U 2-1 Juventus v Atletico Madrid 1-1 Man City v FC Shalke 04 3-0 Barcelona v Lyon 2-0 Bayern Munich v Liverpool 3-1 | | | |
U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 21:49 - Feb 22 with 750 views | wessex_exile |
U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 20:16 - Feb 22 by thrillseeker | Borussia Dortmund v Spurs 1-1 Real Madrid v Ajax 2-1 FC Porto v Roma 2-0 PSG v Man U 2-1 Juventus v Atletico Madrid 1-1 Man City v FC Shalke 04 3-0 Barcelona v Lyon 2-0 Bayern Munich v Liverpool 3-1 |
Thanks thrillseeker - you have two 2-1 home wins which clash with noah4x4, Real Madrid v Ajax and PSG v Man Utd, so you'll have to amend one of them. As mfb_cufc is yet to post, at the moment it can be to whatever you like. | |
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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 22:33 - Feb 22 with 746 views | BFG | 05/03/2019 Borussia Dortmund v Spurs 1-2 05/03/2019 Real Madrid v Ajax 2-0 06/03/2019 FC Porto v Roma 1-2 06/03/2019 PSG v Man U 2-1 | | | |
U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 00:52 - Feb 23 with 738 views | wessex_exile |
U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 22:33 - Feb 22 by BFG | 05/03/2019 Borussia Dortmund v Spurs 1-2 05/03/2019 Real Madrid v Ajax 2-0 06/03/2019 FC Porto v Roma 1-2 06/03/2019 PSG v Man U 2-1 |
Cheers BFG - your Real Madrid 2 Ajax 0 is your second exact match with eagledares, so you'll have to amend that. Bearing in mind your FC Porto 1 Roma 2 prediction is your one permitted exact match with basher2010, you can't change the Real Madrid v Ajax prediction to 3-0. | |
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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 05:48 - Feb 23 with 729 views | thrillseeker |
U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 21:49 - Feb 22 by wessex_exile | Thanks thrillseeker - you have two 2-1 home wins which clash with noah4x4, Real Madrid v Ajax and PSG v Man Utd, so you'll have to amend one of them. As mfb_cufc is yet to post, at the moment it can be to whatever you like. |
Thanks Wessex I will switch PSG to 2-0 | | | |
U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 18:09 - Feb 23 with 713 views | wessex_exile |
U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 05:48 - Feb 23 by thrillseeker | Thanks Wessex I will switch PSG to 2-0 |
Done :-) | |
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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 21:08 - Feb 23 with 709 views | BFG | Hi, no worries, let's go 2-1 RM please. | | | |
U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 23:21 - Feb 23 with 699 views | wessex_exile |
U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 21:08 - Feb 23 by BFG | Hi, no worries, let's go 2-1 RM please. |
Done :-) | |
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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 23:17 - Mar 1 with 682 views | oxfcolu | Second Legs 05/03/2019 Borussia Dortmund v Spurs 1-1 05/03/2019 Real Madrid v Ajax 2-0 06/03/2019 FC Porto v Roma 1-0 06/03/2019 PSG v Man U 3-1 12/03/2019 Juventus v Atletico Madrid 2-1 12/03/2019 Man City v FC Shalke 04 1-0 13/03/2019 Barcelona v Lyon 3-1 13/03/2019 Bayern Munich v Liverpool 2-1 | | | |
U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 19:02 - Mar 2 with 663 views | wessex_exile |
U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 23:17 - Mar 1 by oxfcolu | Second Legs 05/03/2019 Borussia Dortmund v Spurs 1-1 05/03/2019 Real Madrid v Ajax 2-0 06/03/2019 FC Porto v Roma 1-0 06/03/2019 PSG v Man U 3-1 12/03/2019 Juventus v Atletico Madrid 2-1 12/03/2019 Man City v FC Shalke 04 1-0 13/03/2019 Barcelona v Lyon 3-1 13/03/2019 Bayern Munich v Liverpool 2-1 |
Cheers oxfcolu - your last two picks (Barcelona 3 Lyon 1 and Bayern Munich 2 Liverpool 1) both match sevebalo's predictions, so you'll have to change one of them. Fortunately, as you have had no exact matches with Sector4, it can be to whatever you wish. | |
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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 23:51 - Mar 2 with 659 views | mfb_cufc | 05/03/2019 Borussia Dortmund v Spurs 2-0 05/03/2019 Real Madrid v Ajax 2-0 06/03/2019 FC Porto v Roma 2-0 06/03/2019 PSG v Man U 2-1 12/03/2019 Juventus v Atletico Madrid 1-0 12/03/2019 Man City v FC Shalke 04 2-0 13/03/2019 Barcelona v Lyon 3-0 13/03/2019 Bayern Munich v Liverpool 1-2 | |
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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 18:29 - Mar 3 with 649 views | wessex_exile |
U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 23:51 - Mar 2 by mfb_cufc | 05/03/2019 Borussia Dortmund v Spurs 2-0 05/03/2019 Real Madrid v Ajax 2-0 06/03/2019 FC Porto v Roma 2-0 06/03/2019 PSG v Man U 2-1 12/03/2019 Juventus v Atletico Madrid 1-0 12/03/2019 Man City v FC Shalke 04 2-0 13/03/2019 Barcelona v Lyon 3-0 13/03/2019 Bayern Munich v Liverpool 1-2 |
All good mfb. | |
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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 22:30 - Mar 3 with 643 views | oxfcolu | 13/03/2019 Barcelona v Lyon 3-0 13/03/2019 Bayern Munich v Liverpool 2-0 | | | |
U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 20:04 - Mar 4 with 628 views | wessex_exile |
U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 22:30 - Mar 3 by oxfcolu | 13/03/2019 Barcelona v Lyon 3-0 13/03/2019 Bayern Munich v Liverpool 2-0 |
Done :-) We're now all set for this weeks' fixtures, with just BFG to post the remaining predictions for the final second leg matches next week. | |
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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 23:35 - Mar 5 with 614 views | wessex_exile | I'll do a full update tomorrow evening, but suffice to say virtually no points picked up tonight - well done BFG for the solitary point predicting Spurs' away win. | |
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U'sual Champions League - Round of 16 on 23:53 - Mar 6 with 596 views | wessex_exile | On conclusion of the matches this week, the scores, and bearing in mind the scores that count are at the end of normal time, are as follows: Borussia Dortmund 0 Spurs 1 Real Madrid 1 Ajax 4 FC Porto 2 Roma 1 (at full time) PSG 1 Man Utd 3 Group A Despite no points scored this week, Sector4 holds on to top spot, but only just. Sevebalo, even with missing the first four match predictions, moves into 2nd place on spot-on predictions with the FC Porto 2 Roma 1 (aft) result. Oxfcolu keeps this group as close as it could be, getting the FC Porto home win. 1} Sector4.......0/5.....5pts 2} sevebalo.....1/1.....4pts 3} oxfcolu........0/4.....4pts Group B With his second spot-on of the this round, FC Porto 2 Roma 1 (aft), noah4x4 moves into a commanding lead in this group. Thrillseeker and mfb_cufc keep the battle for qualification very much alive, both getting the FC Porto home win. 1} noah4x4.........2/2.....8pts 2} thrillseeker.....0/5.....5pts 3} mfb_cufc........0/4.....4pts Group C Despite only a solitary point for the Spurs away win (the only competitor to score yesterday), BFG extends his lead at the top of this group to 8pts. Basher2010 and eagledares both missed out this week, but that still leaves qualification going to the wire. 1} BFG....................1/5.....8pts =3} basher2010......0/3.....3pts =3} eagledares........0/3.....3pts Group D Blueeagle remains top on 5pts despite finding no scores this week. Ghughes11 closes the gap to 1pt with the FC Porto home win. Colukev also fails to score, and with only four to go, can he challenge for qualification? 1} blueeagle.......1/2.....5pts 2} ghughes11.....0/4......4pts 3} Colukev...........0/1.....1pts | |
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