They were so close, but now they have some major work still to do. The US started off with an unlucky clearance from Geoff Cameron that fell to Nani who had an easy finish. The US grew into the game…
Benfica and FC Porto should square off on another close battle for league supremacy, but the depth of FC Porto’s squad will be put to the test as they need to have players step up for the losses of Joao…
The Portuguese league kicks off this weekend and it looks to be another season dominated by Porto and Benfica. The league has surprisingly not lost as much talent as many expected at the end of last season, which means it…
The final is set as the first game of Group C will be played again as Spain squares off with Italy. However, before moving onto the final, here is a look at the two semifinalists who played their opponents closely…
The semifinals are here and they are match-ups of teams that have recently dominated European football. Looking back at these teams recent histories, they have a history of knocking each other out. At Euro 2008 and World Cup 2010, the…
The second round of games are complete and the final set of games should be interesting as only two teams have been eliminated in the competition: Ireland and Sweden. Here are my look at all 16 teams summing them up…
Group B has some top teams in the group of death in the tournament with all four teams in the top 10. This is the best group that has even been drawn since FIFA has been keeping rankings. It should…
Here is the second week of using a new model. December 16: Bayern Munich vs. FC Cologne (Home Win: 72.6%, Draw: 21.4%, Away Win: 6.0%, Score: 2.30-0.68) Benfica vs. Rio Ave (83.6%, 11.5%, 4.9%, 2.40-0.54)
Here are the predictions for the weekend. This model is slightly different as it does not account for shots and shots on goal, and instead only uses goals scored in order to predict results of the next game. December 9,…
In the second recap of the season, I take a look at the top goals of the year. There are plenty of other top goals, but these are from the ones that I saw in the games not just highlights.…
