Monthly Archives: December 2011

2011, My Top Games Of The Year

Despite international tournaments in AFC, CONCACAF, and CONMENBOL, no international games make this list as the tournaments in the summer disappointed in terms of offensive punch, although the CONCACAF Gold Cup final was an exciting comeback for Mexico. Here is

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2011, My Top Goals Of The Year

This has been a year that has been dominated by Barcelona once again, and the start of the fall season saw games with plenty of goals. However, there were plenty of great goals. Before I get to my top goals,

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Predictions For The Holidays

Happy Holidays from ESS! Most of the leagues are on break, but England is fitting in a couple of rounds of fixtures in that time. Here are my predictions for the next week. December 26: Chelsea vs. Fulham (Home Win:

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Midweek Predictions

There are a couple of midweek games this weekend. Here are the predictions for the games. December 20: Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. Norwich City (Home Win: 43.7%, Draw: 28.9%, Away Win: 27.4%, Score: 1.51-1.15) Blackburn Rovers vs. Bolton Wanderers (46.5%, 29.1%,

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Predictions For The Upcoming Weekend

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)

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Predictions For The Upcoming Weekend

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,

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Initial Reaction To The Euro 2012 Draw

The draw is out and there is a group of death. It was always a likely a group of death was going to emerge once Poland and Ukraine were given top seeds that they clearly did not deserve. Here is

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