Stan

Lookman will deservedly get the plaudits but Ederson is an unsung hero. Pressed effectively in midfield for Atalanta along with Koopmeiners. Dominated. 

Delighted for Atalanta, and especially Lookman. 

All the attention (rightly to an extent) on Leverkusen, felt like Atalanta never got a look in pre-game but they've absolutely blown Leverkusen away. Credit to Gasperini for nailing tonight. 

Leverkusen have still had a stellar season and one more final to compete in on Saturday! 

45 minutes ago, OrangeKhrush said:

Is that the Leicester City Lookman?

Yep. Could have bought him. Didn't. Bad decision as I think he did well for us. Very well suited for this system. 

Gasperini has aued a blinder. 

1 hour ago, Rick said:

What is going on with Leverkusen? 

Bad starting formation. Decision not to play a striker is odd. Not sure if it's something they did regularly in Bundesliga but to not play at least one of Boniface or Schick was surprising. 

Plus they haven't been able to cope with Atalanta's high and aggressive pressing. Gasperini tactics spot on and credit to the players for sticking with it for so long as many teams tire with this level of press high up the pitch. 

Hat trick for Lookman!

Absolutely superb performance and quality goals. 

Lookman again. Atalanta been quality with their pressing. 

Lookman scores! Bad defending from Palacios not to be aware he was there coming in. 

14 minutes ago, RandoEFC said:

Election 4th July. Finally. Feels like we've waited forever.

Independence Day! 

12 minutes ago, CaaC (John) said:

Seeing he helped me win Rando's LMS game I will go for France's Wissam Ben Yedder with Lukuku and Mbappe right up his arse.

I am useless at these games so I can always try. 

Might be a difficult one, that, as Ben Yedder isn't in France's squad...

https://x.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1793262877442236815?t=jinumqnDucAJWE2JxILR4g&s=19

Seems likely then. 

'diaries being cleared' apparently too. 

17 minutes ago, Rucksackfranzose said:

Genuine question: Wouldn't that be pretty dumb from the Tories given the latest polls? You'd think they'd wait as long as possible with the next GE since they're looking like losing them with a bang!

Edit: Ignore just saw the last GE was 2019 , for some reason thought it had been later.

Yep, latest they can leave it is January 2025. 

I'd be surprised if it was early July. 

Think the earliest it'd be is Aug/Sept, but knowing how Tories like to double/triple-down, they'll just kick the can down the road and perhaps wait til Nov/Dec. 

Ben Doak is a massive surprise, and I suspect he'll be culled in the final squad. Midfield is fairly strong. 

Just now, LFCMike said:

I'll give it a go. Might end up forgetting at some point though! 

I'll do reminders and tag in each new thread for each round

Still time to enter  

@nudge @Storts @6666 @OrangeKhrush @DeadLinesman  @Raja1991 @The Palace Fan @MUFC @Cicero @Batard @Dr. Gonzo    @Bluebird Hewitt  @Beelzebub   @...Dan @Dan @Mel81x @Devil-Dick Willie @Danny @LFCMike @Machado @Happy Blue @El Profesor @Carnivore Chris @nawoo @londonerlilie @Rajabhat Rovers @Harry  @Panflute @carefreeluke @Mark Mark

Reminder

@Pyfish  @Bluebird Hewitt @Viva la FCB @Tommy @nawoo @CaaC (John)

Saturday
Central Coast Mariners 2-1 Melbourne Victory
Celtic 1-0 Rangers
Man City 2-0 Man Utd
Real Sociedad 1-2 Atletico Madrid
Barcelona Women 1-2 Lyon Women
Kaiserslautern 0-2 Leverkusen

Sunday
St Louis City 2-1 Seattle Sounders
Frosinone 1-0 Udinese
Leeds 2-1 Southampton
Club Brugge 2-0 Cercle Brugge

9 hours ago, OrangeKhrush said:

Mark Goldbridge was talking about Tuchel coming back, strange move. 

Why are you paying attention to that imbecile? 

Thought he was building something good there, especially given the form in the 2nd part of the season. 

But then again, you could tell something was a bit off with some of the comments he'd sometimes make in press conferences. 

Still quite surprising though. 

20th June to 14th July 2024

Group A
Argentina
Peru
Chile
Canada

Group B
Mexico 
Ecuador
Venezuela
Jamaica

Group C
USA
Uruguay 
Panama
Bolivia

Group D
Brazil
Colombia
Paraguay
Costa Rica

Venues:
Texas - AT & T Stadium (Arlington), Q2 Stadium (Austin) & NRG Stadium (Houston)
North Carolina - Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte)
New Jersey - MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford)
California - SoFi Stadium (Inglewood) & Levi's Stadium (Santa Clara)
Arizona - State Farm Stadium (Glendale)
Nevada - Allegiant Stadium (Las Vegas)
Kansas - Children's Mercy Park (Kansas City)
Missouri - Arrowhead Stadium (Kansas City)
Florida - Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens) & Inter&Co Stadium (Orlando)
Georgia - Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)

Kick-off 20.00 (BST)

Venue - Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Live on BT Sport

       VS      

REFEREE - Istvan Kovacs
VAR - Pol Van Boekel
 

ATALANTA - Road to Dublin
Group Stage - 1st
Round of 16 (1st Leg) - Sporting Lisbon 1-1 Atalanta
Round of 16 (2nd Leg) - Atalanta 2-1 Sporting Lisbon
Quarter-Finals (1st Leg) - Liverpool 0-3 Atalanta
Quarter-Finals (2nd Leg) - Atalanta 0-1 Liverpool
Semi-Finals (1st Leg) - Marseille 1-1 Atalanta
Semi-Finals (2nd Leg) - Atalanta 3-0 Marseille

Top Scorer - Gianluca Scamacca - 6
 

BAYER LEVERKUSEN - Road to Budapest
Group Stage - 1st
Round of 16 (1st Leg) - Qarabag 2-2 Bayer Leverkusen
Round of 16 (2nd Leg) - Bayer Leverkusen 3-2 Qarabag
Quarter-Finals (1st Leg) - Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 West Ham
Quarter-Finals (2nd Leg) - West Ham 1-1 Bayer Leverkusen
Semi-Finals (1st Leg) - Roma 0-2 Bayer Leverkusen
Semi-Finals (2nd Leg) - Bayer Leverkusen 2-2 Roma

Top Scorer - Patrick Schick / Victor Boniface - 5

Team History in Europa League

ATALANTA
Last Europa League Final - None
Times Won - 0
Runners-Up - 0

BAYER LEVERKUSEN
Last Europa League Final - 1988 - Bayer Leverkusen 3-3 Espanyol (Leverkusen won 3-2 on penalties)
Times Won - 1
Runners-Up - 0

On 18/05/2024 at 16:04, Stan said:

Doing this... 

@Dan this was void as Saka didn't play. So choosing this for tonight:

8 minutes ago, Lucas said:

Is that meant to be Bayer Leverkusen mate?

22nd

17th

 

 

Yep! Changed it. 

Man City home:

Man Utd Home:

Bologna Home:

River Plate Home:

Fiorentina Home:

The PL title decision went down to the final day, and Man City sealed it expectedly at home to West Ham. In this league though, the title was pretty much sewn up for several weeks. Before we crown the winner, the top scores for Week 38 came from the closest challenger, @6666, and @Storts who was the only one to improve his position on the final day. Both scored 18 points, whilst the next best was @Rucksackfranzose with 17 points.

Most positions were sewn up, and nearly all regular competitors scored 500+ points, an indication of the impact having 4 points for a perfect score had. 

On to the winner who has been top of the pile since Week 26 - @Rajabhat Rovers! Congratulations to our regular prediction-league competitor! That week was the first time he took the league and he made the spot his own. 

As per tradition, here are some seasonal summary stats:

Other Leaders Throughout the Season:
- @6666 (Week 1-3, 5-19, 23-25)
- @Lucas (Week 4)
- @Dan (Week 20-22)

Highest Individual Scores in a Week
- @6666 - Week 1 - 38 points
- @Dan - Week 18 - 32 points
- @Rajabhat Rovers - Week 28 - 25 points
- @CaaC (John) - Week 35 - 24 points 
- @Storts - Week 37 - 24 points

Most Perfect Scores in a Single Gameweek
- @6666 - Week 1 - 5
- @Dan - Week 18 - 5
- @Lucas - Week 1 - 4

Finally, it's the Premier League Prediction League Hall of Fame....

• 2015/16 - @Storts
• 2016/17 - @Rajabhat Rovers
• 2017/18 - @Lucas
• 2018/19 - @JoshBRFC
• 2019/20 - @Lucas
• 2020/21 - @Rajabhat Rovers
• 2021/22 - @Mark Mark
• 2022/23 - @Lucas
• 2023/24 - @Rajabhat Rovers

Congratulations to @Rajabhat Rovers who is now the outright leader for most wins of the Premier League Prediction League!

Thank you to everyone who took part this season. Hopefully you can all return for the next season which begins in just under 3 months! 

Before that, there is the Euro 2024 Prediction League & Cup Competition to take place this summer, so if you haven't joined up yet, please do HERE

all kick-offs 15.00 (BST) unless stated

Saturday 25th May, 2024
Central Coast Mariners vs Melbourne Victory, 10.45
Celtic vs Rangers
Man City vs Man Utd
Real Sociedad vs Atletico Madrid, 15.15
Barcelona Women vs Lyon Women, 17.00
Kaiserslautern vs Bayer Leverkusen, 19.00

Sunday 26th May, 2024
St Louis City vs Seattle Sounders, 01.30
Frosinone vs Udinese, 14.00
Leeds vs Southampton, 15.00
Club Brugge vs Cercle Brugge, 17.30
 

Please get ALL predictions in by SATURDAY 25th MAY 2024 - Topic will be LOCKED at 10.45am (BST)!!

Week 40 Results
Hearts 3-3 Rangers
Union Berlin 2-1 Freiburg
Man Utd Women 0-6 Chelsea Women
Bolton 2-0 Oxford
New York City 2-1 New York RB
Wehen 1-2 St Pauli
Anderlecht 0-1 Club Brugge
Galatasaray 0-1 Fenerbahce
Granada 1-2 Celta Vigo
Le Havre 1-2 Marseille

Round-up
Some more places decided in respective leagues across the world, and some winners of cup competitions too, not to mention promotions and relegations sorted out!

Highest score came from last-place @Pyfish with 15 points. Meanwhile, the top 5 all scored 11 or 12 points but no movement in the rankings. All players barring myself scored a Perfect Score too.