Premier League Prediction Game
anybody doing the sportguru version as well as the fastasy football one
Premier League makes its SportGuru debut
23 Jul 2010
Following the success of our Football World Cup game and the positive feedback we received, we're delighted to be running a Premier League Predictor game.
It's a long old season, but all it takes is a couple of minutes each week to make your picks, and we'll find out in May 2011 who will be the Ultimate Football Guru.
Game format
The format is slightly different to the other tournaments that we've run. We won't be predicting every single fixture in the competition for fear of PredictionExhaustion, and instead, we've picked the top 8 teams from last year and will be using their fixtures in the game.
That will usually leave us with 6 or 7 fixtures to pick in each round, which we think is the optimum number - there are plenty of point-scoring opportunities, but it's not too overwhelming. And plus, is anyone really interested in Burnley v West Brom anyway?
The top 8 teams from last year are as follows:
- Chelsea
- Manchester United
- Arsenal
- Tottenham
- Manchester City
- Liverpool
- Aston Villa
- Everton
Scoring system
The scoring system during the World Cup was very well-received, so we'll be sticking with it, even though the Bonus Point calculations are a little complicated. Check out the how to play page for a full explanation.
http://www.sportguru.co.uk/premierleague/
Premier League Prediction Game
Following the World Cup prediction game, where the Pubs Galore league was won by Pubsignman, SportGuru are running a similar competition for the Premier League. I have again set up a Pubs Galore mini league and those who participated last time should receive an e-mail invitation.
All PG Forum members are welcome, just go to the SportGuru site, register and enter the PG league with the reference ’BOGSGUST’.
The scoring system is similar to the World Cup and the task of picking results every week is made easier as only games involving one of the top 8 clubs from last season’s Premiership are included. Same basic scoring system, you pick the win-draw-win result and if you get that right you can earn bonus points for goal difference and goals scored.
Please post on here when you have entered so that I can accept you into the league.