UEFA Champions League predictions competition 2015/16
 

Here we go again, it's the 2015/2016 installment of FOFC's very own UEFA Champions League prediction competition!

We'll be playing in four phase:
* Group stage
* Round of 16
* Quarter-finals
* Semi-finals and the final

In the group stage you will predict the final standing of all eight groups. A maximum of 40 points can be earned: 1 point for each correctly picked team to finish top2 and reach the round of 16, 1 point for correctly picking the third place team that goes into the UEFA Europa League and 1 bonus point for a correctly picked first or secoHere we go again, it's the 2015/2016 installment of FOFC's very own UEFA Champions League prediction competition!

We'll be playing in four phase:
* Group stage
* Round of 16
* Quarter-finals
* Semi-finals and the final

In the group stage you will predict the final standing of all eight groups. A maximum of 40 points can be earned: 1 point for each correctly picked team to finish top2 and reach the round of 16, 1 point for correctly picking the third place team that goes into the UEFA Europa League and 1 bonus point for a correctly picked first or second placed team.

In the round of 16, there will be 2 points per correct pick (for a maximum score of 16 points).

In the Quarter-finals there will be 5 points per correct pick (for a maximum of 20 points).

Points earned in the Semi-finals and final (for a maximum of 30 points):

	your	pick
	winner	r-up	semi
eventual winner	11	4	0
eventual runners up	4	9	0
eventual semi-finalist	0	0	5

The deadlines for making predictions are set in stone, they will be the day of the first game played of that round. Usually games are played at 2:45 PM eastern, but sometimes games in Russia or the Ukraine are moved forward, so to be safe make sure to post your prediction before noon Eastern.
* Group stage deadline: September 15th 2015
* Round of 16 deadline: February 16th 2016
* Quarter-finals deadline: April 5th 2016
* Semi-finals (and final) deadline: April 26th 2016

No editing of posts, or you will run the risk that I end up copy pasting your pre-edited content and never catch your changes. It's even better not to changes your predictions for any round, but it won't be disallowed.

So let's start with the Group stage predictions.
The draw is out and has given us the following groups:

group A	group B	group C	group D	group E	group F	group G	group H
1. Paris	1. PSV	1. Benfica	1. Juventus	1. Barcelona	1. Bayern	1. Chelsea	1. Zenit
2. Real Madrid	2. Man. United	2. Atletico Madrid	2. Man. City	2. Leverkusen	2. Arsenal	2. Porto	2. Valencia
3. Shakhtar Donetsk	3. CSKA Moscow	3. Galatasaray	3. Sevilla	3. Roma	3. Olympiacos	3. Dynamo Kyiv	3. Lyon
4. Malmö	4. Wolfsburg	4. Astana	4. Mönchengladbach	4. BATE	4. Dinamo Zagreb	4. M. Tel-Aviv	4. Gent

What you need to do is reply in this thread with your predictions, preferably by quoting this table and adding your predictions for places 1, 2, 3 and 4 at the end of the row. To make it easier, use the table/list below.

Group A	Paris	.
	Real Madrid	.
	Shakhtar Donetsk	.
	Malmö	.
Group B	PSV	.
	Man. United	.
	CSKA Moscow	.
	Wolfsburg	.
Group C	Benfica	.
	Atletico Madrid	.
	Galatasaray	.
	Astana	.
Group D	Juventus	.
	Man. City	.
	Sevilla	.
	Mönchengladbach	.
Group E	Barcelona	.
	Leverkusen	.
	Roma	.
	BATE	.
Group F	Bayern	.
	Arsenal	.
	Olympiacos	.
	Dinamo Zagreb	.
Group G	Chelsea	.
	Porto	.
	Dynamo Kyiv	.
	M. Tel-Aviv	.
Group H	Zenit	.
	Valencia	.
	Lyon	.
	Gent	.

Missed it last year, here we go.

Awesome. Let's do it.

Group A Paris 2
Real Madrid 1
Shakhtar Donetsk 3
Malmö 4
Group B PSV 2
Man. United 1
CSKA Moscow 4
Wolfsburg 3
Group C Benfica 2
Atletico Madrid 1
Galatasaray 3
Astana 4
Group D Juventus 2
Man. City 1
Sevilla 3
Mönchengladbach 4
Group E Barcelona 1
Leverkusen 2
Roma 3
BATE 4
Group F Bayern 1
Arsenal 2
Olympiacos 4
Dinamo Zagreb 3
Group G Chelsea 1
Porto 2
Dynamo Kyiv 3
M. Tel-Aviv 4
Group H Zenit 3
Valencia 1
Lyon 2
Gent 4

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My picks

Group A	Paris	2
	Real Madrid	1
	Shakhtar Donetsk	3
	Malmö	4
Group B	PSV	4
	Man. United	1
	CSKA Moscow	3
	Wolfsburg	2
Group C	Benfica	2
	Atletico Madrid	1
	Galatasaray	3
	Astana	4
Group D	Juventus	1
	Man. City	4
	Sevilla	2
	Mönchengladbach	3
Group E	Barcelona	1
	Leverkusen	2
	Roma	3
	BATE	4
Group F	Bayern	1
	Arsenal	2
	Olympiacos	3
	Dinamo Zagreb	4
Group G	Chelsea	1
	Porto	2
	Dynamo Kyiv	3
	M. Tel-Aviv	4
Group H	Zenit	3
	Valencia	1
	Lyon	2
	Gent	4

20 1/2 hours left to predict!

Group A	Paris	2
	Real Madrid	1
	Shakhtar Donetsk	3
	Malmö	4
Group B	PSV	2
	Man. United	1
	CSKA Moscow	4
	Wolfsburg	1
Group C	Benfica	3
	Atletico Madrid	1
	Galatasaray	2
	Astana	4
Group D	Juventus	2
	Man. City	1
	Sevilla	4
	Mönchengladbach	3
Group E	Barcelona	1
	Leverkusen	3
	Roma	2
	BATE	4
Group F	Bayern	1
	Arsenal	2
	Olympiacos	3
	Dinamo Zagreb	4
Group G	Chelsea	1
	Porto	3
	Dynamo Kyiv	2
	M. Tel-Aviv	4
Group H	Zenit	2
	Valencia	3
	Lyon	1
	Gent	4

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Removed duplicate 1 in group B (Wolfsburg to 3).

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Group A	Paris	2
	Real Madrid	1
	Shakhtar Donetsk	3
	Malmö	4
Group B	PSV	2
	Man. United	1
	CSKA Moscow	4
	Wolfsburg	3
Group C	Benfica	3
	Atletico Madrid	1
	Galatasaray	2
	Astana	4
Group D	Juventus	2
	Man. City	1
	Sevilla	4
	Mönchengladbach	3
Group E	Barcelona	1
	Leverkusen	3
	Roma	2
	BATE	4
Group F	Bayern	1
	Arsenal	2
	Olympiacos	3
	Dinamo Zagreb	4
Group G	Chelsea	1
	Porto	3
	Dynamo Kyiv	2
	M. Tel-Aviv	4
Group H	Zenit	2
	Valencia	3
	Lyon	1
	Gent	4

kingfc22's entry is technically 45 mins late, but I'll allow it with a penalty of 1.666 points (corresponding with knowing the half time score for 8/96 games, which together add up to 40 points), as I've done in the past with late entries.

Virtual standings after 1/6th of the group stage:

rk	who?	pt
1.	cartman	27
2.	Scholes	25
2.	MIJB#19	25
4.	claphamsa	24
5.	Northwood_DK	23
5.	Alf	23
5.	The Jackal	23
8.	Ryche	21
9.	kingfc22	20 1/3
10.	dacman	20
11.	Grover	19
12.	atatange1	16
13.	rest of FOFC	0

Virtual standings after 2/6th of the group stage:

rk	who?	pt
1.	cartman	24
2.	MIJB#19	22
3.	Grover	20
3.	The Jackal	20
5.	Scholes	19
6.	claphamsa	18
6.	Ryche	18
8.	dacman	17
9.	kingfc22	16 1/3
10.	atatange1	16
10.	Alf	16
10.	Northwood_DK	16
13.	rest of FOFC	0

Dead last. Yowza !

Virtual standings after 3/6th of the group stage:

rk	who?	pt
1.	Ryche	23
2.	Grover	22
2.	cartman	22
4.	dacman	21
5.	claphamsa	20
5.	MIJB#19	20
5.	The Jackal	20
8.	Scholes	19
9.	Northwood_DK	18
9.	Alf	18
11.	kingfc22	17 1/3
12.	atatange1	15
13.	rest of FOFC	0

Virtual standings after 5/6th of the group stage:

rk	who?	pt
1.	Grover	27
2.	Ryche	26
3.	dacman	24
4.	kingfc22	23 1/3
5.	Northwood_DK	23
5.	Alf	23
7.	atatange1	20
7.	cartman	20
7.	MIJB#19	20
10.	Scholes	19
11.	claphamsa	18
11.	The Jackal	18
13.	rest of FOFC	0

Hey, I climbed back up

woof

Standings after the group stage:

rk	who?	pt
1.	atatange1	30
2.	Ryche	29
3.	Northwood_DK	28
3.	Alf	28
5.	kingfc22	26 1/3
6.	The Jackal	26
7.	claphamsa	25
7.	dacman	25
8.	Grover	23
10.	Scholes	22
11.	MIJB#19	21
12.	cartman	18
13.	rest of FOFC	0

Wow, after a hot start I really screwed the pooch over the last few matches.

Phew. Gave myself a fighting chance here.

I climbed again. Looks I ain't that bad at that thing finally.

Round of 16 draw:
Gent vs Wolfsburg
Roma vs Real Madrid
Paris vs Chelsea
Arsenal vs Barcelona
Juventus vs Bayern
PSV vs Atletico Madrid
Benfica vs Zenit
Dynamo Kyiv vs Man. City

Let's see if I can win, by starting now. :D

Wolfsburg over Gent

Real Madrid over Roma

PSG over Chelsea

Barcelona over Arsenal

Bayern over Juventus

Atletico Madrid over PSV

Benfica over Zenit

Man City over Dynamo Kyiv

It's a little bit tricky to "bet" now. Matthijs, if you could make a friendly bump reminder shortly before Round of 16 is played.

Thanks

Wolfsburg over Gent
Real Madrid over Roma
Paris over Chelsea
Barcelona over Arsenal
Bayern over Juventus
Atletico Madrid over PSV
Zenit over Benfica
Man. City over Dynamo Kyiv

Of course there will be a reminder. I'm not going to make my own picks for another week or eight. :D

7 days and 1 hour before kickoff is still a little bit too early, perhaps. :D

Gent over Wolfsburg
Real Madrid over Roma
Paris over Chelsea
Arsenal over Barcelona
Bayern over Juventus
Atletico Madrid over PSV
Zenit over Benfica
Man. City over Dynamo Kyiv

do i think arsenal will actually win? probably not

Gent vs Wolfsburg
Roma vs Real Madrid
Paris vs Chelsea
Arsenal vs Barcelona
Juventus vs Bayern
PSV vs Atletico Madrid
Benfica vs Zenit
Dynamo Kyiv vs Man. City

Round of 16 draw:
Gent vs Wolfsburg
Roma vs Real Madrid
Paris vs Chelsea
Arsenal vs Barcelona
Juventus vs Bayern
PSV vs Atletico Madrid
Benfica vs Zenit
Dynamo Kyiv vs Man. City

Gent vs Wolfsburg
Roma vs Real Madrid
Paris vs Chelsea
Arsenal vs Barcelona
Juventus vs Bayern
PSV vs Atletico Madrid
Benfica vs Zenit
Dynamo Kyiv vs Man. City

Round of 16 draw:
Gent vs Wolfsburg
Roma vs Real Madrid
Paris vs Chelsea
Arsenal vs Barcelona
Juventus vs Bayern
PSV vs Atletico Madrid
Benfica vs Zenit
Dynamo Kyiv vs Man. City

Gent vs Wolfsburg
Roma vs Real Madrid
Paris vs Chelsea
Arsenal vs Barcelona
Juventus vs Bayern
PSV vs Atletico Madrid
Benfica vs Zenit
Dynamo Kyiv vs Man. City

Wolfsburg
Real Madrid
Paris
Barcelona
Bayern
PSV
Zenit
Man. City

Wolfsburg
Real Madrid
Paris
Barcelona
Juventus
Atletico Madrid
Zenit
Man. City

Wolfsburg
Real Madrid
PSG
Barcelona
Juventus
Atletico Madrid
Benfica
Man City

Gent vs Wolfsburg
Roma vs Real Madrid
Paris vs Chelsea
Arsenal vs Barcelona
Juventus vs Bayern
PSV vs Atletico Madrid
Benfica vs Zenit
Dynamo Kyiv vs Man. City

Standings after 4 of 8 Round of 16 matchups decided:

rk	who?	pt	r16
1.	atatange1	36	+6
1.	Northwood_DK	36	+8
3.	Ryche	35	+6
4.	kingfc22	34 1/3	+8
5.	Alf	34	+6
6.	claphamsa	33	+8
6.	dacman	33	+8
8.	The Jackal	30	+4
9.	MIJB#19	27	+6
10.	Scholes	26	+4
10.	cartman	26	+8
12.	Grover	23	+0
13.	flere-imsaho	8	+8
14.	rest of FOFC	0	+0

Do you have an update after round of 16 games ? And now that the draw for the 1/4 finals has been made ?

I'm on it!

Standings after Round of 16:

rk	who?	pt	r16
1.	Northwood_DK	44	+16
2.	Ryche	43	+14
3.	atatange1	42	+12
4.	claphamsa	41	+16
4.	dacman	41	+16
6.	kingfc22	40 1/3	+14
7.	Alf	38	+10
8.	The Jackal	36	+10
9.	MIJB#19	33	+12
10.	Scholes	32	+10
10.	cartman	32	+14
12.	Grover	23	+0
13.	flere-imsaho	16	+16
14.	rest of FOFC	0	+0

Quarterfinals draw:
Wolfsburg vs Real Madrid
Bayern vs Benfica
Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid
Paris vs Man. City

For the prediction competition, you'll have to predict your four winners, deadline April 5th!

Wolfsburg vs Real Madrid
Bayern vs Benfica
Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid
Paris vs Man. City

Wolfsburg vs Real Madrid
Bayern vs Benfica
Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid
Paris vs Man. City

Wolfsburg vs Real Madrid
Bayern vs Benfica
Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid
Paris vs Man. City


This feels like the easiest quarterfinal to predict in some time. The only one that really seems iffy is Barca vs. Atletico.

Wolfsburg vs Real Madrid
Bayern vs Benfica
Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid
Paris vs Man. City

:withstupid:

Wolfsburg vs Real Madrid
Bayern vs Benfica
Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid
Paris SG vs Man. City

I could see Wolfsburg surprise Real, but properly not.

Wolfsburg vs Real Madrid
Bayern vs Benfica
Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid
Paris vs Man. City


Hard to go against the grain in this round. Atletico would be the only upset I could see happening.

Wolfsburg vs Real Madrid
Bayern vs Benfica
Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid
Paris vs Man. City

Barring any major injury, the picks seem pretty clear

Real Madrid
Bayern
Barcelona
Paris

(and a 23 hours minus 5 minutes bump!)

everyone is taking the chalk!

Real Madrid
Barcelona
PSG
Bayern

Manchester City would be tempting if they were healthy but they're too vulnerable without Kompany and Hart

Wolfsburg vs Real Madrid
Bayern vs Benfica
Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid
Paris vs Man. City

Is absolutely correct.

Plus, form for both City & PSG are going in opposite directions.

PSG vs Man. City was the only one I had some doubt about.

Champions League form has us in the.. uh quarterfinals. :cool:

Yeah, but in your last 5 league games you've lost twice (Man Utd & Liverpool), drawn once (Norwich) and won twice (Aston Villa and Bournemouth). PSG, on the other hand....

PSG play in a Mickey mouse league. Hart is confirmed to start tomorrow.

Wolfsburg vs Real Madrid
Bayern vs Benfica
Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid
Paris vs Man. City

Our league form has sucked all year. Every single stat shows that. Doesn't really have much to do with this match in my opinion. PSG just might be better. I would feel better with kompany, but Hart playing is a big boost itself. He is lights out in the CL.

Standings after Quarterfinals:

rk	who?	pt	QF
1.	atatange1	57	+15
2.	Northwood_DK	54	+10
3.	Ryche	53	+10
4.	claphamsa	51	+10
4.	dacman	51	+10
6.	kingfc22	50 1/3	+10
7.	Alf	48	+10
8.	The Jackal	46	+10
9.	MIJB#19	43	+10
10.	cartman	42	+10
11.	Scholes	32	+0
12.	flere-imsaho	26	+10
13.	Grover	23	+0
14.	rest of FOFC	0	+0

Hey, I submitted a QF entry! :)

Fixed. Sorry for that wrongfully copy and posted stuff.

Here we go, the last predictions of this season: which teams will play the final and who will win it?

The semi-finals draw:
Manchester City vs. Real Madrid
Atlético Madrid vs. Bayern München

Real Madrid over Bayern

Manchester City vs. Real Madrid
Atlético Madrid vs. Bayern München
----------
Winner : Real Madrid

With the luck Real has had so far, I see them go all the way : Real Madrid to win it all for me

Manchester City vs. Real Madrid
Atlético Madrid vs. Bayern München
----------
Winner : Bayern

Manchester City vs. Real Madrid
Atlético Madrid vs. Bayern München
----------
Winner : Real Madrid

City over Bayern.

I'm doing this to atone for not believing in sov's City. :O

Haha I would think some guys would pick different teams just so they can win the competition.

Atletico over Real

Manchester City over Atletico

Manchester City over Real Madrid
Bayern Munich over Atletico Madrid

Bayern Munich over Manchester City

Manchester City vs. Real Madrid
Atlético Madrid vs. Bayern München

Bayern over Real

Less than 15 minutes until kickoff bump...

Bayern München over Real Madrid.


Almost forgot to post my own prediction!

Rooting interests for the top3 spots for these last 5 matches:
Atletico over Man.City: 1. Ryche, 2. kingfc22, 3. Alf, atatange1
Atletico over Real Mad.: 1. kingfc22, 2. atatange1, 3. Alf
Bayern over Man.City: 1. Ryche, 2. atatange1, 3. claphamsa
Bayern over Real Mad.: 1. atatange1, 2. claphamsa, 3. MIJB#19
Man.City over Atletico: 1. Scholes, Alf, Ryche
Man.City over Bayern: 1. Ryche, 2. atatange1, 3. dacman
Real Mad. over Atletico: 1. Alf, 2. kingfc22, 3. dacman
Real Mad. over Bayern: 1. dacman, 2. atatange1, 3. cartman

I honestly do feel confident about my projection :)

dola. So did I just win that one ?

So close. Yet so far.

And the winner is...

rk	who?	pt	F4
1.	Alf	78	+30
2.	kingfc22	68 1/3	+18
3.	dacman	67	+16
4.	atatange1	66	+9
5.	claphamsa	60	+9
6.	cartman	58	+16
7.	Northwood_DK	54	+0
8.	Ryche	53	+0
9.	MIJB#19	52	+9
10.	The Jackal	46	+0
10.	Scholes	46	+14
12.	flere-imsaho	26	+0
13.	Grover	23	+0
14.	rest of FOFC	0	+0

Congrats Alf!

Yay me !