Round 3 will be played from August 31 to September 8 and will have six 2 leg series. I (or somebody else if I get beaten to it) will post the dates and times when they are announced. Make score predictions for each game after regulation and separately say who you predict to advance if you predict extra time and/or penalty kicks. Predictions for both legs of a series must be made before the first leg starts. Here are the fixtures with the first leg home team listed first: Curacao-El Salvador Canada-Belize Grenada-Haiti Jamaica-Nicaragua St. Vincent and the Grenadines-Aruba Antigua and Barbuda-Guatemala Round 3 is worth 7.8%, and Rounds 1 through 3 combined are worth 20%. Each score prediction in Round 3 is worth 0.325 points and each aggregate winner prediction is worth 0.65 points. I'll post my predictions later.
Yes. You missed 12.2% of the contest. In qualifying for World Cup 2014, 46 people predicted at least one round, but only 9 of them predicted every round, so you won't be the only one to only predict some rounds.
I used a sample of scores and the table at http://www.eloratings.net/system.html to estimate what the margin of a game should be for each ELO rating difference between the teams: 0 to 85 difference: Draw 86 to 226 difference: 1 goal 227 to 365 difference: 2 goals 366 to 422 difference: 3 goals 423 to 548 difference: 4 goals 549 or more difference: 5 goals or more (I treated all margins of 5 or more goals the same) The ELO rating difference between the best and worst country is 1,598. The ELO rating difference between the best and worst country in CONCACAF is 1,213. The ELO rating difference between Jamaica and Nicaragua is 435, which is the biggest difference for any of the Round 3 pairings. Home field is worth 100 points, making a difference of 535, which expects Jamaica to win by 4 goals hosting Nicaragua. FIFA Rankings are released Thursday August 6.
The formula I used to predict resulted in only 1 draw, and for home field to normally make a difference of 2 goals. Here are my predictions: Curacao 1:2 El Salvador El Salvador 3:0 Curacao Aggregate of El Salvador 5:1 Curacao Canada 3:0 Belize Belize 0:1 Canada Aggregate of Canada 4:0 Belize Grenada 0:1 Haiti Haiti 4:1 Grenada Aggregate of Haiti 5:1 Grenada Jamaica 5:1 Nicaragua Nicaragua 0:2 Jamaica Aggregate of Jamaica 7:1 Nicaragua St. Vincent and the Grenadines 3:1 Aruba Aruba 1:2 St. Vincent and the Grenadines Aggregate of St. Vincent and the Grenadines 5:2 Aruba Antigua and Barbuda 1:1 Guatemala Guatemala 3:1 Antigua and Barbuda Aggregate of Guatemala 4:2 Antigua and Barbuda
Here are my predictions: Curacao 1:1 El Salvador El Salvador 2:0 Curacao Aggregate of El Salvador 3:1 Curacao Canada 2:0 Belize Belize 0:0 Canada Aggregate of Canada 2:0 Belize Grenada 0:1 Haiti Haiti 3:1 Grenada Aggregate of Haiti 4:1 Grenada Jamaica 2:0Nicaragua Nicaragua 0:0 Jamaica Aggregate of Jamaica 2:0 Nicaragua St. Vincent and the Grenadines 3:1 Aruba Aruba 1:0 St. Vincent and the Grenadines Aggregate of St. Vincent and the Grenadines 3:2 Aruba Antigua and Barbuda 1:2 Guatemala Guatemala 2:0 Antigua and Barbuda Aggregate of Guatemala 4:1 Antigua and Barbuda
Curacao 1:1 El Salvador El Salvador 2:1 Curacao Aggregate of El Salvador 3:2 Curacao Canada 3:0 Belize Belize 1:1 Canada Aggregate of Canada 4:1 Belize Grenada 1:2 Haiti Haiti 3:0 Grenada Aggregate of Haiti 5:1 Grenada Jamaica 2:0 Nicaragua Nicaragua 1:1 Jamaica Aggregate of Jamaica 3:1 Nicaragua St. Vincent and the Grenadines 3:0 Aruba Aruba 0:1 St. Vincent and the Grenadines Aggregate of St. Vincent and the Grenadines 4:0 Aruba Antigua and Barbuda 2:1 Guatemala Guatemala 2:0 Antigua and Barbuda Aggregate of Guatemala 3:2 Antigua and Barbuda
Curacao 2:1 El Salvador El Salvador 4:2 Curacao El Salvador advance 5-4 on aggregate Canada 3:0 Belize Belize 1:2 Canada Canada advance 5-1 on aggregate Grenada 1:0 Haiti Haiti 3:1 Grenada Haiti advance 3-2 on aggregate Jamaica 2:0 Nicaragua Nicaragua 1:2 Jamaica Jamaica advance 4-1 on aggregate St Vincent and the Grenadines 2:0 Aruba Aruba 0-0 St Vincent and the Grenadines St Vincent and the Grenadines advance 2-0 on aggregate Antigua and Barbuda 2:2 Guatemala Guatemala 1:1 Antigua and Barbuda Guatemala advance 3-3 on aggregate on away goals
My predictions : Curacao 0-0 El Salvador El Salvador 6-1 Curacao El Salvador wins 6-1 on aggregate Canada 2-0 Belize Belize 2-2 Canada Canada wins 4-2 on aggregate Grenada 0-0 Haiti Haiti 1-0 Grenada Haiti wins 1-0 on aggregate Jamaica 1-0 Nicaragua Nicaragua 0-0 Jamaica Jamaica wins 1-0 on aggregate St. Vincent and the Grenadines 5-0 Aruba Aruba 0-2 St. Vincent and the Grenadines St. Vincent and the Grenadines wins 7-0 on aggregate Antigua and Barbuda 0-0 Guatemala Guatemala 4-1 Antigua and Barbuda Guatemala wins 4-1 on aggregate
Curacao 1:2 El Salvador El Salvador 3:0 Curacao Aggregate of El Salvador 5:1 Curacao Canada 3:0 Belize Belize 1:2 Canada Aggregate of Canada 5:1 Belize Grenada 1:2 Haiti Haiti 3:0 Grenada Aggregate of Haiti 5:1 Grenada Jamaica 3:0 Nicaragua Nicaragua 1:3 Jamaica Aggregate of Jamaica 6:1 Nicaragua St. Vincent and the Grenadines 3:0 Aruba Aruba 1:2 St. Vincent and the Grenadines Aggregate of St. Vincent and the Grenadines 5:1 Aruba Antigua and Barbuda 1:2 Guatemala Guatemala 2:1 Antigua and Barbuda Aggregate of Guatemala 4:2 Antigua and Barbuda
These people have predicted some or all of Rounds 1 and 2 but not Round 3 yet: @Outburstz @chec @dinamo_zagreb @Sebsasour @blacksun @ioppolo @PaulieJay @ChaChaFut @drt2k3 @italiancbr @SetPeace @zenryan @barnabyjonez
Curacao 1-1 El Salvador El Salvador 2-1 Curacao SLV wins 3-2 Canada 3-0 Belize Belize 0-0 Canada CAN wins 3-0 Grenada 1-1 Haiti Haiti 1-0 Grenada HAI wins 2-1 Jamaica 2-0 Nicaragua Nicaragua 0-1 Jamaica JAM wins 3-0 Saint Vincent 1-0 Aruba Aruba 1-1 Saint Vincent VIN wins 2-1 Antigua and Barbuda 2-0 Guatemala Guatemala 2-1 Antigua and Barbuda ATG wins 3-2 (I need an upset in here)
Will do it now, thanks for noticing, Evan! Curacao 1-0 El Salvador El Salvador 2-1 Curacao Curacao Canada 4-1 Belize Belize 0-2 Canada Canada Grenada 1-2 Haiti Haiti 4-0 Grenada Haiti Jamaica 3-0 Nicaragua Nicaragua 1-2 Jamaica Jamaica Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2-0 Aruba Aruba 1-2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Antigua and Barbuda 3-1 Guatemala Guatemala 1-1 Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda
Curacao 0:2 El Salvador El Salvador 3:0 Curacao El Salvador advances Canada 2:0 Belize Belize 0:1 Canada Canada advances Grenada 0:0 Haiti Haiti 2:0 Grenada Haiti advances Jamaica 4:1 Nicaragua Nicaragua 1:2 Jamaica Jamaica advances St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2:0 Aruba Aruba 1:1 St. Vincent and the Grenadines St. Vincent and the Grenadines advances Antigua and Barbuda 0:1 Guatemala Guatemala 2:1 Antigua and Barbuda Guatemala advances
Curacao 2:1 El Salvador El Salvador 3:0 Curacao Aggregate of El Salvador 4:2 Curacao Canada 4:0 Belize Belize 0:2 Canada Aggregate of Canada 6:0 Belize Grenada 1:1 Haiti Haiti 4:1 Grenada Aggregate of Haiti 5:2 Grenada Jamaica 3:0 Nicaragua Nicaragua 0:2 Jamaica Aggregate of Jamaica 5:0 Nicaragua St. Vincent and the Grenadines 3:1 Aruba Aruba 1:1 St. Vincent and the Grenadines Aggregate of St. Vincent and the Grenadines 4:2 Aruba Antigua and Barbuda0:0Guatemala Guatemala 3:0 Antigua and Barbuda Aggregate of Guatemala 3:0 Antigua and Barbuda
Curacao 0-1 El Salvador El Salvador 4-0 Curacao Aggregate of El Salvador 5-0 Curacao Canada 3-0 Belize Belize 0-1 Canada Aggregate of Canada 4-0 Belize Grenada 1-2 Haiti Haiti 3-1 Grenada Aggregate of Haiti 5-2 Grenada Jamaica 3-0 Nicaragua Nicaragua 1-2 Jamaica Aggregate of Jamaica 5-1 Nicaragua St. Vincent and the Grenadines 3-0 Aruba Aruba 1-2 St. Vincent and the Grenadines Aggregate of St. Vincent and the Grenadines 5-1 Aruba Antigua and Barbuda 1-2 Guatemala Guatemala 3-1 Antigua & Barbuda Aggregate of Guatemala 5-2 Antigua & Barbuda
Curacao 0-2 El Salvador El Salvador 3-0 Curacao Aggregate of El Salvador 5-0 Curacao Canada 1-0 Belize Belize 0-1 Canada Aggregate of Canada 2-0 Belize Grenada 1-2 Haiti Haiti 3-0 Grenada Aggregate of Haiti 5-1 Grenada Jamaica 3-2 Nicaragua Nicaragua 2-2 Jamaica Aggregate of Jamaica 5-4 Nicaragua St. Vincent and the Grenadines 3-0 Aruba Aruba 0-2 St. Vincent and the Grenadines Aggregate of St. Vincent and the Grenadines 5-0 Aruba Antigua and Barbuda 1-1 Guatemala Guatemala 2-1 Antigua & Barbuda Aggregate of Guatemala 3-2 Antigua & Barbuda
Curacao 1-1 El Salvador El Salvador 2-1 Curacao Aggregate of El Salvador 3-2 Curacao Canada 2-0 Belize Belize 0-0 Canada Aggregate of Canada 2-0 Belize Grenada 1-2 Haiti Haiti 2-1 Grenada Aggregate of Haiti 4-2 Grenada Jamaica 3-0 Nicaragua Nicaragua 1-2 Jamaica Aggregate of Jamaica 5-1 Nicaragua St. Vincent and the Grenadines 3-1 Aruba Aruba 1-1 St. Vincent and the Grenadines Aggregate of St. Vincent and the Grenadines 4-2 Aruba Antigua and Barbuda 1-2 Guatemala Guatemala 2-1 Antigua & Barbuda Aggregate of Guatemala 4-2 Antigua & Barbuda
Curacao 1-1 el Salvador El salvador 1-0 Curacao Canada 4-0 Belize Belize 0-0 Canada Grenada 1-2 Haiti Haiti 3-1 Grenada Jamaica 4-0 Nicaragua Nicaragua 0-1 Jamaica STV 2-1 Aruba Aruba 1-3 ATB 2-2 Guatemala Guatemala 3-1 ATB
Curacao 2:1 El Salvador El Salvador 2:0 Curacao Aggregate of El Salvador 3:2 Curacao Canada 3:0 Belize Belize 0:1 Canada Aggregate of Canada 4:0 Belize Grenada 1:1 Haiti Haiti 2:0 Grenada Aggregate of Haiti 3:1 Grenada Jamaica 3:1 Nicaragua Nicaragua 1:2 Jamaica Aggregate of Jamaica 5:1 Nicaragua St. Vincent and the Grenadines 3:1 Aruba Aruba 1:0 St. Vincent and the Grenadines Aggregate of St. Vincent and the Grenadines 3:2 Aruba Antigua and Barbuda 1:1 Guatemala Guatemala 2:0 Antigua and Barbuda Aggregate of Guatemala 3:1 Antigua and Barbuda
Curacao 1-1 El Salvador El Salvador 2-0 Curacao El Salvador advances on aggregate 3-1 Canada 3-0 Belize Belize 0-0 Canada Canada advances on aggregate 3-0 Grenada 1-2 Haiti Haiti 3-0 Grenada Haiti advances on aggregate 5-1 Jamaica 2-0 Nicaragua Nicaragua 0-1 Jamaica Jamaica advances on aggregate 3-0 St. Vincent & the Grenadines 3-0 Aruba Aruba 2-1 St. Vincent & the Grenadines Vincy Heat advance on aggregate 4-2 Antigua & Barbuda 2-1 Guatemala Guatemala 1-0 Antigua & Barbuda Guatemala advances on away goals rule
Curacao 1-1 El Salvador El Salvador 2-0 Curacao Aggregate of El Salvador 3-1 Curacao Canada 3-0 Belize Belize 1-2 Canada Aggregate of Canada 5-1 Belize Grenada 0:1 Haiti Haiti 2-0 Grenada Aggregate of Haiti 3-0 Grenada Jamaica 3-0 Nicaragua Nicaragua 1-2 Jamaica Aggregate of Jamaica 5-1 Nicaragua St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1-0 Aruba Aruba 2-1 St. Vincent and the Grenadines Aggregate of St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2-2 Aruba STV away goals Antigua and Barbuda 2-1 Guatemala Guatemala 1-1 Antigua and Barbuda Aggregate of Guatemala 2-3 Antigua and Barbuda
Curacao 1-2 El Salvador El Salvador 4-0 Curacao Aggregate of El Salvador 6-1 Curacao Canada 2-0 Belize Belize 1-1 Canada Aggregate of Canada 3-1 Belize Grenada 0:2 Haiti Haiti 4-0 Grenada Aggregate of Haiti 6-0 Grenada Jamaica 5-0 Nicaragua Nicaragua 1-1 Jamaica Aggregate of Jamaica 6-1 Nicaragua St. Vincent and the Grenadines 4-0 Aruba Aruba 2-2 St. Vincent and the Grenadines Aggregate of St. Vincent and the Grenadines 6-2 Antigua and Barbuda 0-1 Guatemala Guatemala 5-1 Antigua and Barbuda Aggregate of Guatemala 6-1
@Blue_nation724 You said you would make predictions but haven't done so. The first game is tomorrow at 3:30 P.M. USA Eastern. Predictions for both legs of a series must be made before the first leg starts.