Both Teams to Score 2024/25 - GAME OVER

[sibrown4]

AFC Bournemouth v Aston Villa Yes Joker
Newcastle United v Chelsea Yes
Nottingham Forest v Leicester No
Tottenham Hotspur v Crystal Palace Yes
Liverpool v Arsenal Yes

[morganb]

Southampton v Man City NO
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brighton YES
AFC Bournemouth v Aston Villa YES JOKER
Newcastle United v Chelsea YES
Liverpool v Arsenal YES

[Ralfbergs]

Ipswich Town v Brentford YES
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brighton YES
AFC Bournemouth v Aston Villa YES (JOKER)
Newcastle United v Chelsea YES
Manchester United v West Ham YES

[Geoffv]

Fulham v Everton Yes
Ipswich Town v Brentford No
Southampton v Man City No
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brighton Yes Joker
AFC Bournemouth v Aston Villa Yes

[maxi123]

Fulham v Everton Goal/Goal
Ipswich Town v Brentford No
Southampton v Man City No
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brighton Goal/Goal
AFC Bournemouth v Aston Villa No

[hayesag]

Bournemouth v Villa YES (JOKER)
Man Utd v West Ham YES
Forest v Leicester NO
Spurs v Palace YES
Liverpool v Arsenal YES

[morganb]

Scores:

BTTS_R6_W6_24_25.png

Plus Maxi123 got 4 without playing a Joker but I didn't add this to the grid as we are in the final week of the standard season however he is more than welcome to join from the start of 2025/26


Congratulations to hayesag for winning the final Round and gaining entry to the Grand Final - details to follow

[morganb]

The players who have gained a place in the Grand Final are:

1st Mini-season: GeoffV
2nd Mini-season: raoul
3rd Mini-season: zipnolan
4th Mini-season: morganb
5th Mini-season: morganb
6th Mini-season: hayesag

Therefore we have 5 players in the Grand Semi-Final

Format:

In Game Week 37, the players named above will need to predict for every game in the game week - don't forget to pick a Joker:


Aston Villa v Tottenham
Chelsea v Man Utd
Everton v Southampton
West Ham United v Nottm Forest
Brentford v Fulham
Leicester City v Ipswich
Arsenal v Newcastle
Brighton & Hove Albion v Liverpool
Crystal Palace v Wolves
Manchester City v Bournemouth


Post your predictions on this thread as per usual.

The top 2 players will go through to predict the Game Week 38 fixtures in the same way, after which we will crown the overall winner.

Standard tie-breaks will apply - Correct Joker then most No predictions correct. If players can not be separated then all tied players will go through to week 38.

Hope the above is clear.

Congratulations to those who have made the Grand Final and thanks to everyone who has played this season.

[hayesag]

looking fwd to it. thx morgan

[raoul]

thanks Morgan!

[raoul]

Aston Villa v Tottenham - NO
Chelsea v Man Utd - YES
Everton v Southampton - YES
West Ham United v Nottm Forest - YES
Brentford v Fulham - YES
Leicester City v Ipswich - YES
Arsenal v Newcastle - YES
Brighton & Hove Albion v Liverpool - YES
Crystal Palace v Wolves - YES
Manchester City v Bournemouth - YES

[zipnolan]

Many thanks for your hard work, Morgan!

Aston Villa v Tottenham No
Chelsea v Man Utd Yes
Everton v Southampton No
West Ham United v Nottm Forest Yes
Brentford v Fulham Yes
Leicester City v Ipswich No
Arsenal v Newcastle Yes Joker
Brighton & Hove Albion v Liverpool Yes
Crystal Palace v Wolves Yes
Manchester City v Bournemouth No

[Geoffv]

Aston Villa v Tottenham Yes
Chelsea v Man Utd No
Everton v Southampton No
West Ham United v Nottm Forest Yes
Brentford v Fulham Yes
Leicester City v Ipswich Yes
Arsenal v Newcastle Yes Joker
Brighton & Hove Albion v Liverpool Yes
Crystal Palace v Wolves Yes
Manchester City v Bournemouth Yes

[morganb]

Aston Villa v Tottenham YES
Chelsea v Man Utd NO
Everton v Southampton NO
West Ham United v Nottm Forest YES
Brentford v Fulham YES JOKER
Leicester City v Ipswich YES
Arsenal v Newcastle NO
Brighton & Hove Albion v Liverpool NO
Crystal Palace v Wolves YES
Manchester City v Bournemouth NO

[raoul]

Aston Villa v Tottenham - NO
Chelsea v Man Utd - YES Joker
Everton v Southampton - YES
West Ham United v Nottm Forest - YES
Brentford v Fulham - YES
Leicester City v Ipswich - YES
Arsenal v Newcastle - YES
Brighton & Hove Albion v Liverpool - YES
Crystal Palace v Wolves - YES
Manchester City v Bournemouth - YES

[hayesag]

Villa v Spurs YES (JOKER)
Chelsea v Man Utd YES
Everton v Soton NO
West Ham v Forest NO
Brentford v Fulham YES
Leicester v Ipswich YES
Arsenal v Newcastle NO
Brighton v Liverpool YES
Palace v Wolves YES
Man City v Bournemouth YES

[morganb]

Chart showing everyone's picks:

BTTS_GSF_0.png

Crystal Palace v Wolves - YES was picked by everyone
Brentford v Fulham - YES was picked by everyone but includes a JOKER

I'll try to keep this updated over the weekend

[Ralfbergs]

I'm so off this season that thought I made it into the grand finale and then also thought I managed to miss posting predictions - both turned out to be wrong .

Thanks morganb for running and keeping the game alive!

[morganb]

After Friday's games - all very close but a couple of Jokers gone:

BTTS_GSF_Friday.png

[morganb]

After Sunday:

BTTS_GSF_Sunday.png

[morganb]

After Monday:

BTTS_GSF_Monday.png

[hayesag]

geoff v zip for 2nd place spot....who will face the host in the final

[morganb]

Final scores:

BTTS_GSF_Tuesday.png

Looks like we'll be needing that tie break:

zipnolan - 7
Geoffv - 7

Correct Joker

zipnolan - 0

Arsenal v Newcastle Yes Joker 0

Geoffv - 0

Arsenal v Newcastle Yes Joker 0

Most No predictions correct:

zipnolan - 3

Aston Villa v Tottenham No 1
Everton v Southampton No 1
Leicester City v Ipswich No 1

Geoffv - 2

Chelsea v Man Utd No 1
Everton v Southampton No 1

Therefore congratulations go to morganb and zipnolan

Commiserations to everyone else, especially Geoffv

I'll post up the fixtures and rules for the Grand Final tomorrow

[Geoffv]

Noooooo


Good luck to the finalists

[morganb]

Grand Final Format:

In Game Week 38, morganb and zipnolan will need to predict for every game in the game week - don't forget to pick a Joker:

Sunday 25th May, 4pm deadline:


AFC Bournemouth v Leicester
Fulham v Man City
Ipswich Town v West Ham
Liverpool v Crystal Palace
Manchester United v Aston Villa
Newcastle United v Everton
Nottingham Forest v Chelsea
Southampton v Arsenal
Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brentford


If you are happy to then please post your predictions on this thread as per usual. If not we can PM our predictions to someone.

Standard tie-breaks will apply - Correct Joker then most No predictions correct.

If players still can not be separated then please also provide your unique guess at the total number of goals scored across all 10 matches

Hope the above is clear.

Congratulations to those who have made the Grand Final and thanks to everyone who has played this season.

[raoul]

Good luck to the finalists and boy that ended up real close. All came down to Joker decisions.

Geoff and zip got 7 out of 10 results right. Everyone else got 6. Morgan was the only correct Joker so overtook Geoff and zip.

Anyone else who had managed to get Joker right would have been in the final.

[morganb]

Number one rule of Both Teams - get your Joker right!

[zipnolan]

AFC Bournemouth v Leicester No
Fulham v Man City Yes
Ipswich Town v West Ham Yes
Liverpool v Crystal Palace Yes
Manchester United v Aston Villa Yes
Newcastle United v Everton No
Nottingham Forest v Chelsea Yes Joker
Southampton v Arsenal Yes
Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton Yes
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brentford Yes

Tie-break: 33

Many thanks for the game Morgan, and GL!

[morganb]

AFC Bournemouth v Leicester YES
Fulham v Man City NO
Ipswich Town v West Ham YES
Liverpool v Crystal Palace YES
Manchester United v Aston Villa NO
Newcastle United v Everton NO
Nottingham Forest v Chelsea YES JOKER
Southampton v Arsenal NO
Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton YES
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Brentford YES

Tie break: 26

[morganb]

Here are both player's picks side by side:

BTTS_GF_0.png

Four differences but matching Jokers (I did my picks before seeing zip's and as we've enough other differences I'll leave my Joker as per my original choice)

Bit of a difference on the goals tie break: 33 v 26