Portuguese SuperLiga 2007/2008: Opening Week

[Tajike]

From far and wide, they have come. Some came for the thrill, others for the excitement, few because we offer sexual intercourse with puppycats. Today we can all rejoice.
May I welcome you all for the

PORTUGUESE PREDICTION LEAGUE 2007/2008
5th BIRTHDAY EDITION

sponsored by:

Betadine
Miauw Miauw Doggy Biscuits
The Society for Nearly-Illegal Sexual Activities
CDP
Lee Stewart​

I welcome all contestants to this year's edition of the Portuguese Prediction League. One filled with twists, surprises and big prizes. May we hope that at the end of this competition we find someone worthy enough to stand next to these eternal champions:

2003/2004 – Infesta
2004/2005 – Tajike
2005/2006 – Football Addict
2006/2007 - ScimitarPES2

Let's get things started with the rules and engagements!

FORMAT:
- 2 stages: group phase (first 15 games) and knock-out phase (last 15 games)
- the division of the groups and the number of qualifiers will be announced on Thursday when the registration is officially closed.
- in the knock-out phase, participants will have to predict a predeterminate (sp?) amount of games to go through to the next stage: 1/8 round: 3 games, 1/4 round: 3 games, 1/2 round: 4 games, final and 3rd/4th final: 5 games.
- knock-out rounds are played by two contestants, with the contestant having scored the most points after 3/4/5 gamedays to go through.
- every gameday starts on Monday and ends on Saturday evening (7PM Belgian time/6PM GMT I think...) Predictions after this period will not count!

POINT SYSTEM:
- predictions will be made by using the "1x2-system" AND score prediction.
- on every gameday you'll have to predict 8 games.
- points for a correct 1x2 prediction: 1 points
- points are earned by predicting the correct score: 2 points => so one can get a max of 3 points per game, max 24 points per gameday
- REMEMBER!: you can only get your "score prediction points" after a correct 1X2 prediction
- the same point system is used during the group phase and the knock-out phase

- FC Porto - Benfica 1 ... 2-0 => result is 2-0 => 3 points
- Sporting - Benfica X ... 0-0 => result is 1-1 => 1 points
- FC Porto - Benfica 2 ... 1-2 => result is 2-0 => 0 points

THE PORTUGUESE SUPERLIGA FUN LEAGUE:
Because one can not predict anymore after elimination in the official PL, I will run a "Fun League" which everybody can join at any moment. For this league I will use the score predictions from the official PL. When you get eliminated from the PL, you just continue predicting by using the "score prediction-system":

- Perfect prediction (win or draw) => 5 points
eg. FC Porto 2-1 Benfica => your prediction: FC Porto 2-1 Benfica
eg. Sporting 0-0 Benfica => your prediction: Sporting 0-0 Benfica
- Predict winner + goal difference => 3 points
eg. FC Porto 2-1 Benfica => your prediction: FC Porto 3-2 Benfica
- Predict winner => 1 point
eg. FC Porto 2-1 Benfica => your prediction: FC Porto 2-0 Benfica
- Predict draw => 2 points
eg. Sporting 0-0 Benfica => your prediction: Sporting 2-2 Benfica

- Winners of the "Fun League" will get a nice medal too...

EXTRAS:
During this one-time special edition, we will have three new elements implemented in this competition:

- Money Weeks: every 5th week (6 weeks in total) is a Money Week. During this week one can win $.5 per correct score prediction, a max of $4 per week. The final winner of the competition has two choices: a) to receive the money or b) to have a material prize for the value of the cash he has won
- Bonus Points: during random weeks one can earn Bonus Points. These will have an effect on several facets of the competition. How and when is part of the many twists and turns this season
- Season Twists: THEY BE TEH SECRETS LOLZoRs!!!11elevenish

Registration is still possible untill Thursday 6PM GMT (http://soccergaming.com/forums/showthread.php?t=146509) after which the group draws will be made public. We still need 2 players to have a normal format. Call up friends, family and intelligent pets to join in!

I think this is more than enough for this opening thread. So all that's left to me is to wish you a fantastic season, lots of fun and may the best SG'er take home the most coveted title in SG prediction history!

 

[Tajike]

WEEK 1...

U.Leiria - Boavista

Naval - Belenenses

SC Braga - FC Porto

Leixões - SL Benfica

V.Guimarães - V.Setubal

Sporting CP - Académica

Nacional - E.Amadora

Maritimo - P.Ferreira

Games played: 17/08 - 20/08
Predictions closed: 18/08
http://www.lpfp.pt/default.aspx?SqlPage=jornadaSL
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[Tajike]

WEEK 1...

U.Leiria - Boavista X ... 1-1

Naval - Belenenses 2 ... 0-2

SC Braga - FC Porto 2 ... 0-1

Leixões - SL Benfica 2 ... 0-2

V.Guimarães - V.Setubal X ... 0-0

Sporting CP - Académica 1 ... 2-1

Nacional - E.Amadora 1 ... 2-0

Maritimo - P.Ferreira 1 ... 2-0

 

[::shinji::]

WEEK 1...

U.Leiria - Boavista 1 ... 2-0

Naval - Belenenses 2 ... 0-1

SC Braga - FC Porto X ... 1-1

Leixões - SL Benfica 2 ... 0-2

V.Guimarães - V.Setubal 1 ... 2-0

Sporting CP - Académica 1 ... 1-0

Nacional - E.Amadora 1 ... 2-0

Maritimo - P.Ferreira X ... 2-2

 

[smoove]

WEEK 1...

U.Leiria - Boavista X ... 1-1

Naval - Belenenses 2 ... 0-2

SC Braga - FC Porto 2 ... 1-2

Leixões - SL Benfica 2 ... 0-3

V.Guimarães - V.Setubal X ... 0-0

Sporting CP - Académica 1 ... 3-0

Nacional - E.Amadora 1 ... 3-1

Maritimo - P.Ferreira X ... 1-1

 

[Tosiek]

WEEK 1...

U.Leiria - Boavista X ... 1-1

Naval - Belenenses 2 ... 0-2

SC Braga - FC Porto 2 ... 1-2

Leixões - SL Benfica 2 ... 1-3

V.Guimarães - V.Setubal 1... 1-0

Sporting CP - Académica 1 ... 2-0

Nacional - E.Amadora 1 ... 2-0

Maritimo - P.Ferreira 1 ... 2-0

 

[snakeboy_16]

WEEK 1...

U.Leiria - Boavista x... 1 - 1

Naval - Belenenses 1... 2 - 0

SC Braga - FC Porto 2... 0 - 1

Leixões - SL Benfica 2... 1 - 2

V.Guimarães - V.Setubal x... 0 - 0

Sporting CP - Académica 1... 1 - 0

Nacional - E.Amadora 2... 1 - 2

Maritimo - P.Ferreira x... 0 - 0

 

[Kimikal™]

U.Leiria 2-1 Boavista...... 1

Naval 2-0 Belenenses...... 1

SC Braga 1-1 FC Porto...... X

Leixões 1-2 SL Benfica...... 2

V.Guimarães 2-1 V.Setubal...... 1

Sporting CP 2-0 Académica...... 1

Nacional 3-1 E.Amadora...... 1

Maritimo 1-1 P.Ferreira...... X

 

[Johnny_Big]

U.Leiria - Boavista 1 ... 2-1

Naval - Belenenses 2 ... 0-2

SC Braga - FC Porto 1 ... 2-1

Leixões - SL Benfica 2 ... 2-3

V.Guimarães - V.Setubal 1 ... 2-1

Sporting CP - Académica 1 ... 1-0

Nacional - E.Amadora X ... 1-1

Maritimo - P.Ferreira 1 ... 1-0

 

[Klobb]

U.Leiria - Boavista 1 ... 2-1

Naval - Belenenses 2 ... 0-1

SC Braga - FC Porto 2 ... 1-2

Leixões - SL Benfica 2 ... 0-2

V.Guimarães - V.Setubal 1 ... 2-1

Sporting CP - Académica 1 ... 2-1

Nacional - E.Amadora 1 ... 1-0

Maritimo - P.Ferreira 1 ... 1-0

 

[SCP19O6]

U.Leiria - Boavista 1 ... 2-0

Naval - Belenenses X ... 1-1

SC Braga - FC Porto X ... 1-1

Leixões - SL Benfica 2 ... 0-1

V.Guimarães - V.Setubal 1 ... 2-0

Sporting CP - Académica 1 ... 2-0

Nacional - E.Amadora 1 ... 2-1

Maritimo - P.Ferreira X ... 0-0

 

[Jaboldinho]

WEEK 1...

U.Leiria - Boavista 2 ... 0-2

Naval - Belenenses 2 ... 1-2

SC Braga - FC Porto 2 ... 1-3

Leixões - SL Benfica 2 ... 0-3

V.Guimarães - V.Setubal 1 ... 1-0

Sporting CP - Académica 1 ... 2-1

Nacional - E.Amadora 1 ... 2-0

Maritimo - P.Ferreira X ... 1-1

 

[MaSsiVe]

great job as always, brother Tajike



U.Leiria - Boavista 1 ... 2-1

Naval - Belenenses X ... 1-1

SC Braga - FC Porto 2 ... 0-2

Leixões - SL Benfica 1 ... 2-1

V.Guimarães - V.Setubal 1 ... 2-0

Sporting CP - Académica X ... 1-1

Nacional - E.Amadora 1 ... 3-1

Maritimo - P.Ferreira X ... 2-2

 

[Lonestarr022]

U.Leiria 1-1 Boavista...... X

Naval 2-0 Belenenses...... 1

SC Braga 0-1 FC Porto...... 2

Leixões 0-3 SL Benfica...... 2

V.Guimarães 2-1 V.Setubal...... 1

Sporting CP 4-0 Académica...... 1

Nacional 3-0 E.Amadora...... 1

Maritimo 1-1 P.Ferreira...... X

 

[NightCrawler]

WEEK 1...

U.Leiria - Boavista 1 ............. 2-0

Naval - Belenenses X ............ 1-1

SC Braga - FC Porto X .......... 0-0

Leixões - SL Benfica 2 .......... 0-1

V.Guimarães - V.Setubal 1 .... 1-0

Sporting CP - Académica 1 .... 3-1

Nacional - E.Amadora 1 ......... 2-1

Maritimo - P.Ferreira X .......... 1-1

 

[Tajike]

Group draw:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pqfiAYJz81Lfwem9JHdM-Lw&gid=1

 

[José Simões]

WEEK 1 hopeful PREDICTIONS

U.Leiria 2-1 Boavista [1]
Naval 0-1 Belenenses [2]
SC Braga 1-1 FC Porto [x]
Leixões 1-2 SL Benfica [2]
V.Guimarães 3-1 V.Setubal [1]
Sporting CP 2-0 Académica [1]
Nacional 2-1 E.Amadora [1]
Maritimo 0-1 P.Ferreira [2]

 

[Football Addict]

Week 1

U.Leiria - Boavista 1 ... 1-0

Naval - Belenenses X ... 1-1

SC Braga - FC Porto 2 ... 0-1

Leixões - SL Benfica 2 ... 0-2

V.Guimarães - V.Setubal 1 ... 1-0

Sporting CP - Académica 1 ... 2-0

Nacional - E.Amadora 1 ... 1-0

Maritimo - P.Ferreira 1 ... 2-1

 

[nor-rbk]

U.Leiria - Boavista 1 ... 2-1

Naval - Belenenses 2 ... 0-1

SC Braga - FC Porto 2 ... 1-2

Leixões - SL Benfica 2 ... 0-2

V.Guimarães - V.Setubal 1 ... 2-1

Sporting CP - Académica 1 ... 2-0

Nacional - E.Amadora 1 ... 1-0

Maritimo - P.Ferreira x ... 1-1

 

[ScimitarPES2]

WEEK 1...
U.Leiria - Boavista X .. 1-1
Naval - Belenenses 2 .. 0-1
SC Braga - FC Porto 2 .. 0-1
Leixões - SL Benfica 2 .. 1-2
V.Guimarães - V.Setubal 1 .. 1-0
Sporting CP - Académica 1 .. 2-0
Nacional - E.Amadora 1 .. 2-1
Maritimo - P.Ferreira 1 .. 1-0