2022 World Cup hibs.net prediction league

After discussion with our admins, I can announce that we will be holding a prediction league for the World Cup too, with the same prizes up for grabs as usual (£50, £30 and £20 for 1st-3rd place). This will be a little different from the main league: due to the frequency of games this will be self-contained in one thread, with the league table updated after every game on this post.

Given the above, the rules on posting predictions will be slightly different, so please read carefully:

• As before, 3 points for a correct score, 2 for a correct score difference, and 1 for a correct result
• Please try to post each prediction at the absolute earliest the day before each game; this will make things easier for me to collate. I'll periodically post in this thread notifying of the following day's games
• When predicting, please specify BOTH countries and the score - if you only put one country, no points will be awarded. I can't accept good faith arguments later as this wouldn't be fair on everyone else
• For knockout games, your prediction will count as the final result, whether the game goes to ET or not. Don't post separate FT and ET scores, and there are no extra points for penalty shootouts
• If you post (or edit) a prediction after a game starts, no points will be awarded. The absolute latest I will accept a prediction is one minute before the game starts according to your post time
• If you post multiple times and delete one of the posts, no points will be awarded - I tally the scores up after the game, so I have no way of knowing whether this was a mistake or not

An admin should be along shortly to pin and lock this thread until Saturday, the day before the tournament starts. Following that it'll be opened and taken off the top of the board, and following the first game I'll put up the Top 40 scores as things stand. Good luck!