Rousseau

It's a cagey game thus far; neither side showing any quality in the final third.

I'm really looking forward to the England-Wales game; it's got the feel of a British derby. England need to win so I expect them to be on the front-foot, but that allows Wales to counter, which will be interesting with Bale. It should be a superb game.

You can edit any game up until kick-off. Give me a heads-up though, as I have all the predictions on a spreadsheet. I read through the posts several times looking for amendments, but I can miss some if people change a lot. I've noted your changes.

Russia-Slovakia saw dB as the only one to pick up full points, with 2 others picking up a Correct Result point. Romania-Switzerland saw the majority get wrong, except for onevision, buster., dB, stewarty and Pete, who all got full points for Correctly predicting the 1-1 draw. France-Albania was the highest scoring game, with all who entered predicting the Correct Result; Rousseau, buster., BEARGER, whosthedado, Yorkshire Bear, Germinal, blueflag, trublusince1982, Pete and Mrs Craig each got the full points for Correctly predicting the 2-0 score. I still lead by a point, but the high scoring round meant the top 9 are all bunched up, with only 4 points separating us. Latest Standings: IFRAME Not Available. Direct Link to Spreadsheet.

Switzerland grab the equaliser! 1-1.

Damn! Penalty to Romania... ...and they score! 1-0.

I can still accept predictions from after the Romania-Switzerland game. It's still a fairly tight contest; a wee run can see you shoot up the table. You've only missed two games.

Mrs Craig picks up a cheeky point, dB shoots up the table with a full 4 points, and I sneak into the lead by a solitary point. Latest Standings: IFRAME Not Available. Direct Link to Spreadsheet.

Slovakia win 1-2!

Great... Russia are banging on the door! Slovakia hanging on for dear life!

Panic stations! Russia pull a goal back. 1-2, with 7-8 minutes to go. dB is on for a Correct Score.

Aye! Only 3 have Slovakia down for a win, which seems quite likely at the moment. Russia have been pummeling them, but Slovakia have countered a few times to great effect. Don't rule out a draw...

Hamsik has just scored an absolute beauty for Slovakia! 0-2. (Only 3 have Slovakia down for a win...)

Ha! Slovakia take the the lead! Wonderful finish from Vladimir Weiss! (I'd take Weiss back in an instant.)

I'm seriously worried about my 0-1 Slovakia prediction already; Russia are pummeling them. The Russian right-back is incredibly quick! Western European countries don't seem to give many Russian players a chance? I only recall Alenichev for Mourinho's Porto a few years back; and Bilyaletdinov at Everton more recently. There has to be talent in a country that large.

Predictions can now only be accepted for games that have not kicked-off.

Blueflag has been a great help, with his technical expertise.

That brings to a close the first series of matches. We have Whosthedado, rbr and myself as joint-leaders; Germinal and trublusince1982 are just 1 point behind. I think the scoring system has worked quite well: we have a really close contest.

A wee bump! Get your predictions in for Match Day 2. You've got until 14:00! We're still waiting on: Little General, stewarty, SBS and thomasbee! (And, Germinal: you've still to predict the final two games.)

Well, those final games were disastrous for most of us. No one picked up a single point in the Austria-Hungary game, and only buster and thomasbee gained 1 point for predicting the Portugal-Iceland draw; thomasbee gained a further 3 points for correctly predicting the 1-1 draw. These two games absolutely stumped us! Latest standings: IFRAME Not Available. Direct Link to Spreadsheet.

Incredibly, Hungary take the lead! And, Austria are now down to 10-men. No one has Hungary down for a win!

I suppose to history buffs the Austria-Hungary game has a air of intrigue about it historically, but does anyone know if this carries to the modern day situation? Habsburgian joke: Did you see the Austria-Hungary game last night? No, who were they playing? (Or, variations on that theme. Don't laugh too hard!)

Technically Robson-Kanu is a winger but he does very well as a striker for Wales -- and Reading, at times. I'm surprised he's a free agent TBH. I agree, he'd be a good target. He'd play on the shoulder and push the defence back. Maybe we have the same issue again: a player who performs best in a side that counter-attacks? Not sure how Bradshaw is any different, but I haven't watched him much -- other than a few games where Walsall did dominate possession.

Russia 0 - 1 Slovakia Romania 0 - 1 Switzerland France 2 - 0 Albania England 2 - 1 Wales Ukraine 1 - 0 Northern Ireland Germany 2 - 1 Poland Italy 2 - 0 Sweden Czech Rep 0 - 1 Croatia Spain 2 - 0 Turkey Belgium 2 - 1 R. of Ireland Iceland 2 - 0 Hungary Portugal 2 - 0 Austria

Please post your predictions for Match Day 2. The fixtures are: Russia - Slovakia Romania - Switzerland France - Albania England - Wales Ukraine - Northern Ireland Germany - Poland Italy - Sweden Czech Rep - Croatia Spain - Turkey Belgium - R. of Ireland Iceland - Hungary Portugal - Austria