Football Result Predictions using Data Mining

                              

With the European Football Championship 2012 in Poland and Ukraine, we have repeated our infotainment predictions for football result predictions after the huge interest in our predictions for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Via the following link you may have a look at the [success rates] of our forecast models.

The predicted results (and in brackets the real results) 2012 in Poland and Ukraine:

                              

Group A:
Poland – Greece   2-0   (1-1)
Russia – Czech Republic   3-1   (4-1)
Greece – Czech Republic   1-6   (1-2)
Poland – Russia   3-2   (1-1)
Greece – Russia   2-2   (1-0)
Czech Republic – Poland   3-1   (1-0)

Result prediction group A:
1 Czech Republic (6 pts, +5 goals)
2 Poland (6 pts, +1 goal)
3 Russia (4 pts, +1 goal)
4 Greece (1 pts, -7 goals)

Actual result group A:
1 Czech Republic (6 pts, -1 goal)
2 Greece (4 pts, 0 goals)
3 Russia (4 pts, +2 goals)
4 Poland (2 pts, -1 goal)

                              

Group B:
Netherlands – Denmark   0-0   (0-1)
Germany – Portugal   1-1   (1-0)
Denmark – Portugal   1-2   (2-3)
Netherlands – Germany   1-2   (1-2)
Portugal – Netherlands   2-3   (2-1)
Denmark – Germany   0-0   (1-2)

Result prediction group B:
1 Germany (5 pts , +1 goal)
2 Netherlands (4 pts, +0 goals)
3 Portugal (4 pts, +0 goals)
4 Denmark (2 pts, -1 goal)

Actual result group B:
1 Germany (9 pts, +3 goals)
2 Portugal (6 pts, +1 goal)
3 Denmark (3 pts, -1 goal)
4 Netherlands (0 pts, -3 goals)

                              

Group C:
Spain – Italy   2-1   (1-1)
Ireland – Croatia   0-0   (1-3)
Italy – Croatia   3-1   (1-1)
Spain – Ireland   4-0   (4-0)
Croatia – Spain   1-1   (0-1)
Italy – Ireland   0-0   (2-0)

Result prediction group C:
1 Spain (7 pts , +5 goals)
2 Italy (4 pts , +1 goal )
3 Croatia (2 pts , -2 goals)
4 Ireland (2 pts , -4 goals)

Actual result group C:
1 Spain (7 pts, +5 goals)
2 Italy (5 pts, +2 goals)
3 Croatia (4 pts, +1 goal)
4 Ireland (0 pts, -8 goals)

                              

Group D:
France – England   0-0   (1-1)
Ukraine – Sweden   1-3   (2-1)
Ukraine – France   1-3   (0-2)
Sweden – England   1-0   (2-3)
Sweden – France   0-0   (2-0)
England – Ukraine   1-1   (1-0)

Result prediction group D:
1 Sweden (7 pts, +3 goals)
2 France (5 pts, +2 goals)
3 England (2 pts, -1 goals)
4 Ukraine (1 pts, -4 goals)

Actual result group D:
1 England (7 pts, 2 goals)
2 France (4 pts, 0 goals)
3 Ukraine (3 pts, -2 goals)
4 Sweden (3 pts, 0 goals)

                              

Quarter-finals 2012:

Czech Republic – Portugal   0-2   (0-1)
Germany – Greece   2-1   (4-2)
Spain – France   0-2   (2-0)
England – Italy   1-2   (2-4 pen.)

                              

Semi-finals 2012:

Portugal – Spain   1-2   ( 2-4 pen.)
Germany – Italy   2-1   (1-2)

                              

European Championship Final 2012:

Spain – Italy   0-2   (4-0)