{"id":1518,"date":"2014-06-27T22:37:14","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T20:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dataminingsoccer.com\/en\/?p=1518"},"modified":"2014-07-10T18:54:15","modified_gmt":"2014-07-10T16:54:15","slug":"group-matches-tops-flops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dataminingsoccer.com\/en\/2014\/06\/27\/group-matches-tops-flops\/","title":{"rendered":"Group Matches: Tops &#038; Flops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-187\" src=\"http:\/\/dataminingsoccer.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/World-Cup-2014-Brazil-Football-Result-Predictions-s.png\" alt=\"World-Cup-2014-Brazil-Football-Result-Predictions\" width=\"19\" height=\"25\" \/>\u00a0<span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hps\">Our prediction<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">for the<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">group<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">matches<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">had<\/span><span class=\"hps\"> ups<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">and downs.<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Let&#8217;s start with<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">a few<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">positive aspects<\/span>:<br \/>\n<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hps\">5 of 8<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">group<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">winners<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">were<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">correctly predicted<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">based on statistics<\/span> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hps\">the second position of Algeria, which was considered as a surprise by<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">many<\/span>, <span class=\"hps\">was part of<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">our forecast<\/span> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hps\">in total<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">10 of 16<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">qualifiers<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">for the<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">knockout matches<\/span> correspond to <span class=\"hps\">our predictions<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hps\">5<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">of<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">6<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">predicted match outcomes<\/span><span class=\"hps\"> in group F<\/span><span class=\"hps\"> are correct<\/span> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hps\">in 3 of<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">8 groups<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">all table<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">positions<\/span> correspond <span class=\"hps\">exactly<\/span> to <span class=\"hps\">our forecasts<\/span> <\/span><\/li>\n<li>with 52% correct match outcome predictions\u00a0for all group matches (calculated before the beginning of the World Cup 2014) our model outperformed those of Goldman Sachs (38%) and Bloomberg (44%):<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><script type='text\/javascript' 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id=\"result_box\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hps\">in<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">group<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">D<\/span>, all <span class=\"hps\">predictions were<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">completely wrong<\/span>: <span class=\"hps\">not a single<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">match<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">outcome is<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">in line with our<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">prediction<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">&#8211;<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">and even the<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">table<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">looks exactly<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">the other way as<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">our<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">forecast<\/span> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hps\">our<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">predicted<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">statistical<\/span> W<span class=\"hps\">orld Champion<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Spain<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">was<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">already<\/span> out <span class=\"hps\">after 2<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">group<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">matches<\/span><span class=\"hps\"> &#8211;<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">super<\/span>;-) <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hps\">Tomorrow we<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">provide<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">you with<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">the statistical<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">predictions for the<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">knockout<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">matches.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hps\">Click here for<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">all our<\/span> <a title=\"World Championship 2014\" href=\"http:\/\/dataminingsoccer.com\/en\/world-cup-and-euro-cup\/hit-rates-world-euro-cup\/world-championship-2014\/\"><span class=\"hps atn\">[<\/span>hit <span class=\"hps\">rates<\/span>]<\/a> for the <span class=\"hps\">2014 World Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can of course still 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