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        <h2 class="post-list__item-title"><a href="/blog/france-germany-home-sweet-home.html" class="post-list__item-link">France - Germany: Home Sweet Home</a></h2>
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            <div class="post-list__item-date">July 06, 2016</div>
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            <div class="post-list__item-subtitle">Rule No.1: France always wins when hosting. Rule No.2: Germany always wins in the end. The rules of Fight Club made more sense...</div>
            <div class="post-list__item-description">We take a look at the effect of playing at home, historically and comparing different competitions, and tell you what it means for France's chances against Germany in the Euro 2016 semi-finals.</div>
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        <h2 class="post-list__item-title"><a href="/blog/euro-2016-knockout-predictions.html" class="post-list__item-link">Euro 2016: Surprises and New Expectations</a></h2>
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            <div class="post-list__item-date">June 24, 2016</div>
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            <div class="post-list__item-subtitle">Gareth Bale vs Predictions: 1-0</div>
            <div class="post-list__item-description">We take a look back at the group stage of the Euro 2016, see what were the biggest surprises and give our predictions for the knockout stage.</div>
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        <h2 class="post-list__item-title"><a href="/blog/euro-2016-week-one-prediction-v-reality.html" class="post-list__item-link">Euro 2016 Week One: Predictions v. Reality</a></h2>
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            <div class="post-list__item-date">June 15, 2016</div>
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            <div class="post-list__item-subtitle">Italy has a plan, Germany is ready. Obviously.</div>
            <div class="post-list__item-description">We do a quick run down of what went right and what were the biggest surprises of this first week and update our predictions before Week 2.</div>
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        <h2 class="post-list__item-title"><a href="/blog/and-the-winner-of-the-euro-2016-will-be.html" class="post-list__item-link">And the Winner of the Euro 2016 will be....</a></h2>
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            <div class="post-list__item-date">June 10, 2016</div>
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            <div class="post-list__item-subtitle">Just some crazy talk about France, Spain and England having better chances than Germany. Nonsense.</div>
            <div class="post-list__item-description">We used our ranking and crunched the numbers to give you for each team the odds of winning the Euro 2016.</div>
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        <h2 class="post-list__item-title"><a href="/blog/first-look-at-the-euro.html" class="post-list__item-link">A First Look at Football Predictions for the Euro 2016</a></h2>
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            <div class="post-list__item-date">April 28, 2016</div>
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            <div class="post-list__item-subtitle">Friendlies don't count! Or so say the losers...</div>
            <div class="post-list__item-description">As the teams finish preparing for the Euro 2016, we take a first look at updated ratings and football predictions using our StatiumElo ranking system.</div>
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        <h2 class="post-list__item-title"><a href="/blog/rating-national-football-teams-and-predicting-the-unpredictable.html" class="post-list__item-link">Rating National Football Teams and Predicting the Unpredictable</a></h2>
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            <div class="post-list__item-date">October 29, 2015</div>
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            <div class="post-list__item-subtitle">How you will learn to stop worrying and love the odds</div>
            <div class="post-list__item-description">We have been working on our own rating system for national football teams. You may be surprised about the result but give us a chance and we'll try to convince you it's working.</div>
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        <h2 class="post-list__item-title"><a href="/blog/goal-difference.html" class="post-list__item-link">It's All about the Goal Difference</a></h2>
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            <div class="post-list__item-date">September 14, 2015</div>
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            <div class="post-list__item-subtitle">Goals are important in football, right? Well, it's almost that simple...</div>
            <div class="post-list__item-description">We take a look at the relationship between goal difference and number of points earned in the Premier League, the Ligue 1 and the other major European championships.</div>
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        <h2 class="post-list__item-title"><a href="/blog/predicting-women-world-cup-2.html" class="post-list__item-link">More Women's World Cup Predictions</a></h2>
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            <div class="post-list__item-date">June 20, 2015</div>
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            <div class="post-list__item-subtitle">Where we tell you who will (maybe) win the World Cup.</div>
            <div class="post-list__item-description">After predicting the group stage with some success, we move on to our forecast for the knockout rounds.</div>
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        <h2 class="post-list__item-title"><a href="/blog/predicting-women-world-cup.html" class="post-list__item-link">Our Bets for the Women's World Cup</a></h2>
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            <div class="post-list__item-date">June 06, 2015</div>
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            <div class="post-list__item-subtitle">Where we try to predict the World Cup's group stage and most likely fail...</div>
            <div class="post-list__item-description">Trying to predict results in football is a risky business, but we'll give it a shot anyway!</div>
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