Gameweek in Review
Every round, we go back over what we called — the pick that came off, the one that missed, and the players who actually decided it.
UEFA Europa Conference League · Playoff round
Toluwalase Arokodare and the late goals that made a mess of the map
Fipster found 15 correct reads in the UEFA Europa Conference League playoff round, but the bigger story was how often the goals arrived from places the model had not properly fenced off. Ajax’s Toluwalase Arokodare, FC Midtjylland’s Stanley Iheanacho and a handful of late twists did most of the damage, while a few cleaner calls still landed for the right reasons.
0 STAR · 15 TICK · 33 MISS
UEFA Europa Conference League · 3rd Qualifying Round
Conference League qualifying gave us a useful lesson: the model found a few clean reads, then spent the rest of the round being mugged by late goals and awkward scorelines
Fipster came out of the UEFA Europa Conference League third qualifying round with two exact calls and 24 correct outcomes from 60 fixtures, but the bigger story was how often the shape of a match changed after the model had already settled on a neat script. A couple of player calls landed properly. More often, the right scorer was there but in the wrong match, or an unexpected name did the damage and turned a decent read into a miss.
2 STAR · 24 TICK · 34 MISS