Before we get to today’s matches, here’s the scores on the doors so far: Have a read of the first post here to make sense of this little tracking experiment: Final Group Games: 1. Portugal vs Brazil: Brazil @ 2.30 Various -1.00 2. North Korea vs Ivory Coast: Ivory Coast -1 @ 1.73 +0.73 3. […]

…..According to Castrol ratings. Have a read of the first post here to make sense of this little tracking experiment: The Castrol ratings were in fine form during the group stages, now its time to see if the ratings can continue to spot the value in the knockout stages. I’ll update the results from the […]

Have a read of the first post here to make sense of this little tracking experiment Behind in posting today as the blog admin access was playing silly buggers Value and % chance according to Castrol: Uruguay V South Korea UR: 71% – value 1.40 SK: 29% – value 3.45 Using the to qualify bet […]

Have a read of the first post here to make sense of this little tracking experiment: Castrol ratings are on on a hot streak. Luck is going our way with the results, but they’re certainly identifying where the values lies. 1. Paraguay vs New Zealand: NZ +1 handicap @ 2.15. +1.15 2. Slovakia vs Italy: […]

Have a read of the first post here to make sense of this little tracking experiment: Castrol ratings have been on good form so far. Near clean sweep today. 1. England vs Slovenia: Slovenia +1.5 Asian Handicap @ 1.66. +0.66 2. USA vs Algeria: USA @ 2.06 188bet. +1.06. 3. Australia vs Serbia: Australia/ Draw […]

Have a read of the first post here to make sense of this little tracking experiment: Yesterday’s matches produces some good results, though as I mentioned a few possible angles the results would vary. I’ve recorded only the outcomes in line with the Castrol Rating’s value. 1. Mexico vs Uruguay Double Chance (back both Mexico […]

Before the world cup started, there were myriad of predictions put forward from various stats based models. The one that really caught my eye was the Castrol Ratings System which takes into account the overall impact an individual player has on each game. It not only scores players based on the accuracy of the passes, […]