Football Predictions Review: 19 October to 25 October 2026
Every week we look at how CalledItMate players' score predictions held up against the real results. From 19 October to 25 October, 72 players made 2,023 score predictions on 384 finished matches.
The headline numbers
- Result called right: 52.7% (1,067 of 2,023 predictions)
- Exact score: 9.0% (182)
- Draws: fans predicted one in 11.1% of picks, while 24.7% of the matches ended level (95 of 384)
The score everyone backed
The most-predicted scoreline was 2-1 (351 predictions), followed by 1-2 (268) and 3-1 (258). On the pitch, the most common final score was 1-1 (40 matches), then 1-0 (35) and 1-2 (32). Scorelines are home-away.
Nobody saw these coming
Of the matches with at least 15 predictions, these were the hardest to call:
- Chelsea 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur (Premier League): 0 of 28 called the result, 0 had the exact score.
- Aston Villa 2-1 Manchester City (Premier League): 0 of 28 called the result, 0 had the exact score.
- FK Jablonec 0-0 Brighton & Hove Albion (UEFA Conference League): 0 of 24 called the result, 0 had the exact score.
The ones almost everyone called
- Manchester City 5-1 AEK Athens (UEFA Champions League): 28 of 28 called the result, 1 had the exact score.
- Real Madrid 4-1 RB Leipzig (UEFA Champions League): 26 of 27 called the result, 2 had the exact score.
- AS Roma 4-0 ŠK Slovan Bratislava (UEFA Champions League): 25 of 26 called the result, 2 had the exact score.
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Score predictions by real players on matches that kicked off from 19 October to 25 October (UTC) and finished with a recorded score. House accounts, merged duplicate accounts and test matches are excluded.