Euros groups stages compared to Elo ratings
As many did, I participated in pre-tournament prediction competitions for the Euros. As I didn’t know much about most of the teams, I largely based my predictions on the Elo rankings. Elo ratings are essentially Chess ranking applied to international football teams. Each team has a numerical score which is increased or decreased based on the results of their matches, with the new ranking being based on what would have been expected from their current rankings. So for example if team A with a rating of 2000 plays team B with a rating of 1700, even a win for team A will not increase their ratings by a large amount, but even a draw would significantly increase the rating of team B. ...