The fundamental goal of SportGuru is to score as many points as possible, by making as many accurate predictions as possible. Here's what you'll predict, and how points are allocated for those predictions:

For every game in the series, you must pick:

1) The game outcome (team 1 win, draw or team 2 win)

2) The margin of victory (i.e. score difference)

SportGuru features several different kinds of points, and understanding them may help inform your picking strategy. For example, you might want to go for extreme margins in the hopes of out-fringing your pool mates to a Bonus Point, but at the risk of not getting Margin Points.

Point name	Value	Description
Win Point (WP)	1.0	Scored by all players correctly predicting the game outcome (home team win, draw or away team win).
Margin Point (MP)	0.5	Score by every player whose margin prediction is within 5 points of the real margin, taking into account winning team. In the case of close games where the real margin is less than 5 points, players will qualify for a Margin Point if their prediction was for the incorrect team but within 5 points of the real margin. E.g. Player predicts Team A by 2 and Team B wins by 1 - player's prediction is within the 5 point range and a Margin Point is awarded. A Margin Point will not be awarded outside of this range. E.g. Player predicts Team A by 90, Team B wins by 84, no Margin Point is awarded.   Pick   MP value     England  by 9  0.0     England  by 8  0.0     England  by 7  0.5     England  by 6  0.5     England  by 5  0.5     England  by 4  0.5     England by 3 0.5   Actual score:  England  by 2  0.5     England by 1 0.5     Draw by 0 0.5     France by 1 0.5     France by 2 0.5     France  by 3  0.5     France by 4 0.0     France by 5 0.0
Bonus Point (BP)	1.0	The Bonus Point will appear in pools only and not on the Global Leaderboard because it is a relative point. It is scored by player(s) whose margin prediction(s) is/are the closest to the actual marign. Point is split in case of ties (e.g. if two players qualify, they get 0.5 BP each). Must get the game outcome right (i.e. earn a WP) in order to qualify. If a player joins a pool after the first game of the season has been played, they will not qualify for Bonus Points in this pool for the games played prior to their joining, even where their pick was more accurate than the next best in the pool. This ensures that players joining pools late cannot upset the scoring in those pools.
Grand Slam Point (GSP)	1	If you predict all the winners correctly in a round, you will qualify for a Grand Slam Point. If you default on any game in the round in question, you will lose qualification for the GSP.

This tournament does not use defaults. If you do not make a prediction, you will not be given any automatic prediction by the game.