Six tips to win the Soccer Saturday Super 6 £1m jackpot
Monday 26 December 2016 16:57, UK
With the Soccer Saturday Super 6 prize cranked up to £1m on Boxing Day, we’ve enlisted the advice of those in the know to help you win the jackpot.
The six Premier League 3pm kick-offs make up this week's line-up, with Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United all strong home favourites.
However, with the other three clashes tough to call, the task of landing all six correct scores is still the ultimate test of football knowledge.
To help with your Super 6 predictions, here's some advice from pundits, winners and statisticians…
Mr predictions himself, Paul Merson, says: Don't fear the zero
I would say don't be scared to put in a zero. A lot of people go for 2-1 and 3-1 just so they stay in with a chance throughout the afternoon but it's rare that all six teams score. Loads of people should have won it last Wednesday when it was shared by two because the favourites all won, but people refuse to put zero in and five of the 12 teams didn't score.
Duncan Alexander, aka Opta Joe, says: Search for the stats that matter
A little bit of digging can reveal a team whose recent results might not reflect their quality of play. Look for teams who are regularly shooting on target from close range. They'll generally be the most effective teams. That sort of information is far more important than old head-to-head records or even possession stats.
Pundits' Super 6 league table leader Phil Thompson says: Back the bankers
Now we're half-way through the league season, it's starting to pan out, so you can't really see an upset in the matches involving Arsenal, Chelsea or Manchester United. The big six are starting to break clear and you've got to be with them. Obviously most other people will be the same so throw a decent scoreline in there for one of the games, like a 3-1 or 4-1.
Recent Super 6 winner Reggie Singh says: Don't change your mind
I was actually going to change my predictions just before kick-off as I changed my mind on a couple of results, but I have an old iPhone and couldn't get on my mobile in time. As it turned out, it was an incredible blessing and I can certainly afford a new phone now!
Recent Super 6 winner David Newsholme says: Follow your head
As a Leeds supporter, I never like to see Manchester United score, but I'll make an exception on this occasion! For the first time in my life, I was actually celebrating them scoring, although I won't be making a habit of it, but I guess the lesson there is to follow your head rather than your heart. Otherwise I would have been pretty annoyed with myself after they grabbed another sporny late winner!
Soccer Saturday host Jeff Stelling says: Remember to enter!
You can do all the research in the world but there's no point if you forget to enter! There have been nine days to enter this week, a £1million jackpot and it's still absolutely free to play, so there's no excuse not to play.
You can also change your predictions at any point until kick-off so there's no harm in submitting them now. Don't be that person watching Soccer Saturday at 5pm thinking 'I thought they were going to be the results' whilst somebody else is getting a £1million phone call.
