Wrexham 3-1 Barry Town United, 25 Oct: Three was enough, and two of you knew it
Wrexham won 3-1 at Barry Town United on Sunday. After eight and seven in their last two league games, the league aimed high again, and the two fans who aimed lower are now joint second in the table.
The crowd went big, Wrexham went sensible
In September Wrexham beat Barry Town 7-0 at The Rock. Since then they have put eight past Swansea and seven past Cardiff Met, so nobody should be surprised that the league went to Barry expecting goals.
Seventy of you made a prediction, and 66 backed a Wrexham win. Nobody went for a draw. Six was the most popular number of Wrexham goals, on 18 picks, with 15 more on five, and the single most popular scoreline was 6-0, picked by 13 of you. In all, 62 of you gave Wrexham four or more.
Wrexham scored three. It was their lowest-scoring win of the season so far, and only three of you had given them exactly that many. Barry also found the net, which 42 of you had ruled out.
Where the points went
With the big numbers out of reach, the points came down to Barry's goal. Fifteen of you had the win and gave Barry exactly one, and one more had Wrexham on exactly three. All 16 took 3 points. Another 48 had the win with both numbers off and took 2. Four came away with nothing.
And two of you called it exactly.
Prediction of the Week goes to MarieFromSocal, who put Wrexham 3-1 on the board on 7 October and never touched it. That was before Swansea had even been played, more than a fortnight before kick-off, and a fair amount of nerve after the scores that followed. Scott also called 3-1 exactly, getting there the day before the game, so it is a shared five points and a shared On the Nose badge. MarieFromSocal simply had it first.
Plenty of you were still deciding late: 15 picks were made or changed in the final 24 hours.
The Full Time Crew
The Full Time Crew went big along with everyone else. Matt went 5-0, and Del and Welshtechie both went 6-0. All three had the win and none of them had Barry scoring, so it was 2 points apiece.
That leaves Matt on 10 for the season, joint second on the whole table and a point behind the leader, with Del on 7 and Welshtechie on 6. The Crew are still ahead of the league on points per prediction, averaging 2.56 across their nine picks to the league's 2.38, but the gap has roughly halved since Cardiff Met.
The table after three games
There is a new name clear at the top of the league table. Mad_Al, joint leader after Cardiff Met, took 3 points with a 6-1 and now leads on 11 alone. MarieFromSocal and Scott jumped from the middle of the pack to joint second on 10, level with Matt. NYHC44 is next on 9, with five more fans on the same total.
It is still early, but the shape is already interesting. Only four fans have an exact score this season, and they are the top four fans in the league: Mad_Al, MarieFromSocal, Scott and NYHC44. Everyone else near the top has called every result and is waiting for their first one to land.
Badges and new faces
Calling the win earned 66 of you the Barry Town United badge, and the two exact callers picked up Barry Town United Exact as well. Eleven of you collected Away Day Instinct for your first right result on the road.
The bigger moment was Honour Roll. Fifty-three of you, plus all three of the Crew, have now called the right result in every game so far, and three in a row is exactly what Honour Roll asks for. The next rung up is Purple Patch at five, two more right results away. The full badge list shows what else is out there.
Two new players joined after Cardiff Met, and both earned Founding Member. That badge stays open only until the end of October, so anyone still thinking about joining has a few days left. The league now stands at 71.
Match ratings are open on the site too. The verdicts on Sunday are still wide open, so if you watched it, you can rate the players out of ten and get your verdict in first.
Next up: Briton Ferry at home
Wrexham host Briton Ferry Llansawel at The Rock on Sunday 1 November at 2pm. When the two met at Briton Ferry in September, Wrexham won 8-1. Thirty-one of you have already predicted it, 30 backing a home win, and 5-1 is the early favourite on five picks, with 4-1 and 6-1 on four each.
Sunday at Barry was a reminder that three goals still win games. Predictions close at kick-off, and squads are open if you want a private table with your mates, so get your Briton Ferry pick in while there is still time.