Sunday was pretty much a barren day for our experts. Two unexpected results -- with Spain dumped out by Russia and Denmark taking Croatia to penalty kicks -- almost made it a big, fat zero for everyone.
But wait! Miguel Pasquel rescued the day by actually predicting the 1-1 scoreline between Spain and Russia to claim 30 points. And that was it!
First up on Monday we have Brazil up against Mexico. El Tri have been knocked out of the competition at the exact same point at every World Cup since 1994: the round of 16. Mexico fans therefore are probably right to be a little worried, and ESPN Mexico's Ricardo Puig, our best-performing pundit, says 3-1 to Brazil. Over at ESPN Brasil, Leonardo Bertozzi goes for the same scoreline.
Every single pundit goes for Brazil. But, as we know, experts have been wrong before...
Our second quarterfinal sees what, on paper at least, looks to be a one-sided affair as much-fancied Belgium meet Japan. Surely no one is backing the Asian nation to knock out the European powerhouse? Well, no they aren't. All go for the first Belgium win, with Leonardo, Ricardo and ESPN Australia's Steph Brantz predicting comfortable 3-0 victories.
Check out how our pundits got on with their predictions for Sunday's round-of-16 games and remember to join the pundits' league in Match Predictor.
We'll score our experts just as we do in the Match Predictor -- 10 points for correct result, with a bonus 20 points for getting the scoreline right too. Who will come out on top?
ROUND OF 16 PREDICTIONS
BRA-MEX BEL-JPN PTS
Gab Marcotti (ESPN FC) 2-0 3-1
Craig Burley (ESPN FC) 3-1 2-0
Raph Honigstein (ESPN FC) 2-0 3-1
Alex Pareja (ESPN Deportes) 3-1 3-1
Leonardo Bertozzi (ESPN Brasil) 3-1 3-0
Ricardo Puig (ESPN Mexico) 3-1 3-0
Steph Brantz (Australia) 2-0 3-0
We've got our top talent on hand from England, the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Australia and Africa -- many of whom will be based out in Russia for the tournament -- to analyse each and every one of the 64 matches.
